Lowry kicks off, pop goes kinky and the wild man of Florence is tamed - the week in art
This weekly art dispatch highlights upcoming exhibitions in the UK, including works by LS Lowry, Allen Jones, and Renaissance woodcut artists. The roundup covers a diverse range of styles from industrial painting to pop art and historical tapestries.
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Heads up … A Football Match, 1932, by LS Lowry. Photograph: Crane Kalman Gallery, London Heads up … A Football Match, 1932, by LS Lowry. Photograph: Crane Kalman Gallery, London Art Weekly newsletter Art and design Lowry kicks off, pop goes kinky and the wild man of Florence is tamed – the week in art The painter of the industrial north heads south, the Hockney of Soho displays all and debauched artist Filippo Lippi lays his sins at the altar – all in your weekly dispatch
Jonathan Jones Fri 23 Oct 2026 12.00 BST Last modified on Fri 23 Oct 2026 15.15 BST Share Prefer the Guardian on Google Exhibition of the week LS Lowry The strangest and perhaps most truthful painter of modern Britain gets a thorough looking at. MK Gallery, Milton Keynes, 24 October to 28 February
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