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Gentleman's court suit, c1775

The Georgian Edit: Cutting Edge Fashion of the Eighteenth Century

  • Fairfax House, York
  • 23 August – 31 December 2019
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
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Paul Cézanne, The Bathers (Large Plate), 1896-97

Cézanne at the Whitworth

  • The Whitworth, Manchester
  • 24 August 2019 – 1 March 2020
  • Free to all

The Italian Connection

  • City Art Centre, Edinburgh
  • 7 September 2019 – 24 May 2020
  • Free to all
Francis Campbell Boileau Cadell, Inner Hebrides, Scotland

Burning Bright: The Scottish Colourists

William Blake, Capaneus the Blasphemer, 1824-1827

William Blake

Graham Rigby, Figures with Boat, 1956

Neo-Romantic Art: The McDowall Collection

  • St Barbe Museum and Art Gallery, Lymington
  • 6 September – 10 November 2019
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
Heath Robinson, Bather on the seashore

Heath Robinson: Watercolours

  • Heath Robinson Museum, Pinner
  • 7 September – 24 November 2019
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
Glenys Barton, Time at Yagul, 1976, Photo: Jenny Harper, © WWRD

22 Hands

  • Wedgwood Museum & World of Wedgwood, Stoke-on-trent
  • 7 September – 13 October 2019
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
Middleport Pottery for Resonating Spaces at BCB 2019, Photo:Jenny Harper

Resonating Spaces

Paul Kidby, Discworld and Beyond - Touring Exhibition

  • Larne Museum and Arts Centre, Larne
  • 6 September – 31 October 2019
  • Free to all
Henri Matisse, Jeune femme, mains croisées près d'un bocal de poisons, 1929

Henri Matisse: Master of Line

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Edvard Munch, In the Man’s Brain, 1897

The German Revolution: Expressionist Prints

  • Hunterian Art Gallery, Glasgow
  • Until 25 August 2019
  • Free to all
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Queer Spaces: London, 1980s - Today

  • Whitechapel Gallery, London
  • Until 25 August 2019
  • Free to all
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Michael Rakowitz, The invisible enemy should not exist (Northwest palace of Nimrud, Room N), 2018

Michael Rakowitz

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Barbara Hepworth, Sculpture with Colour and Strings, 1939-1961

Parallel Lines: Drawing and Sculpture

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Poster designed by Charles Rennie Mackintosh, 1896

Charles Rennie Mackintosh: Making the Glasgow Style

  • Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
  • Until 26 August 2019
  • 50% off entry with National Art Pass
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Noda Satoru, Golden Kamuy, 2014 onwards

Manga マンガ

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Frank Bowling, Great Thames IV, 1988-9

Frank Bowling

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Schoolchild’s homework in Greek on a wax tablet, Egypt, 2nd century AD

Writing: Making Your Mark

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Ann-Marie James, Chieftain 1, 2019

Alchemy: Artefacts Reimagined

  • Wiltshire Museum, Devizes
  • Until 26 August 2019
  • Free entry with National Art Pass
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Écarlate afternoon dress, Autumn-Winter 1955 Haute Couture collection, Y line

Christian Dior: Designer of Dreams

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Mikkel Beiter, Holy Light II

Astronomy Photographer of the Year

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Nadège Mériau, Au centre de la Terre II, 2011

Fire: Flashes to Ashes in British Art 1692-2019

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