THE FIVE BEST SHOWS IN LONDON
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Jackson Pollock Tate Gallery
Big, revelatory retrospective for the wild hero of Abstract Expressionism going on Old Master. The build-up is slow and the end is uncertain, but the brief drip period deserves every wow. To 6 Jun
2
Portraits by Ingres National Gallery
Very last chance to see some of the smartest, most intense portraits ever. The gods and goddesses of a bourgeoisie triumphant. Ends tomorrow
3
Thinking Aloud Camden Arts Centre
Sculptor Richard Wentworth curates this curious and cheering exploration of creativity, with rough drafts, try-outs and prototypes. To 30 May
4
Henri Michaux Whitehapel Gallery
He was Belgo-French. He travelled. He wrote. He took drugs. High on grief and mescalin, he did numerous, amazing, wibbly scribbly micro- line drawings. Ends tomorrow
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The Painter's Eye NPG
Art-science crossover project, probing the secrets of painting: portraitist Humphrey Ocean is brain-scanned, eye-tracked and hand-monitored as he works. To 3 Jun
... AND BEYOND
Antony Gormley's `Field' firstsite at Roman House, Colchester
One of the great hits of the decade: a sea of 40,000 pint-sized clay men - obedient, expectant, menacing, and stopping dead in a line at your feet. To 23 May
2
Andreas Gursky Dean Gallery, Edinburgh
Huge, panoramic, high-finish, micro-detailed images of our world - stock-exchange floor, city-scape, hotel foyer; vistas of more than the eye can see. To 6 May
3
ESP IKON Gallery, Birmingham
Contemporary artists investigate the paranormal in weird group show, including Susan Hiller's frightening and wonderful video installation about the psychic powers of children. To 3 Jun
4
Goya: The Disparates Ashcroft Arts Centre, Fareham
Goya in his 70s produced his last etchings. Mysterious in intention, it is a void world, life is folly, men fly off on wings into darkness. To 22 May
5
Dutch Paintings Southampton City Art Gallery
Twenty masterpieces of the Golden Age begin a tour of the country. Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Ruisdale and Hobbema star. To 3 Jun
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