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Devotion By Design: Italian Altarpieces Before 1500, National Gall ery
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Alice Anderson's Childhood Rituals, Freud Museum, London
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Figures and Fictions: Comtemporary South African Photography, V&A
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Wim Wenders: Places, Strange and Quiet, Haunch of Venison
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition
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Beyond Ourselves, Royal Society
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Summer Season at Tate St Ives
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Angela de la Cruz, Lisson Gallery
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Since Tomorrow, Ebb & Flow Gallery
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John Stezaker, Whitechapel Gallery

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