From Frida Kahlo to Folkestone Triennial, Ben Luke takes a tour of the best outside-London exhibitions for a cultural day trip this bank holiday
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Inspired by larks flying across East End marshes, a 12-metre mobile is installed at Stratford Westfield to bring a sense of joy to the shopping centre
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An early Lucian Freud picture bought for £18 at his first public exhibition has gone on show for the first time in more than 35 years. It is expected to make up to £600,000 at auction next week... more
Today's sculptures have grown to such huge proportions that hardly any of them fit in the Royal Academy's survey. Never mind - there are more enduring pleasures to behold... more
High-fashion model and heavy-metal drummer Alice Dellal has inspired a generation of girls to shave their hair and ladder their tights, and now she wants them to buy confrontational jewellery designed by her best friend. Laura Barton meets London's punk socialite... more
The Pedn-Olva, owned by the St Austell Brewery, is a totally charming Cornish hotel that does most things extremely well and a few things not so well. ... more
As London’s biggest contemporary art fair opens its doors, Alastair McKay asks conceptual artist Michael Elmgreen to help him make sense of the mountain of work on show and select his highlights... more
The exhibitionists may be out of town for summer but there's still plenty of great art on show. Here’s our guide to London’s top 10 free hidden treasures.... more
Some £20 million of British art, including works by JMW Turner, LS Lowry, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore, has gone on show in London before a string of auctions next week... more
Louise Bourgeois calls her giant arachnid 'Maman'. But her real obsession, revealed at Tate Modern, is Papa, which has given rise to some disturbingly crude, man-hating imagery.... more
The Mayor of Tower Hamlets defeated Labour to be elected. Livingstone not only backed him but some of Ken's key players are now at the heart of running the council. Stephen Robinson reports
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