Beauty fades: the exhibitions to catch before autumn arrives

From the RA Summer Show to a crackpot Icelander, these are the shows you might have missed. Go, go, go! Catch before they close this autumn

RA Summer Exhibition 2016: Highlights ★★★★

An embarrassment of riches: every year, the world’s largest open-submission exhibition rolls into Piccadilly. This year's crop doesn't disappoint.

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WHEN
13 Jun 2016 – 21 Aug 2016, 10:00 AM – 6:00 PM
WHERE
Royal Academy
Burlington House, Piccadilly, London, W1J 0BD

Cornelia Parker: FOUND, Foundling Museum Review★★★★★

This exhibition comes as a surprise – and a complete delight. Turner Prize-winning, shed-exploding artist Cornelia Parker curates a show of found objects, with Phyllida Barlow, Jarvis Cocker, Richard Deacon, Tacita Dean, Edmund de Waal, Brian Eno, Antony Gormley and many other luminaries.

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WHEN
27 May 2016 – 04 Sep 2016, Tuesday - Saturday 10:00 - 17:00, Sunday 11:00 - 17:00, Monday closed
WHERE
The Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square, London, WC1N 1AZ

Georgiana Houghton: Spirit Drawings, Courtauld Gallery ★★★★★

Ribbons of colour whirl: torques of brown, red and green churn, layer upon layer. White filigree dances across the surface, ending in frail curlicues.

Did we mention they were drawn by ghosts?

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WHEN
25 Jun 2016 – 25 Sep 2016, Open daily 10am-6pm
WHERE
Courtauld Gallery
Strand, London, WC2R 0RN

Ragnar Kjartansson, Barbican Centre

The Icelandic installation artist Ragnar Kjartansson is bringing his acclaimed The Visitors to the Barbican. Prepare to be enchanted by the playful, melancholy, baffling, loving art of Iceland’s Ragnar Kjartansson.

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WHEN
14 Jul 2016 – 04 Sep 2016, Closes at 9pm Thursdays and Fridays
WHERE
Barbican Centre
Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

Mona Hatoum review, Tate Modern ★★★★

Palestinian Mona Hatoum is one of the most important artists working today. She rose to prominence in the '80s, emerging from a Leftist countercultural scene dominated by performance art and identity politics. But Hatoum has transcended these labels; her voice is universal and a force for peace, the world over. This is her (long overdue) first major UK survey.

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WHEN
04 May 2016 – 21 Aug 2016, Sunday - Thursday 10am - 6pm, Friday - Saturday 10am - 10pm
WHERE
Tate Modern
Bankside, London, SE1 9TG
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