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The global touring show Nelson Mandela: The Official Exhibition debuts at a new event space in Waterloo
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Fashion designer turned sculptor Nicole Farhi presents her largest solo exhibition to date. Folds, at Beaux Arts London gallery, celebrates feminine flesh in sumptuous splendour
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Ground-breaking Royal Academy exhibition showcases drawings by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo alongside video art by Bill Viola
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The Tate Britain Sixty Years exhibition celebrates women artists working in Britain from 1960 to present
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Performance artist Anne Imhof creates engaging new work for the BMW Tate Live exhibition 2019
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The sculptor best known for The Angel of the North stages his most significant solo exhibition for over a decade at the Royal Academy London
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We round up the the best art exhibitions, guided walks, and outdoor sculpture trails away from London's stuffy museums
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Before you wonder if you’re seeing double: Renaissance painters Giovanni Bellini and Andrea Mantegna get a long overdue joint exhibition at the National Gallery
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Cuban performance artist Tania Bruguera takes over the Turbine Hall with her mesmerising 2018 Hyundai Commission, Tate Modern
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Pack your bags, grab your camera and head for the open road: these are the best art exhibitions that may just tempt you on a mini-break
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A ground-breaking Rodin exhibition at the British Museum explores how the ancient world shaped the artistic vision of a modern master
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Art, design, music, drink and food: London's largest free weekend arts festival returns to the capital for its fifth edition
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Culture Whisper rounds up the best menus to celebrate Mayfair's art extravaganza this weekend
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Celebrate the man in the mirror and the art he has inspired at the new National Portrait Gallery exhibition
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To celebrate the release of Sara Driver's new Jean-Michel Basquiat documentary, we investigate how Basquiat, a self-taught outsider, became the darling of the art world establishment.
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One of the most significant shows of the year opens at Tate Modern: Picasso 1932, Love, Fame, Tragedy is erotic, often brutal but everything we hoped it would be
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Following her acclaimed installation at South London Gallery last autumn, Katharina Grosse comes to Gagosian with an explosive new body of work
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A photographer at the top of her game, Lizzie Sadin wins the Carmignac Photojournalism Award 2018 for her stark portrayal of Nepalese human trafficking
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Find out what inspired René Goscinny to create the Astérix cartoons, one of the most popular comic series of all time
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One of the most charming London museum exhibitions of the year explores the neglected relationship between photography and abstract art from 1910 to the modern day
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An exhibition that shocks, inspires, and leaves you with the unshakeable urge to reconsider your wardrobe
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The National Gallery's new exhibition of Claude Monet paintings majestically illuminates a much neglected facet of the painter's work
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Closing soon, Charles I: King and Collector reunites the greatest British art collection of all time for the first time in 350 years. It's a complete triumph
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Mark Dion is internationally renowned for his scientific-eye and artistic categorisation of objects. A major exhibition of is now on display at the Whitechapel Gallery
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Two international abstract artists, Manuel Espinosa and Ilona Keserü, arrive at Stephen Friedman Gallery, Mayfair
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A rare opportunity to find out how and why Tolkien created Middle-earth – and discover more about the man behind the masterpiece
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With the Affordable Art Fair Battersea 2018 edition now open, we offer our top tips for starting an art collection with the help of Fair Director Luci Noel
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Reflections explores how Jan van Eyck's Arnolfini Portrait triggered a revolution in British painting
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After a long sojourne apart, the only two surviving Bartolomé Esteban Murillos are reunited at London's National Gallery
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Through propaganda, photos, postcards and more, the Red Star Over Russia Tate Modern exhibition paints a vivid picture of Russia’s complex Soviet era while unearthing hidden gems
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The V&A's fashion exhibition will have you cooing over cocoon coats, baby doll dresses and magnificent hats
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Monochrome explores the tradition of painting in black and white through the ages