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Exhibitions
Exhibitions

Tracey Emin on her friendship with the great artist Louise Bourgeois

Ahead of a new Hayward Gallery exhibition about Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin remembers what it was like to be her friend and collaborator

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Bob Marley One Love Experience at the Saatchi Gallery: feel the love

Memorabilia exhibitions can risk being dry and faded but this lively experiential show aims to evoke the spirit of its subject with warmth and joy

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Last chance and book now! The exhibitions to see in London this month

The city is a treasure trove of ever-changing art, so let’s get out there

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Van Gogh Self-Portraits at the Courtauld Gallery: just unmissable

The gallery has gathered nearly half of the self-portraits the artists created across his lifetime

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Body Vessel Clay at Two Temple Place: a revelatory show

Artists from Ladi Kwali to Magdalene Odundo show the thrilling evolution and comforting continuity of ceramic traditions

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Francis Bacon: Man and Beast at the Royal Academy: startlingly potent

The first show to focus on the painter since 2008 shows his unsettling understanding of humans as animals

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Leigh Bowery’s finest looks are on show in London

The Leigh Bowery: Tell Them I’ve Gone to Papua New Guinea exhibition looks at the life and finest looks of a nightlife icon  

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Gainsborough’s Blue Boy, National Gallery: Miss it and you’ll be blue

A prodigal returns - after a century, one of the British artist’s best loved paintings is back on home soil for a visit

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At Peace exhibition: new Soho gallery celebrates art by black women

The owners want to broaden the conversation about contemporary art

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Prince Charles: Painting transports me into another dimension

Largest ever display of the Prince’s paintings to be staged at The Garrison Chapel in Chelsea

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The best exhibitions to see in 2022 from Stonehenge to Surrealism

Truly, we live in a city in which great art is bountiful

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Life Between Islands at Tate Britain review: captivating Caribbean art

This exploration of the relationship between the Caribbean and Britain in art across eight decades is utterly absorbing

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Amy: Beyond the Stage at Design Museum - An intimate ode to an icon

With handwritten lyrics, iconic looks and more, this retrospective pays loving homage to Amy Winehouse’s life and career

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Lubaina Himid at Tate Modern: Full of generosity, so why the barriers?

The biggest ever show for the 2017 Turner Prize-winner is so nearly great, but frustrated by odd installation choices

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Paula Rego: The Forgotten at Victoria Miro - raw, shocking and free

This new and recent body of work fills the gap left by her recent Tate Britain retrospective

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Fabergé in London at the V&A exhibition review: Still inspiring wonder

It’s not just the exquisite eggs that are mind-blowing, but the craft... and the cost

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Dürer’s Journey at the National Gallery: Portrait of a changing world

A major star of the Northern Renaissance, it’s not always understood how much he influenced and was influenced by the rest of Europe

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London’s Courtauld Gallery reopens, and it’s magnificent

Our critic feared a refurb would ruin this gorgeous gallery - instead, it has opened it up to new glories

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Pablo Bronstein at Sir John Soane’s Museum: Tate should buy the lot

This reflection on the museum by the British-Argentinian artist is a great leap forward in his work

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Peru: a journey in time, British Museum - centuries of civilisation

This wonderful show covers a period of the country’s history that most Europeans will be only dimly aware existed

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Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize: great images, small show

The usual frustrations return - there are great works here, but the gathering is too broad

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Maurice Broomfield: Industrial Sublime at the V&A - deeply impressive

To modern, eco-wary eyes these images have a very different impact, but they’re undeniably extraordinary artworks

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Hogarth and Europe, Tate Britain: A stunning show of work rarely seen

This exhibition, with many works by the iconic London artist not seen here for decades, is a knockout

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Noguchi at the Barbican review: Compelling and uplifting

This show manages to reconnect the everyday objects we all recognise with the designs of sculptor Isamu Noguchi

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Poussin and the Dance at National Gallery: a chance to show some love

This is the first London exhibition of Poussin’s work for over 30 years

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The London art world tastemakers - the women shaking it up

As galleries gear up for Frieze, Ben Luke talks to the talented tastemakers who are changing the scene for the better