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A new exhibition at Oxford’s Ashmolean Museum explores the ancient culinary history of Pompeii

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Design 

Buckingham Palace's Queen Victoria's Palace provides a regal look into the life of the epoch-making monarch and how she made the residence into a national landmark

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The V&A’s Renaissance Watercolours will bring together 200 masterpieces to reveal the subtle beauty and important functions of this under appreciated art form

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Jewellery 

Be dazzled at Couture London, an exhibition bringing together unique jewellery pieces and contemporary art

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From Jackson Pollock’s famous apple pie to Gala Dalí’s steamed lobsters, these art-inspired cookbooks are great gifts for gourmands and gallery-goers alike

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Some of London's best art and architecture can only be seen by looking up. Here's our guide to the most London's most beautiful and Instagrammable ceilings

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Don't have millions to get in on the contemporary art market? The Art Car Boot Fair comes to London this summer with a dazzling display of affordable art

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The first European retrospective of Harlem born artist and activist Faith Ringgold opens at the Serpentine Gallery and puts America's turbulent history under the spotlight

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The Serpentine hosts the first exhibition of work by Venezuelan artist Luchita Hurtado

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Manga at the British Museum explores the fantastical world of Japanese graphic novels

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Ai Weiwei's new flag will be central to an international, week-long series of events marking the 70th anniversary of the Declaration of Human Rights

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This is Manga - the Art of Urasawa Naoki celebrates the acclaimed artist with over 400 artworks on view at Japan House

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Podcast 

From weird science to gripping history, here are the best podcasts to make you smarter

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Turner Prize nominee Oscar Murillo presents new work at David Zwirner gallery

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Landmark art anniversaries are popping up all over Europe this year. Here’s our full guide

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Cinema 

The Design Museum stages a block buster exhibition that immerses visitors in the dystopian worlds of director Stanley Kubrick

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Discover Rembrandt's famous self-portrait alongside works by Francis Bacon, Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lucian Freud, and Pablo Picasso

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Glass artist Dale Chihuly returns to Kew Gardens with his mesmerising sculptures

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Cinema 

Finally nominated for an Oscar, Willem Dafoe plays Vincent van Gogh in Julian Schnabel's At Eternity's Gate – but unfortunately the rest of the picture doesn't hold up

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Visual Arts 

Swiss artist and healer Emma Kunz predicted that her drawings were destined for the 21st Century. Serpentine Gallery London presents the first UK solo exhibition of her work

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Talks 

Leonardo da Vinci's Salvator Mundi is the most expensive artwork ever sold. Two experts come together to discuss the science of authentication

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Our guide to female art exhibitions in London in 2019

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Chantal Joffe's year-long diary of self-portraits will be held across two Victoria Miro galleries in London

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Shimmering portraits of a nation: the first major UK retrospective of Joaquín Sorolla’s work in 100 years comes to the National Gallery

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Tate Modern triumphantly kicks off its 2019 exhibition programme with the first major Pierre Bonnard exhibition in twenty years

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Christian Marclay premiered his intensely visual work The Clock in 2010. Now it's back to London. But time's ticking, it'll be gone by Monday

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Painter Anna Liber Lewis and musician Kieran Hebden AKA Four Tet are lifelong friends. Elephant West brings them together for Muscle Memory, a multi-sensory exhibition

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The 2019 Serpentine programme begins with a showcase of the work of award-winning fashion designer Grace Wales Bonner and her contemporaries

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Design 

The Design Museum Home Futures exhibition looks at the past, present and future of our living spaces

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Fashion 

David Sims, Jeremy Deller and Jane How collaborate with British skate brand Aries on an immersive art installation shot on location at Stonehenge

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Classical Music 

Tales of refuge and migration brought to life through music and visuals by Aurora Orchestra at the Southbank Centre

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Recently named the most influential person in contemporary art, Hito Steyerl comes to the Serpentine to explore power and digital technology