Show draws almost entirely from collection of Lancashire schoolteacher Peter Smithson, a fan since he was 10Peter Smithson’s wife, Belise, has never minded when he receives a corset from Japan or a pair of fur-trimmed...
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Read MoreThe Box, Plymouth Roof-felters, bawdy boozers, off-duty sailors, whip-wielding dominatrixes … this 100th birthday show in Cook’s home town is an exuberant celebration of working-class frivolityGenerally, you get two...
Read MoreMust-sees include Beryl Cook’s postwar brilliance, Tracey Emin’s new highs, Frida Kahlo’s confessions – plus Google’s HQ and Gaudí’s finally finished fever dream Continue...
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Read MoreAnnely Juda Fine Art, LondonWith this new collection of bright and bold still lifes, iPad experiments and splotchy portraits, the art-world titan is beginning to show his age in intriguing, unsteady ways that remain inimitably...
Read MoreTate Modern, LondonFrom filthy kissing to bullfights, fascists and drag acts, the artist who shattered visual conventions is thrillingly, forcefully alive in this illuminating showThe Acrobat sums up the effect Pablo Picasso had...
Read MoreFrom a stray meteorite to an immersive coal pit, via the chance to sit on a ‘feeding chair’, famous fans tell us how they fell in love with the UK’s Museum of the Year finalistsIt’s rare to hear someone...
Read MoreA show full of deities, snakes and shrines puts three ancient faiths in the spotlight. Our writer seeks out its inspiration in the bustling metropolis of MumbaiIt’s the eyes that stay with you – piercing black discs...
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