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2 months ago
10 art exhibitions to see during Frieze week
The beginning of October marks the start of Frieze week, and with it a slew of exciting new shows, installations and more popping up across London. Read on for our recommended list of what to see both in and beyond the fairs this month.
RA Recommends
6 months ago
10 art exhibitions to see in June
The old confronting the new is a major theme in our recommended picks of exhibitions this month – along with a string of firsts, from the inaugural Yorkshire Sculpture International to Cindy Sherman’s first UK retrospective.
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1 year ago
10 art exhibitions to see in November
This month see art that spans a millennium. From the 11th-century Domesday Book, to Japanese surimono prints and empty swimming pools, here are 10 exhibitions to check out this November.
Artists
> 2 years ago
The many masks of Gillian Wearing and Claude Cahun
As a new show at the National Portrait Gallery places the two artists side by side, Lauren Elkin explores how Gillian Wearing RA finds identity-blurring inspiration in the inter-war writer and photographer Claude Cahun.
RA Recommends
3 years ago
Hats off to Picasso
Picasso’s friends and family are the focus of an exhibition showing how portraiture pushed the artist forward, writes Christopher Baker
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> 3 years ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 18 – 25 March
From an eccentric exhibition of cartoonist David Shrigley’s work to a rare display of Russian portraiture, we pick the week’s best art events.
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> 4 years ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 12 – 18 June
From a flying machine at the Hayward Gallery to the optical art of Bridget Riley, we guide you through the week’s top art events.
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> 4 years ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 21 – 28 March
From abstract paintings at the National Portrait Gallery to a British art sale at Sotheby’s.
Artists
< 5 years ago
The story behind John Singer Sargent RA’s ‘Carnation, Lily, Lily, Rose’
With an exhibition of paintings by John Singer Sargent at the National Portrait Gallery, we take a look at one of this Royal Academician’s most famous works.
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5 years ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 14 - 20 November
From Scandinavian scenes of nature and a 1980s take on Russian geometric shapes to prize-winning portrait photography.
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5 years ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 5 – 11 September
From two very different exhibitions at Hauser & Wirth to coastline prints by Norman Ackroyd RA at Mall Galleries.
Opinion
5 years ago
Connecting the English Romantic tradition with minimalist photography in six steps
Sam Phillips investigates the six degrees of separation between J.M.W. Turner RA and Hilla Becher’s architectural photography.
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> 5 years ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 11 - 17 July
From Dottori’s Futurist landscapes at the Estorick Collection to Raven Row, where dancers perform the pioneering works of Yvonne Rainer.
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> 5 years ago
Our pick of this week’s art events: 20 - 26 June
From the NPG’s annual BP Portrait Award to Academician Fred Cuming’s serene seascapes.
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< 6 years ago
Kevin Francis Gray, Taylor Wessing, and Antony Gormley RA
From photographic portraits to artists’ museums: everything worth seeing this week.