RUIN WITH A VIEW

MICHAEL LANDY AT SIR JOHN SOANE MUSEUM, LONDON

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British artist Michael Lnady has created a fabulous exhibition of works at the Sir John Soane Museum, London, imagining present-day buildings as future ruins.

Publiished online in The Arbututrian 2 November 2026 Read it here.

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Michael Landy  'Mar-a-Lago in Ruins Study I', 2026  signed, dated, titled verso watercolour, permanent pen on paper  17 x 31 cm.

Image copyright Michael Landy 2026

MAGIC AND MESS: THE ARTIST'S STUDIO

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Latest issue of Artists & Illustrators magazine, published October 23rd 2026 (December issue) a 6-page feature on a new exhibiton at Leighton House, London,

'Magic & Mess: The Artist's Studio (until March 2027.

Artists & Illustrators magazine latest issue: December 2026 - Artists & Illustrators

MAGRITTE AT THE GAGOSIAN

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Magritte stars in a fabulous exhibition This Is Not a Pipe: The Afterlife of Magritte at the Gagosian gallery, London www.gagosian.com

Read it here:

Magritte at the Gagosian, London | The Arbuturian

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HOKUSAI: 36 VIEWS OF MOUNT FUJI FROM THE IUCHI COLLECTION

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Just opened - 20 October 2026 - at Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, a fantastic exhibition of work by Japanese artist Katsushika Hokusai (1760-1849). It is a rare viewing of 36 Views of Mount Fuji, c.1830-33, created in his early seventies, and by far his most famous artworks. 

Read about Hokusai and this remarkable exhihition in The Arbuturian online.

Hokusai: The Old Man Mad About Art | The Arbuturian

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Katsushika Hokusai, Under the Wave off Kanagawa, 1830-1833, colour woodblock, 26.0 x 38.7cm (1). Courtesy the Iuchi Collection, on deposit at The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo. Photo by Norihiro Ueno

THE OTHER BAYEUX TAPESTRY

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In Reading, Berkshire, about an hour from London at the Reading Museum, is an exact size embroidered replica of the near-1,000-years-old Bayeux Tapestry. It was created in Leek, Staffordshire in 1890.

Read about the group of thirty-five English needlewomen who created this fabulous copy, before you head to Reading Museum - free to visit - it's next to the Town Hall.

The Other Bayeux Tapestry | The Arbuturian       www.arbuturian.com 

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Image 'Copyright Reading Museum (Reading Borough Council). All rights reserved.'

Reading Museum website: https://www.readingmuseum.org.uk

PAINTING THE FRENCH RIVIERA

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Just opened at the Royal Academy of Arts, London:

Painting the French Riviera.

Before you go, read the review in The Arbuturian online.

Painting the French Riviera at The Royal Academy | The Arbuturian

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Yves Klein, ANT 84, 1960. Pure pigment and synthetic resin on paper mounted on canvas, 155 x 359 cm. Musée d'Art Moderne et d'Art Contemporain (MAMAC) - Ville de Nice © 2026 Succession Yves Klein c/o ADAGP, Paris and DACS, London

HAMPSHIRE LiFE

6-page illustrated interview with David Boyd Haycock, curator of 'Art Then! British Painting, Sculpture and Drawing, 1910-1960' (Author of A Crisis of Brilliance: Five Young British Artists and the Great War).

Exhibition at Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, Hampshire SO14 7LP

26 September 2026 - 21 February 2027

Art Then! British Painting, Sculpture and Drawing, 1910–1960 – Southampton City Art Gallery

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Hampshire Life, September 2026 issue: detail of interview with David Boyd Haycock, pp.40-41.

THE NEW WORLD

30 September (online) 1 October (in print) 2026

Double-page spread in The New World 500th edition, on 'Renoir and Love' exhibition opening at the National Gallery, London  - 3 October 2026 - 31 January 2027. 'The secret life of Renoir's party paintings', pp.34-35.

Link here

https://edition.thenewworld.co.uk/story/full_page_image/issue-500-page-34_16670e39/content.html

on carousel, detail of  'The secret life of Renoir's party paintings' copyright the New World magazine.