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The political controversy overshadowing the Venice BiennaleThe Explainer Protests, resignations and boycotts dominate opening of the ‘Art Olympics’
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Euan Uglow: An Arc from the Eye – ‘elegant and technically brilliant’ paintingsThe Week Recommends Artist of ‘uncompromising precision‘ created paintings of ‘almost eerie serenity’
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V&A East opens its doors with ‘genuinely exciting’ exhibitsThe Week Recommends Inaugural exhibition offers tour through the history of black music in Britain
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David Hockney at Serpentine North: a ‘moving, magical’ exhibitionThe Week Recommends Featuring a 90-metre-long frieze of changing seasons, the show proves the 88-year-old veteran artist’s ‘powers haven’t deserted him’
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Michaelina Wautier: a ‘compelling’ and revealing exhibitionThe Week Recommends Royal Academy showcases ‘virtuoso talent’ of little-known artist whose quality is ‘apparent at first glance’
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Hurvin Anderson: ‘fascinating’ Tate Britain retrospectiveThe Week Recommends Depicting the artist’s tensions between Britain and the Caribbean, the show offers an ‘absorbing survey of an undoubtedly significant figure’
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Stubbs: Portrait of a Horse – a small but ‘tasty display’The Week Recommends National Gallery exhibition amply demonstrates George Stubbs’ ‘mastery of equine painting’
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The Week Unwrapped: Will Banksy survive (another) unmasking?Podcast Plus, is Britain rethinking its big break with the EU? And is battery technology about to take a leap forward?
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Banksy ‘unmasked’: does it matter?Talking Point Reuters says investigation ‘in public interest’ but artist’s lawyer warns it could ‘violate his privacy, interfere with his art and put him in danger’
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Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First – an ‘irreverent’ and ‘intensely charismatic’ showThe Week Recommends Covering subjects from Old Testament prophets to chocolate biscuits, the artist delves into her ‘magnificent, unruly inner world’
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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 timesThe 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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