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Must-see London art exhibitions closing in August 2026

From David Hockney’s final Normandy frieze to Tracey Emin at Tate Modern, these blockbuster London art exhibitions are entering their final days. Here are the top summer shows to see before they close

Evening Standard

Royal tour paintings from Charles’s personal collection go on display

Tom Hallifax described being a royal tour artist as ‘a lovely thing’ that is ‘very challenging as an artist, fascinating as a person’.

Evening Standard

Lovers, haters, rivals and chums – Seeing Each Other: Portraits of Artists review

What happens when artists paint artists? From Lucian Freud and Celia Paul to Lubaina Himid and Claudette Johnson, this cracking show provides absorbing insights

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Artists decry ‘irresponsible’ plans to demolish brutalist Midlands tower

Conservation groups say University of Wolverhampton’s proposals overlook historical significance of art school

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Turner Prize: Jasleen Kaur’s winning, welcoming ode to Glasgow

Pleasure and politics collide in Kaur’s work, which invites our curiosity again and again

The Guardian - UK

Jasleen Kaur wins the Turner prize 2024

The competition’s youngest contestant scoops the award for animating everyday objects to reflect the pluralities of identity and community

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Turner prize 2024 – everything, everywhere, all at once

The quartet of artists in this 40th anniversary show is properly international, but in spite of the sheer density of the exhibits, there’s precious little to look at

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The Guardian view on the Turner prize at 40: not over yet

Editorial: The award that helped shoot young British artists to stardom is reaching middle age, but it still counts

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Turner Prize 2024: The infamous award’s nominees go on display at the Tate Britain

Jasleen Kaur, Delaine Le Bas, Claudette Johnson and Pio Abad are all up for this year’s prize, with works that delve into decolonisation and anti-imperialist struggle

The Independent UK

4 artists' works shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize go on display at a London museum

A large concrete sculpture of a bracelet referencing the excesses of former Philippine first lady Imelda Marcos and a collection of portraits focusing on Black men and women are among the eclectic artwork shortlisted for the prestigious Turner Prize

The Independent UK

Turner Prize 2024 at Tate Britain review: after years in the doldrums the infamous award comes roaring back

Claudette Johnson looks like the artist to beat on a strong and enjoyable shortlist

Evening Standard

Turner prize 2024 review – vitality, surprise … and a Ford Escort in a doily

The nominees bring in bottles of Irn-Bru, gigantic concrete jewellery and blood-red footprints in a show filled with moving cultural collisions and humour

The Guardian - UK

Blue Black portraits, electric light relief and sugar in space – the week in art

Claudette Johnson’s intimate observations, Anthony McCall’s gleaming geometry and Tavares Strachan’s rocket launch – all in your weekly dispatch

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This Turner prize shortlist is one in the eye for petty nationalists

This year’s globally inclusive lineup is part of a much deeper and longer conversation about what culture is – and who has a voice

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Claudette Johnson’s art for Cotton Capital nominated for Turner prize

Guardian-commissioned portrait of abolitionist Sarah Parker Remond among works competing for £25,000 prize

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Jasleen Kaur wins the Turner Prize 2024

Jasleen Kaur has won the Turner Prize 2024, recognised for her work which reflects upon everyday objects

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Turner Prize 2024: Artist whose work features Ford Escort in a giant doily and Irn Bru among shortlist

The shortlist for 2024's Turner Prize has been announced, with three of the four artists in the running for the prestigious £25,000 prize from London

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The Time is Always Now review – striking shades of brilliant black figurative art

From an escaped slave pointing a gun to a kid in a Birmingham barber shop, this terrific show shuttles back and forth between times, places, sculpture and painting

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Black British artists can no longer be ignored, says sculptor Thomas J Price

Price says the number of exhibitions focused on black artists has ‘set a new standard’ for representation in the UK

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‘We’re artists, not boxes to be ticked’: Lubaina Himid on her call to arms – and exposing Bath’s past

The Turner prize-winner has filled a museum with billowing reams of fabric – to reveal the shameful pasts of the gentry immortalised in its paintings. As the rebellious artist nears 70, she lets rip at what held her back

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Ch-ch-ch-changes! The artists who prove it’s never too late to try something new

At the outset of 2024, take inspiration from the women who pioneered collage, invented a new language or returned to their greatest passion, all in later life

The Guardian - UK

American anxiety, Georgian fireworks and a Black British pioneer – the week in art

Philip Guston paints an unhinged States, Claudette Johnson’s haunting drawings get a big show and a magical light is shone on the 18th century – all in your weekly dispatch

The Guardian - UK

Claudette Johnson: Presence review – subtle swipes at the exploitative modern masters

The artist brilliantly questions depictions of non-white figures by such revered painters as Gauguin and Picasso – but there’s a quiet power to her new work that leaves theory behind

Evening Standard

Claudette Johnson: Presence at Courtauld Gallery review: a spellbinding collection

Due recognition for her work has been a long time coming, but Johnson is soaring

The Guardian - UK

‘I thought we’d stormed the citadel, but we hadn’t’: Claudette Johnson on blazing a trail for Black artists – and the joy of reigniting her career

As a retrospective of her work opens, the British artist talks about the 1980s BLK Art Group, being eclipsed by the YBAs and how her paintings have a new sense of empowerment

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