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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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Lucian Freud: Drawing into Painting – ‘fascinating’ trawl through great artist’s life
The Week Recommends National Portrait Gallery exhibition of Freud’s sketches and etchings is ‘full of rare things’
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Tracey Emin: A Second Life – a ‘raw, visceral’ retrospective
The Week Recommends Powerful exhibition at Tate Modern gets ‘under your skin and into your bowels’
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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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Seurat and the Sea: ‘revelatory’ paintings are ‘peculiar and strange’
The Week Recommends First show dedicated to the French artist’s ‘luminous’ seascapes
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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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World’s oldest rock art discovered in Indonesia
Under the Radar Ancient handprint on Sulawesi cave wall suggests complexity of thought, challenging long-held belief that human intelligence erupted in Europe
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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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