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Grayson Perry: The Pre-Therapy Years

D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion

D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion

  • Bletchley Park, Bletchley
  • From 11 April 2019
  • 50% off entry with National Art Pass
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Filippo Albacini, The Wounded Achilles, 1825

Troy: Myth and Reality

Chantal Joffe, Self-Portrait Pregnant II, 2004

Portraying Pregnancy: From Holbein to Social Media

  • The Foundling Museum, London
  • Until 26 April 2020
  • Free entry with National Art Pass

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David Hockney: Drawing from Life

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Young Rembrandt

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St Kilda Morning, Norman Ackroyd, etching & aquatint, 2019.

Norman Ackroyd – Etching the Archipelago

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Kimono Times, Akira Times, 2017 © Akira Times

Kimono: Kyoto to Catwalk

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Ida Applebroog, Mercy Hospital, 1969

Ida Applebroog: Mercy Hospital

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Leonora Carrington, The Old Maids, 1947 © Estate of Leonora Carrington / ARS, NY and DACS, London 2019. Photo: James Austin

British Surrealism

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Man Up!

Man Up! Women who stepped into a man’s world

  • Chawton House, Chawton
  • 2 March – 30 December 2020
  • 50% off with National Art Pass
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Aubrey Beardsley, The Climax, 1893 (published 1907), Photo: Stephen Calloway

Aubrey Beardsley

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Myoung Ho Lee, Tree... #2, 2011 © Myoung Ho Lee

Among the Trees

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The Illustrations of Charles Keeping

  • Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner
  • 29 February – 31 May 2020
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
When Brands take a Stand

When Brands Take a Stand

John Ruskin, Study of an Oak Leaf, undated, pen and brown ink with watercolour over graphite, Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection.

Unto This Last: Two Hundred Years of John Ruskin

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Mars © NASA

Moving to Mars

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Prince Siddhartha’s birth depicted in a woodblock printed folding book in four volumes containing scenes from the Life of Buddha, China, 1808

Buddhism

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William Orpen, The Studio, c1910, Leeds Museums and Galleries, Photo: Bridgeman Images

William Orpen

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Radical Women: Jessica Dismorr and her Contemporaries

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Jann Haworth and Liberty Blake, Work in Progress, 2016 (ongoing), Photo: Alex Johnstone © Courtesy of the artist

Jann Haworth: Close Up

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Norman Cornish: The Definitive Collection

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Fairies in Illustration

  • Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner
  • Until 23 February 2020
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
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The Embrace

Royal Society of British Artists 303rd Annual Exhibition 2020

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Andrea Walsh, Collection of Contained Boxes – Clear Frit, White and Clear, 2018

Beneath the Surface

  • City Art Centre, Edinburgh
  • Until 1 March 2020
  • Free to all
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Weldon's ladies' fashion patterns, which belonged to Emily Tinne and might have been used by her dressmaker

An English Lady's Wardrobe

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Distribution of Negroes in the United States © WEB Du Bois

WEB Du Bois: Charting Black Lives

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David Bomberg, The Mud Bath, 1914. © Tate

Young Bomberg and the Old Masters

  • National Gallery, London
  • Until 1 March 2020
  • Free to all

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