'Anything could happen—especially after dark': Phyllida Barlow unveils teetering, battered sculpture in London cemetery
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'Anything could happen—especially after dark': Phyllida Barlow unveils teetering, battered sculpture in London cemetery
Group show of cutting edge contemporary painting opens at Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate
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Group show of cutting edge contemporary painting opens at Carl Freedman Gallery in Margate
From Turbine Hall to Thames: Ackroyd & Harvey's enormous grass banner pleads for our planet's future
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From Turbine Hall to Thames: Ackroyd & Harvey's enormous grass banner pleads for our planet's future
'Island of secrets': exhibition fills former UK nuclear research site on Suffolk coast with art
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'Island of secrets': exhibition fills former UK nuclear research site on Suffolk coast with art
Site-specific works reflect on the toxic fallout of Orford Ness's dark past
Retina-bombarding films and complicated stenches: Glasgow International offers us new ways to pay attention
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Retina-bombarding films and complicated stenches: Glasgow International offers us new ways to pay attention
Scotland's largest festival of visual culture takes over sites across the city
Frank Bowling: ‘My art isn’t about politics, it’s about paint’
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Frank Bowling: ‘My art isn’t about politics, it’s about paint’
As several shows of his work open, the artist talks about the distinctive transatlantic influences on his art, the role of politics, and art for art’s sake
Q&A | What artists wear and why it matters
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Q&A | What artists wear and why it matters
A new book by the fashion critic Charlie Porter explores how what artists choose to wear can tell us about the multiple roles of clothing in society
Slavery, stray dogs and our shared stomach: Liverpool Biennial questions port city's imperial legacy
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Slavery, stray dogs and our shared stomach: Liverpool Biennial questions port city's imperial legacy
Why artist Eileen Agar’s 'womb magic' speaks to our times
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Why artist Eileen Agar’s 'womb magic' speaks to our times
While a major retrospective of her work has just opened at the Whitechapel Gallery, her feminist influence can be seen in a range of exhibitions across London
Our critic's choice of London Gallery Weekend shows: South
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Our critic's choice of London Gallery Weekend shows: South
The spotlight turns on south London on 5 June where exciting young artists are getting their debut shows and veterans who represented Britain at the Venice Biennale are making a comeback
Our critics' choice of London Gallery Weekend: East
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Our critics' choice of London Gallery Weekend: East
Much like the area itself, the galleries of east London are presenting an eclectic mix of exhibitions, so our critics have joined forces and picked some of their favourites
Veronica Ryan: ‘I don’t know anyone who makes art for art’s sake’
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Veronica Ryan: ‘I don’t know anyone who makes art for art’s sake’
After a period away from the spotlight, the British sculptor has a cluster of exhibitions due to open later this year
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Julie Curtiss's hairy take on Seurat to Kapwani Kiwanga's dense and diasporic fibre installations
Camp extravaganza and Mayday pagan frolics at Queer as Folklore exhibition in London
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Camp extravaganza and Mayday pagan frolics at Queer as Folklore exhibition in London
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a historical group show of works from 1960s Italy to David Harrison's trans pagan goats
Yinka Shonibare, an art icon with a sardonic twist
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Yinka Shonibare, an art icon with a sardonic twist
The artist is a shining example of philanthropy, funding creative residency projects in London and Lagos
To honour Joseph Beuys's landmark urban forest installation, 100 oak trees have been planted outside Tate Modern
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To honour Joseph Beuys's landmark urban forest installation, 100 oak trees have been planted outside Tate Modern
Longtime friends Tess Jaray and Paul de Monchaux collaborate at Frestonian Gallery
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Longtime friends Tess Jaray and Paul de Monchaux collaborate at Frestonian Gallery
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Gretchen Andrew's search engine-hacking assemblages to Haroun Hayward's painterly meditations on rave culture
London's Design Museum circumvents lockdown restrictions by opening artist-designed supermarket
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London's Design Museum circumvents lockdown restrictions by opening artist-designed supermarket
Alice Channer: 'I weaponise glamour… I see clothes as a kind of armour that can change and mutate'
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Alice Channer: 'I weaponise glamour… I see clothes as a kind of armour that can change and mutate'
As a host of new shows open in the UK, the artist reflects on her use of diverse materials and multifarious processes to reflect the shifting nature of bodies
Lucy Sparrow recreates chemist shop made entirely from felt
