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Don’t miss

WEDGWOOD AT

LEITH HILL PLACE

Combine a trip to Leith

Hill Place in Dorking with

a viewing of this

temporary exhibition of

remarkable ceramics

brought together by the

Wedgwood family. Until

29th Oct. 01306 711685;

nationaltrust.org.uk

BE MAGNIFICENT

From Celia Birtwell

to Peter Blake in

the 1950s and 60s

Walthamstow School

of Art nurtured some

of our most

inuential talents.

Until 10th Sept.

020 8496 4390;

bemagnificent.co.uk

JANE AUSTEN IN

41 OBJECTS

Two hundred years after

her death celebrate the

life of Jane Austen with

this collection of

intriguing objects. Until

15th Dec. 01420

83262; jane-

austens-house-

museum.org.uk

Events to make an extra-special trip to see

Explore 100 years

of ceramics

Displaying over 140 pieces That Continuous
Thing looks at how the style of ceramics has
changed over the course of the 20th century.

Also explore the works of highly

inuential studio potters

such as Bernard Leach

and Shoji Hamada

and discover how

their craft has

inspired a new

generation

of potters.

* Until 3rd September.

Tate St Ives Porthmeor

Beach St Ives Cornwall TR26

1TG. 01736 796226; tate.org.uk

HOWARD

HODGKIN:

PAINTING INDIA

Since his rst trip to India in 1964

Howard Hodgkin visited the country

almost annually for over 50 years.

Celebrating the 2017 UK-India Year of

Culture Howard Hodgkin: Painting India

explores Hodgkin’s unique and sensory

relationship with this vibrant place plus

how it inuenced his artworks. Visitors

can expect to see everything from broad

landscapes depicting burning sunsets

and monsoon rains to intimate

portraits and collections of the artist’s

journals and photographs.

* Until 8th October. The Hepworth Wakeeld

Gallery Walk Wakeeld WF1 5AW. 01924

247360; hepworthwakeeld.org

MATISSE IN

THE STUDIO

Imagine stepping inside the studio

of Henri Matisse... Well you can

make that a reality this summer.

Ranging from colourful North African

textiles to antique Buddhist

statuary the Royal Academy of Arts

has paired together some of

Matisse’s most inuential artworks

with the extraordinary possessions

that inspired them.

* 5th August–12th November. Royal

Academy of Arts The Sackler Wing

Burlington House Piccadilly London

W1J 0BD. 020 7300 8000;

royalacademy.org.uk

Mrs Acton in Delhi

1967–1971

Howard Hodgkin

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