Art to see this week - July 1
A round up of all the best art exhibitions to see around the country in early July
Scenes from the Siren City - 50 striking and evocative black and white photographs of Naples by Johnnie Shand Kidd. From 30th June - 12th September. At Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art, 39a Canonbury Square, London N1 2AN. 020 7704 9531
Savage Grandeur and Noblest Thoughts; Discovering the Lake District 1750-1820 at the Wordsworth Museum, Grasmere from 1 Jul 2010 -12 June 2011. www.wordsworth.org.uk
Ego Alter - works by Stig Evans and Simon Hitchens at Square1 Art, 1 Tarrant Square, Arundel, West Sussex from 3 July to 30 Aug. www.square1art.co.uk
Sally McLaren; The Response of Landscape - an exhibition of new paintings and drawings at the Summerleaze Gallery, East Knoyle, Salisbury, Wilts from 29 Jun-11 July. 01747 830790
Rebecca Campbell - Quintessentially English at Jonathan Cooper Park Walk Gallery, 20 Park Walk, London SW10 from 30 June to 17 July. 020 7351 0410
Inspired by Colour - paintings by Ann Kilvington, Margaret Shields and Anne Lamb at Kentmere House Gallery, 53 Scarcroft Hill, York from 3 July to 19 Aug. www.kentmerehouse.co.uk
Teatopia - an exhibition which looks at the national pastime of tea drinking, from its links with countries and cultures to the design inspiration for the latest tea-taking wares. At the Millennium Gallery, Museums Sheffield, Arundel Gate, Sheffield from 1 Jul to 24 Oct. 0114 278 2600
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Humphrey Spender Centenary Celebration Exhibition at Gainsborough's House, 46 Gainsborough Street, Sudbury, Suffolk from 3 Jul to 25 Sep. 01787 372958
Love from Nancy - an exhibition of the life and work of Nancy Mitford, at Heywood Hill Bookshop, 10 Curzon Street, London W1 from 28 Jun to 10 Sep.
Christen Kobke: Danish Master of Light, at the National Galleries of Scotland, the Mound, Edinburgh from 4 Jul to 3 Oct.
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Mark Francis: Arena. The exhibition will showcase some of his most recent work which explores the use of the grid format and the dynamic between the man-made and the natural. Until 3rd July. At Abbot Hall Art Gallery, Kendal, Cumbria LA9 5AL. 01539 722464
The Life and Works of John Maclauchlan Milne at the Portland Gallery, 8 Bennet Street, London SW1 from 17 Jun to 9 Jul. 020 7493 1888
Gwen John paintings and drawings, and British and French paintings, drawings, prints & sculpture at Browse & Darby, 19 Cork Street, London W1S 3LP until 7 July. 020 7734 7984
Anthony Caro: Upright Sculptures at Annely Juda Fine Art, 4th Floor, 23 Dering Street, London W1 until 2 July. www.annelyjudafineart.co.uk
John Hoyland - new work at the Lemon Street Gallery, Truro, Cornwall until 3 July.
Writers of Influence: Shakespeare to J. K. Rowling - a new exhibition of over 60 works from the National Portrait Gallery at Millennium Gallery, Museums Sheffield, Leader House, Surrey Street, Sheffield until 3 July. 0114 278 2664
Summer Sculpture 10, with Helen Denerley, Lawrence Dicks, Colin Hawkins, Steven Kettle, Carol Peace, Janis Ridley, Rosie Sturgis, Mike Savage, Dominic Welch at at Moncrieff-Bray Gallery, Woodruffs Farm, Egdean, Petworth from 8 May-3 July. www.moncrieff-bray.com
Objects of Affection: Pre-Raphaelite Portraits by John Brett at the Barber Institute of Fine Arts, University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham until 4 July. 0121 414 7333
Paintings by Alex Lowery and Vanessa Gardiner and furniture by Petter Southall at Sladers Yard, West Bay, Bridport, Dorset until 10 July. www.sladersyard.co.uk
Anton Henning- Master dote Anti Singer. From May28th - July 10th. 6 Burlington Gardens, London. Tel; +44(0)2074955050
NSA Reality Check. Collection of work from the members of the Newlyn Society of Artists. From May 29th - July 10th. Newlyn Art Gallery, New Road, Newlyn. Tel; 01736 363715
New work by Sean Scully at Timothy Taylor Gallery, 15 Carlos Place, London W1 from 28 May to 3 July. 020 7409 3344
Modern Masters - Prunella Clough, Bernard Cohen, Derek Hirst, Michael Kidner, Denis Mitchell, Eduardo Paolozzi, Jack Smith, Richard Smith, Brian Wall at Flowers, 21 Cork Street, London W1 until 3 July. www.flowersgalleries.com
Paintings from Parallel Paths - recent paintings by Emma Dunbar and Fiona Millais at the Jerram Gallery, Half Moon Street, Sherborne, Dorset from 18 Jun to 7 Jul. 01935 815261
Sir Peter Blake and Sandra Blow at Wendy J Levy Gallery, 17 Warburton Street, Didsbury, Manchester until 3 July. www.wendyjlevy-art.com
Norman Adams RA - Paintings and Watercolours at Kings Place Gallery, 90 York Way, London N1 from 18 Jun to 30 Jul. 020 7520 1485
Celebrating the Muse: Women in Picasso's Prints 1905-1968 at Marlborough Fine Art, 6 Albemarle Street, London W1 until 3 July. 020 7629 5161
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