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Lucy Sparrow recreates chemist shop made entirely from felt
Mat Collishaw transforms suburban underpass into eerie echolocation film space
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Mat Collishaw transforms suburban underpass into eerie echolocation film space
Honey, we shrunk the gallery! Leading artists including Damien Hirst and Lubaina Himid to create miniature masterpieces for UK exhibition
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Honey, we shrunk the gallery! Leading artists including Damien Hirst and Lubaina Himid to create miniature masterpieces for UK exhibition
Pallant House Gallery in Chichester's upcoming summer exhibition features scaled-down works by the UK's biggest artists
Sculptor Zak Ové creates monumental Afrofuturistic rocket ship, but it has nowhere to land
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Sculptor Zak Ové creates monumental Afrofuturistic rocket ship, but it has nowhere to land
Artists take to billboards to commemorate one year anniversary of UK lockdown
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Artists take to billboards to commemorate one year anniversary of UK lockdown
'Raw pop perfection': remembering artist Duggie Fields
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'Raw pop perfection': remembering artist Duggie Fields
Basking in the reflected glory of the River Thames
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Basking in the reflected glory of the River Thames
The Thames is the inspiration for a number of new projects that celebrate the power of this mighty river and its ability to fuel imaginations
The Art Newspaper's women channel Charlotte Perriand for International Women's Day
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The Art Newspaper's women channel Charlotte Perriand for International Women's Day
Galleries and museums listen up—here are ten guidelines on how to not exclude artists with children
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Galleries and museums listen up—here are ten guidelines on how to not exclude artists with children
Street viewing exhibitions provide creative comfort for art-starved Londoners
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Street viewing exhibitions provide creative comfort for art-starved Londoners
'It's like a marriage': Alvaro Barrington and Sadie Coles get frank about artist-dealer relationships
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'It's like a marriage': Alvaro Barrington and Sadie Coles get frank about artist-dealer relationships
After more than two decades together, artist duo Broomberg and Chanarin commit 'creative suicide'
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After more than two decades together, artist duo Broomberg and Chanarin commit 'creative suicide'
A "posthumous retrospective" in Barcelona will divide their joint estate
Exotic aphrodisiacs and perverse sex: dive into Viktor Wynd's cabinet of curiosities this Valentine's Day
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Exotic aphrodisiacs and perverse sex: dive into Viktor Wynd's cabinet of curiosities this Valentine's Day
'Like witnessing my own funeral': Michael Landy's possession-pulverising performance piece Break Down turns 20
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'Like witnessing my own funeral': Michael Landy's possession-pulverising performance piece Break Down turns 20
Project space providing discount studios for young London artists opens in Mayfair
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Project space providing discount studios for young London artists opens in Mayfair
'Remove racist paintings' and 'give back stolen objects': The White Pube takes its manifesto to the streets
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'Remove racist paintings' and 'give back stolen objects': The White Pube takes its manifesto to the streets
‘UK’s biggest art exhibition’ gets underway—and they want your work, too
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‘UK’s biggest art exhibition’ gets underway—and they want your work, too
From canvas to catwalk: Dior turns Peter Doig's atmospheric paintings into menswear collection
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From canvas to catwalk: Dior turns Peter Doig's atmospheric paintings into menswear collection
Patti Smith marks US inauguration day with rendition of her song The People Have the Power—watch it here
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Patti Smith marks US inauguration day with rendition of her song The People Have the Power—watch it here
Future Fossil: the concrete cast of a suburban house that will sprout into a glorious garden
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Future Fossil: the concrete cast of a suburban house that will sprout into a glorious garden
Patti Smith lights up London's Piccadilly Circus with birthday wishes for Greta Thunberg
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Patti Smith lights up London's Piccadilly Circus with birthday wishes for Greta Thunberg
Courtauld Institute triumphs in nail-biting University Challenge final
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Courtauld Institute triumphs in nail-biting University Challenge final
Fingers on buzzers.... Courtauld takes on Goldsmiths in arty University Challenge
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Fingers on buzzers.... Courtauld takes on Goldsmiths in arty University Challenge
'A global conversation'—in face of pandemic, 21 galleries launch a collaborative exhibition programme
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'A global conversation'—in face of pandemic, 21 galleries launch a collaborative exhibition programme
