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WG Sebald, The Rings of Saturn (Sizewell – Unused Photograph), 1994

Lines of Sight: W.G. Sebald’s East Anglia at Norwich Castle

D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion

D-Day: Interception, Intelligence, Invasion

  • Bletchley Park, Bletchley
  • Until 11 April 2024
  • 50% off entry with National Art Pass
Joanna Wells, Fanny Eaton, 1861

Pre-Raphaelite Sisters

Tai Shani, installation view of DC: Semiramis, Glasgow International 2018

Turner Prize 2019

  • Turner Contemporary, Margate
  • Until 12 January 2020
  • Free to all

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Bridget Riley, High Sky, 1991

Bridget Riley

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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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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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Henry Moore, Two Apprehensive Shelterers, 1942

Henry Moore: The Artist and His Patron

  • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
  • 30 October 2019 – 8 March 2020
  • Free to all
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Death of Lucretia © The Bowes Museum

The Power And The Virtue: Guido Reni's Death Of Lucretia

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François d'Albert-Durade, Portrait of George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), 1880-1881

Exploring Eliot's Coventry

  • Herbert Art Gallery & Museum, Coventry
  • 1 November 2019 – 26 April 2020
  • Free to all
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Mary Cameron, Plaza de Toros, Madrid, before 1908

Mary Cameron: Life in Paint

  • City Art Centre, Edinburgh
  • 2 November 2019 – 15 March 2020
  • Free to all
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Joris Laarman for MX3D, Bridge Project, 2015 (3D-printed pedestrian bridge)

Hello, Robot

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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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Gareth Cadwallader Bath, 2015–16 © and courtesy the artist, 2019

Slow Painting

  • Leeds Art Gallery, Leeds
  • 24 October 2019 – 12 January 2020
  • Free to all
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Mark Neville, Kristina, an hour after the shelling in Luhanske, Eastern Ukraine, 2, 2017 © Mark Neville

Play Well

  • Wellcome Collection, London
  • 24 October 2019 – 8 March 2020
  • Free to all

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Francesca Woodman, Untitled, 1975-1980

ARTIST ROOMS Self Evidence: Photographs by Woodman, Arbus and Mapplethorpe

  • Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
  • Until 20 October 2019
  • Free to all
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FOOD: Bigger than the Plate, 18 May-20 October 2019. Sponsored by BaxterStorey.

FOOD: Bigger than the Plate

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A model wearing a look from the Ashish Spring Summer 2017 collection Bollywood Bloodbath

Body Beautiful: Diversity on the Catwalk

  • National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh
  • Until 20 October 2019
  • Free to all
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Emma Hopkins, Sophie and Carla, 2019 (Winner of BP Young Artist Award 2019)

BP Portrait Award 2019

  • National Portrait Gallery, London
  • Until 20 October 2019
  • Free to all
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Lillias August, Decommissioned

The Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours

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Eliot Hodgkin, One Lemon Quartered, 1972

Brought to Life: Eliot Hodgkin Rediscovered

  • Waddesdon Manor, Aylesbury
  • Until 20 October 2019
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
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Gary Wearing: Number Nineteen

  • Guernsey Museum and Art Gallery, St Peter Port
  • Until 20 October 2019
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
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Willem van de Velde, the younger, A Brisk Breeze, c1665

Unlocking Paintings: Artists in Amsterdam

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Tippett & Britten: Portrait of a wartime Friendship, Britten-Pears Foundation

Tippett & Britten: Portrait of a wartime Friendship

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Henri Matisse, Le Clown (The Clown), 1912

Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage

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Grete Marks, Untitled, Undated

Grete Marks: An Intimate Portrait

  • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester
  • Until 27 October 2019
  • Free to all
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Audrey Grant, Portrait of Norman, 2017

The Long Look: The Making of a Portrait

  • Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
  • Until 27 October 2019
  • Free to all

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