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‘These are not abstract delays’
Instant Opinion Opinion, comment and editorials of the day
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Is Timothée Chalamet right about ballet and opera?
Talking Point The actor suggested that no one cares about the art forms
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The Week Unwrapped: Why is France expanding its nuclear arsenal?
Podcast Plus, why is the dinosaur market booming? And can North Korea regain its place at the top of women’s football?
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LS Lowry: The Unheard Tapes – a ‘fascinating’ portrait of an artist and his times
The Week Recommends The programme stands as an ‘epitaph’ to the ‘vanished North’ of ‘industrial Manchester obliterated by the slum clearances’
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The Week Unwrapped: What will happen if we run out of RAM?
Podcast Plus, why is the Royal Artillery keeping looted treasure behind closed doors? And how can Heathrow’s car park cost £1.3 billion?
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Gwen John: Strange Beauties – a ‘superb’ retrospective
The Week Recommends ‘Daunting’ show at the National Museum Cardiff plunges viewers into the Welsh artist’s ‘spiritual, austere existence’
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Samurai: a ‘blockbuster’ display of Japanese heritage
The Week Recommends British Museum show offers a ‘scintillating journey’ through ‘a world of gore, power and artistic beauty’
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Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency – an ‘engrossing’ exhibition
The Week Recommends All 126 images from the American photographer’s ‘influential’ photobook have come to the UK for the first time
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Anna Ancher: Painting Light – a ‘moving’ and attention-grabbing exhibition
The Week Recommends Dulwich Picture Gallery show celebrates the Danish artist’s ‘virtuosic handling of the shifting Nordic light’
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Hawai‘i: a kingdom crossing oceans – a ‘thrilling’ exhibition
The Week Recommends With some items on display for the first time since 1900, the British Museum’s new show gives voice to a ‘fascinating, rarely heard culture’
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The best art exhibitions to book in 2026
The Week Recommends Our pick of the shows to see across the UK, from epoch-defining embroidery to fresh looks at under-appreciated artists
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In Okinawa, experience the more tranquil side of Japan
The Week Recommends Find serenity on land and in the sea
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William Nicholson: a ‘rich and varied’ exhibition
The Week Recommends The wide-ranging show brings together portraits, illustrations, prints and posters, alongside ‘ravishing’ still lifes
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Art that made the news in 2025
The Explainer From a short-lived Banksy mural to an Egyptian statue dating back three millennia
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