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  • Ed Clark

    Bringing together works from the 1940s to the 2000s, this is the first institutional exhibition in Europe of the groundbreaking artist who favoured a push broom over a paintbrush

  • Now You See Us. Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920

    Monumental and momentous, this exhibition does away with any lingering notion that there have been ‘no great women artists’, offering as evidence more than 100 names and 200 works

  • Lonnie Holley: All Rendered Truth

    The American artist and musician redeems humanity’s junk and reveals the dark histories of mundane objects

  • Dion Kitson: Rue Britannia* and Silver Lining**

    From pool cues resembling mops to a re-creation of a landfill pile, Kitson’s witty sculptures at the Ikon Gallery are a comment on class, identity and the state of modern Britain, while an old silver factory provides the setting for…

  • In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900-1930s

    A touring exhibition of art from Ukraine’s national museums captures the country’s distinctive contribution to the early 20th-century avant garde

  • Collidoscope: De la Torre Brothers Retro-Perspective

    A feast for maximalists, the Mexican American brothers’ sparkling blown-glass sculptures and gaudy large-scale lenticular prints mix humour with a pointed critique of colonialism

  • Francis Alÿs: Ricochets

    The Belgian artist’s thoughtful new exhibition transforms the Barbican into a bustling global playground

  • Fruit of Friendship: Portraits by Mary Beale

    A prolific portrait painter from the 17th century, Beale left a far-reaching legacy and espoused a progressive partnership of equality with her husband, which enabled her to become one of Britain’s first professional female artists

  • Augustus John and the First Crisis of Brilliance

    Augustus John was a star around whom many significant artists were in orbit. This enlightening exhibition paints a lively picture of their interface

  • Thinking Like a Mountain

    Not so much a festival as a cultural programme that runs over two years, Thinking Like a Mountain aims to weave stories between nature and culture, with events and exhibitions taking place in and around Bergamo, to alert new audiences…