Portraits of local heroes go on show at London's Kings Cross
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Portraits of local heroes go on show at London's Kings Cross
Jeremy Deller marks World Human Rights Day with UK-wide poster campaign
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Jeremy Deller marks World Human Rights Day with UK-wide poster campaign
Freelands awards MK Gallery and Ingrid Pollard £100,000—and releases annual report highlighting art world's glaring gender discrepancies
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Freelands awards MK Gallery and Ingrid Pollard £100,000—and releases annual report highlighting art world's glaring gender discrepancies
Grizedale launches campaign to turn historic Lake District pub into rural arts centre
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Grizedale launches campaign to turn historic Lake District pub into rural arts centre
Three outdoor shows to see in London this weekend
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Three outdoor shows to see in London this weekend
From Chila Kumari Singh Burman's eye-popping Tate Winter Commission to Lucy McKenzie's tube station takeover
Southbank Centre's outdoor lights show offers glittering festive cheer—but scant comfort to its redundant workers
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Southbank Centre's outdoor lights show offers glittering festive cheer—but scant comfort to its redundant workers
Phyllida Barlow hosts virtual pyjama party for Contemporary Art Society's fundraising dinner
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Phyllida Barlow hosts virtual pyjama party for Contemporary Art Society's fundraising dinner
During a second lockdown CAS found an ingenious solution for its annual artist-hosted fundraising dinner
Mark Titchner's 'carnivalesque' posters deliver optimistic rallying cry to locked down London
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Mark Titchner's 'carnivalesque' posters deliver optimistic rallying cry to locked down London
‘Blinged-up but razor-sharp’: Chila Kumari Singh Burman on her Diwali-inspired Tate Britain commission
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‘Blinged-up but razor-sharp’: Chila Kumari Singh Burman on her Diwali-inspired Tate Britain commission
The key figure in the British Black Arts movement of the 1980s has adorned the London museum’s façade with a colourful work exploring her own background
Francis Bacon's legacy continued by new unconventional publishing company
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Francis Bacon's legacy continued by new unconventional publishing company
Activist art steps in when words are not enough
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Activist art steps in when words are not enough
Fiona Banner drops a klanger outside Defra while Laure Provost takes language to new levels
Halloween with Ai Weiwei: artist's new film screens in Piccadilly Circus and online tonight
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Halloween with Ai Weiwei: artist's new film screens in Piccadilly Circus and online tonight
The Chinese dissident artist is stopping the regular advertisements in the famous square for an hour
Séances and spiritual awakenings abound in travelling exhibition exploring the 'artist as medium'
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Séances and spiritual awakenings abound in travelling exhibition exploring the 'artist as medium'
Royal Academicians band together to release portfolio of prints made in the midst of lockdown
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Royal Academicians band together to release portfolio of prints made in the midst of lockdown
'Boris u r a poo!': nation's children submit letters to prime minister for exhibition at London's Foundling Museum
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'Boris u r a poo!': nation's children submit letters to prime minister for exhibition at London's Foundling Museum
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
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Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a chilling show on Arctic culture to Polly Morgan's gorgeously repellent serpentine sculptures
Duke and Duchess of Cambridge launch public art exhibition showing portraits of a nation in lockdown
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Duke and Duchess of Cambridge launch public art exhibition showing portraits of a nation in lockdown
'Gorgeous, repellent, savagely erotic': Polly Morgan slithers into our subconscious at London's Bomb Factory
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'Gorgeous, repellent, savagely erotic': Polly Morgan slithers into our subconscious at London's Bomb Factory
Cecily Brown: ‘I’m trying to understand what England means to me’
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Cecily Brown: ‘I’m trying to understand what England means to me’
With her delayed show now open at Blenheim Palace, the British-born painter explains that she is as likely to be inspired by childhood comics as historic battle scenes
Season for Change launches four £10,000 artist commissions to support climate action
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Season for Change launches four £10,000 artist commissions to support climate action
The project will support works centred around underrepresented communities in the climate movement
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Liu Xiaodong's portraits of wealthy Chinese immigrants to the Royal Academy's delayed Summer show
Fiona Banner's 1.5 tonne sculpture protesting industrial fishing removed by UK government
