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<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

It’s a wonder why there aren’t more exhibitions devoted to this complex dynamic

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<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

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<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

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<p>‘Self-Portrait’ (1882-83) by Edvard Munch, on display in his new National Portrait Gallery exhibition</p>

The world knows Edvard Munch’s work. A new exhibit reveals his demons

Lesser-seen works by the Norwegian master behind ‘The Scream’ are on display at the National Portrait Gallery, showcasing a solitary artist at his most social and intriguing

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The world knows Edvard Munch’s work. A new exhibit reveals his demons

Lesser-seen works by the Norwegian master behind ‘The Scream’ are on display at the National Portrait Gallery, showcasing a solitary artist at his most social and intriguing

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<p>‘Self-Portrait’ (1882-83) by Edvard Munch, on display in his new National Portrait Gallery exhibition</p>

<p>Duccio’s ‘Triptych: Crucifixion and other Scenes’, circa 1302-08</p>

At National Gallery, Siena is a golden journey into late medieval art

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<p>Leigh Bowery Session 1 Look 21 by Fergus Greer</p>

Was Leigh Bowery one of the most original artists of the 20th century?

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<p>Clowning around: Toulouse-Lautrec’s ‘The Clown Cha-U-Kao’ (1895), showing a faux-Chinese nightclub performer arm-in-arm with her girlfriend</p>

This exhibition will reignite your love for Impressionism

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<p>Ai is ‘still a frustrated person trying to work out what the world can really mean’ </p>

Ai Weiwei on free speech: ‘Democracy is a failed joke’

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<p>Ai is ‘still a frustrated person trying to work out what the world can really mean’ </p>

Ai Weiwei on free speech: ‘Democracy is a failed joke’

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<p>David Hoffman, ‘Nidge and Laurence Kissing’, 1990</p>

The 1980s: gritty or glossy? Tate’s new photography show takes a side

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<p>Raphael’s ‘The Virgin and Child with the Infant St John the Baptist’ (‘The Esterhazy Madonna’), c 1508</p>

An unsurprising but pleasant look at three Renaissance giants

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<p>Francis Bacon photographed by Mayotte Magnus in 1972 </p>

Francis Bacon – Human Presence review: the outrage king of British art

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<p>‘Mayfly’ by Jerome is part of the One Nation Under a Groove exhibition in London’s Marylebone </p>

How the Bomb Factory celebrates cultural fusion in Britain

<p>Mike Kelley, ‘Ahh...Youth!’, 1991</p>

Mike Kelley’s dirty conceptual art was trashy, visceral and hilarious

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