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From jewellery-making courses to evening pottery classes, London is teeming with creative workshops. Here are the ones we recommend.
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What to see, where to go and who to buy: an insider’s guide to London Art Week 2019
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From William Blake at Tate Britain to Lucian Freud at the Royal Academy, these are the shows to put in your diary for the winter season
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The RCA Secret auction opened on the first weekend of December. Check back nearer the time for more details.
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What to see at Frieze Art Fair 2019: read our insider's guide and navigate the scrum with flair
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The Affordable Art Fair returns to Battersea for its 20th anniversary with a '90s twist
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The luxury brands launching limited-edition products that offer substantial donations to breast cancer charities
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Frieze London 2019 brings a starry array of satellite exhibitions and events to the capital, here are the must-see shows of Frieze Week
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This once in a generation exhibition at Tate Britain surveys the imaginative and spiritual world of artist William Blake
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Nose to the grindstone? Look up. From Parliament Hill in the North to the boat trip to Greenwich in the South, here are the best views of London
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Luxury art and design fair PAD London returns to Berkeley Square in October
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Kids
Anno’s Journey: The World of Anno Mitsumasa brings the work of one of Japan's greatest children's illustrators and authors to London
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Put away your purse: here's where to get your cultural fix in London for free this summer
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The conceptual works of Iraqi-American artist Michael Rakowitz are usually found outdoors. But this summer, eight of his signature installations are on show at the Whitechapel Gallery
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Kids
PLAY WELL at Wellcome Collection is a celebration of play as a transformative, therapeutic tool through toys, photography and live-action role play
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French pharmacy Buly 1803 channels some of the Louvre museum’s most famous works and brings them to life in the form of a scent
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The Other Art Fair offers a hipper alternative to traditional art fairs and is back for its summer edition this July
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First European Lee Krasner retrospective in 50 years comes to the Barbican
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London's largest free contemporary festival is back this year with a wealth of nocturnal art, design and music events
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Design
Celebrate the best of international craftsmanship with our definitive guide on what to see and do during London Craft Week 2019
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Visual Arts
Inês Neto dos Santos cooks up a storm at the AMP Gallery with Tender Touches, an exhibition you can really get your teeth into
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Affordable Art Fair brings the art of wellbeing to Hampstead Heath this May
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Kids
Imagine Art Club's Van Gogh Experience for kids at the Tate Britain brings the artist to life for children with a guided tour and discussion.
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Food & Drink
Discover street food, vintage flea markets and art installations at Vinegar Yard – London's outdoor dining haven
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Beauty
Feast your eyes on the new beauty products inspired by art – found not in a museum, but in a boutique near you
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Visual Arts
Unparalleled in variety and scope, the 2019 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition returns to Somerset House to celebrate the photographic medium
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To celebrate a year that sees women dominating many of the London galleries, we have brought together some of the best female artists on Instagram
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Good things often come in small packages, and at National Portrait Gallery's exhibition Elizabethan Treasures, small reigns supreme
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Tate Modern presents the gloriously dark and fantastically surreal world of Dorothea Tanning, whose work explored the subconscious with unparalleled vigour
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Franz West is set to be Tate Modern's spring blockbuster, as this beautifully realised retrospective celebrates the artist's colourful work
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The most vibrantly coloured streets, bars and museums in London to put on your Insta right now
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Ground-breaking Royal Academy exhibition showcases drawings by Italian Renaissance master Michelangelo alongside video art by Bill Viola