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Fiona Banner's 1.5 tonne sculpture protesting industrial fishing removed by UK government
Idris Khan designs Vivaldi-inspired facemasks to support Black and POC curators
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Idris Khan designs Vivaldi-inspired facemasks to support Black and POC curators
Fiona Banner and Greenpeace dump 1.5-tonne granite sculpture outside UK government to protest ocean bed destruction
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Fiona Banner and Greenpeace dump 1.5-tonne granite sculpture outside UK government to protest ocean bed destruction
The direct action is part of a Greenpeace campaign to stop illegal industrial fishing in some of Britain’s most sensitive marine areas
Delayed Royal Academy Summer Exhibition delivers powerful diversity statement and an Okwui Enwezor tribute
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Delayed Royal Academy Summer Exhibition delivers powerful diversity statement and an Okwui Enwezor tribute
Galleries start to clean up their environmental act with new climate coalition
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Galleries start to clean up their environmental act with new climate coalition
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From transgressive Tantra at the British Museum to a series of artistic interventions in Brent's libraries
New public art project in London will show works by Ai Weiwei and Eddie Peake on Europe's largest billboard
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New public art project in London will show works by Ai Weiwei and Eddie Peake on Europe's largest billboard
The digital art platform CIRCA will commission a new artist every month to create a work that reflects on the year 2020
Rosewater soda and a coronavirus memorial: what to see at the Brent Biennial
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Rosewater soda and a coronavirus memorial: what to see at the Brent Biennial
From Dawn Mellor's George Michael mural to Rasheed Araeen's anarchic library installation
Cartoon constellations and deserted deserts: hop on board Andy Holden's ghost train ride
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Cartoon constellations and deserted deserts: hop on board Andy Holden's ghost train ride
The Art Car Boot Fair goes online—with virtual studio visits and a surprise mother-daughter double act
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The Art Car Boot Fair goes online—with virtual studio visits and a surprise mother-daughter double act
Horniman Museum in London unveils nitrogen-absorbing sculpture for bees
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Horniman Museum in London unveils nitrogen-absorbing sculpture for bees
Tavares Strachan: 'I grew up not feeling empowered by art'
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Tavares Strachan: 'I grew up not feeling empowered by art'
As a new show opens at Marian Goodman Gallery in London, the Bahamian artist explains why he feels schoolchildren, and not the art world, are his natural audience
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
ReviewThree to see
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Raisa Kabir's transcontinental textiles to Toyin Ojih Odutola's epic cycle of queer, Black drawings
Queer, Black, out of this world: Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawings flip power structures in Barbican show
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Queer, Black, out of this world: Toyin Ojih Odutola's drawings flip power structures in Barbican show
Four new £1,000 awards launched for experimental UK artists
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Four new £1,000 awards launched for experimental UK artists
Artist to create giant collaborative work from discarded NHS rainbows
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Artist to create giant collaborative work from discarded NHS rainbows
Out of respect for Beirut, huge Hiroshima memorial work moved from Piccadilly Circus
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Out of respect for Beirut, huge Hiroshima memorial work moved from Piccadilly Circus
Gerry's Pompeii under threat once again
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Gerry's Pompeii under threat once again
New works by Thomas J. Price and Larry Achiampong on The Line extend the debate on public sculpture
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New works by Thomas J. Price and Larry Achiampong on The Line extend the debate on public sculpture
Four billboards outside Hull, England: art project commemorates sex workers who have died
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Four billboards outside Hull, England: art project commemorates sex workers who have died
Collective of former sex workers and the artist duo Henry/Bragg are behind the installation
Niru Ratnam opens a new West End gallery
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Niru Ratnam opens a new West End gallery
'Tender, gentle and creative soul': outdoor exhibition in west London pays tribute to artist Khadija Saye who died in Grenfell fire
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'Tender, gentle and creative soul': outdoor exhibition in west London pays tribute to artist Khadija Saye who died in Grenfell fire
Unveiled by Tottenham MP David Lammy today, the show also marks the launch of an arts mentor scheme in Saye’s name
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Portrait of Tracey: how Emin's cancer diagnosis hasn't stopped her from being an artistic dynamo
With exhibitions at the Royal Academy and Xavier Hufkens, as well as her return to Margate, the artist is doing more in convalescence than most people manage in full health
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