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Spanish painting and sculpture from the 17th century: super-real images of Christ and his saints, with glinting tears and rivers of blood. Spellbinding.
(020-7747 2885) to 24 Jan
Anish Kapoor
(Royal Academy, London)
The master of illusionistic sculptures, with concaves and convexes, reflections and voids and saturated colours. Can you refrain from saying “spirituality”?
(020 7300 8000) to 11 Dec
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(01484 221964) 21 Nov to 9 Jan
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(0151 702 7400) to 10 Jan
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