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L.S. Lowry: The Theatre of Life
24 October 2026 to 28 February 2027
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The first major Lowry show in 13 years spans industrial scenes, seascapes, portraits, surreal works and rarely seen early drawings, challenging the myths around him.
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This solo exhibition of the work of Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 – 1976) marks the 50th anniversary of the Painter’s death, and 13 years since his last significant institutional show. Lowry was a British painter, best known for his industrial landscapes of northwest of England. He was born in Stretford, Greater Manchester and studied at the Municipal College of Art, Manchester,...
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The Guardian
Jonathan Jones
Matchstick men, or the broken denizens of a smog-filled hellscape?
"Lowry is the Franz Kafka of industrial Britain. He is not a naive artist who painted crudely because that’s the best he could do."
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