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Exhibitions 1

Odd Nerdrum: New Paintings (Forum Gallery, New York, till 27 June) Disturbing Odd Roger Kimball O dd Nerdrum is certainly one of the most brilliant figurative painters now work-......

Exhibitions 2

A Quality of Light (Tate Gallery St Ives, till 27 July) Parochial approach Andrew Lambirth S t Ives needs a new image: the plage isn't good enough, and neither is the past. The......

Venetian Dazzle

Yield Woods on fashion in La Serenissima, from 20-inch platform shoes to brocaded damask clothes T he fashion capital of Italy has shifted over the centuries. In the 19th......