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12/02/2012

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Yayoi Kusama, Tate Modern - review
Art: Yayoi Kusama's polka dots have become so ubiquitous on the global art scene that they have, to an extent, suffocated her own history....read

Lucian Freud: the monstrous and the beautiful
Art: The National Portrait Gallery's exhibition of Lucian Freud's portraits from first to last is an honest and revealing survey of the work of a man claimed to be the greatest figurative painter of his generation....read

Queen Elizabeth II by Cecil Beaton: A Diamond Jubilee Celebration - review
Art: This exhibition is a comment on 20th-century icon Cecil Beaton as much as the accompanying narrative which follows Princess Elizabeth through teenage years to motherhood and monarchy....read

London lights up for new art series
Art: The Seven Dials Sundial pillar in Covent Garden has been lit up as part of a new exhibition....read

Ai Weiwei goes underground in London
Art: Dissident artist and 'bird's nest' co-creators dig 5ft hole in park....read

David Shrigley: Brain Activity - review
Art: Shrigley's drawings, paintings, sculpture and animations often look as if they are thrashed out in seconds yet reflect a precisely honed aesthetic....read

A fitting farewell from the master Lucian Freud
Art: Lucian Freud's final, unfinished - and so far unseen - painting is set to be the biggest draw at a new retrospective of his work....read

Migrations, Tate Britain - review
Art: Migrations, a novel arrangement of Tate's British collection with a few choice loans, shows just how indebted our culture is to overseas artists....read

More tickets to see Hockney blockbuster
Art: The Royal Academy is to release more advance tickets for its blockbuster exhibition of David Hockney landscapes after the first batch sold out within weeks....read

Hajj - journey to the heart of Islam, British Museum - review
Art: Exhibition of the week: A rich, enlightening and cathartic experience awaits those who retrace the road to Mecca in Bloomsbury....read

Ragamala Paintings from India: Poetry, Passion, Song - review
Art: A collection of Indian miniatures influenced by music has its enchanting moments but its mysteries remain unexplained ....read

Lis Rhodes: Dissonance and Disturbance, ICA - review
Art: Lis Rhodes' highest profile solo show to date condenses her career into seven films, shown across three rooms, from Dresden Dynamo (1972) to a work completed last year....read

Hanne Darboven and Raphael Hefti, Camden Arts Centre - review
Art: German artist Hanne Darboven's work is among the toughest conceptual art. Grids of framed works on paper fill the walls and, close up, reveal obsessive mathematical calculations, most creating arcane systems to interpret the numbers within the calendar....read

Arnold Newman, Chris Beetles Fine Photographs - review
Art: "It's what they are, not who they are, that fascinates me," said the American photographer Arnold Newman, whose reputation is based on portraits of the most significant artists and politicians of his time....read

Zarina Bhimji, Whitechapel Gallery - review
Art: Bhimji tells rich stories not through actors or living people but through the ghosts that we imagine inhabiting her desolate scenes. It makes for a stirring show....read