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<p>Lion in the Road, 2015</p>

Peter Doig’s exhibition is entrancing show that unites art and music

No two experiences of this eccentric exhibition will be the same

<p>'The Dancer' by Benedict Enwonwu</p>

Nigerian Modernism show is a jubilant panorama of art

<p>English artist Patrick Procktor at London’s Redfern Gallery in 1963</p>

The return of dandy art twin Patrick Procktor

<p>Marina Abramović: ‘I don't like pain, really, but I like to stage painful situations in front of the public’</p>

The Saturday Interview

Marina Abramović: ‘I’m going to be attacked by every British tabloid’

<p>‘Reverse’ 2002-2003 by Jenny Saville</p>

YBA Jenny Saville paints flesh at its most excessive and brutalised

To many, Saville is Britain’s greatest artist in waiting – and this sprawling exhibition is further proof

YBA Jenny Saville paints flesh at its most excessive and brutalised

To many, Saville is Britain’s greatest artist in waiting – and this sprawling exhibition is further proof

<p>‘Reverse’ 2002-2003 by Jenny Saville</p>

<p>Edward Burra: ‘The Band’, 1934</p>

How two queer artists responded to the mundanity of inter-war England

<p>Spread over a wider geographical area than any other Liverpool Biennial, this year’s event is designed to be taken in by walking the city</p>

The Liverpool Biennial 2025 offers insights over spectacle

<p>Seeing double: Ishbel Myerscough’s ‘Two Painters’ (2025), of the artist (left) with longtime friend and fellow artist Chantal Joffe</p>

Artist-on-artist portraits unveil a mix of admiration, love and envy

<p>The Wonder of Art: Trite though its title may be, this collection is astounding in its beauty and scale</p>

The National Gallery rehang could be its strongest iteration yet

<p>The Wonder of Art: Trite though its title may be, this collection is astounding in its beauty and scale</p>

The National Gallery rehang could be its strongest iteration yet

<p>Dylan has drawn since his childhood in Duluth, Minnesota</p>

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London exhibition of Bob Dylan’s paintings allows a peek into his soul

<p>Hiroshige's Tōkaidō Autumn Moon – Restaurants at Kanagawa, Musashi Province about 1839</p>

The British Museum’s Hiroshige exhibit will restore your faith in art

<p>Installation view: Raging Planet at Newport Street Gallery, London</p>

Beauty and horror, creation and destruction – it’s all so Damien Hirst

<p>David Hockney: ‘Play Within a Play Within a Play and Me with a Cigarette’ (2024-2025). Acrylic and collage on canvas</p>

This may be the most monumental David Hockney show any of us will see

<p>A prized artist: English Romantic painter JMW Turner</p>

In Focus

How Turner’s imaginative leaps make him Britain’s greatest artist

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