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An American Experiment: George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters, National Gallery, London
While the American Impressionists were trying to pass themselves off as French, the Ashcan Painters developed a voice like Top Cat's
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A chanteuse removes her show face backstage. But is the smudged pink of her make-up symbolic of a sticky, sweet innocence – or is there something more violent about the mark smeared across her face?
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Brian Brady: Government admits mislaying 67 paintings acquired for the nation.
Great Works: The Translation of St Rita of cascia, Mid-1630s (49 x 38cm), Nicolas Poussin
Dulwich Picture Gallery, London
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