Do not miss these exhibitions
Mary Miers finds some of the best exhibitions closing soon, and not to be missed


Songlines 21 – Featuring exhibitions by a number of Aboriginal artists. At the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 2a Conway Street, Fitzroy Square, London, W1T 6BA and the Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery at Charlotte Street, 28 Charlotte Street, Fitzrovia, London, W1T 2NA. (020 7436 4899/020 7255 2828 www.r-h-g.co.uk) 21st May -29th August.
Moore, Hepworth, Nicholson: A Nest of Gentle Artists in the 1930’s. Graves Gallery, Sheffield (www.museums-sheffield.org.uk) 20 May until 29 August
The New Monumentality: Gerard Byrne, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Dorit Margretir. Explores the attraction of post-war architecture. Henry Moore Institute, The Headrow, Leeds. (0113 246 7467: www.henry-moore.ac.uk) Until 30th August.
Craigie Aitchison: Paintings at Timothy Taylor Gallery, 15 Carlos Place, London W1K 2EX from 9 July to 28 August. 020 7409 3344
Susanne Norregard Nielsen, Ganghut and Rob Hunter and John Louden. 4th July – 30th August. Dundee Contemporary Arts, 152 Nethergate, Dundee, DD1 4DY.
Artist Open Show. 18th July – 1st September. Leeds City Art Gallery, The Headrow, Leed, LS1 3AA.
The Royal Watercolour Society and the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours, The first combined event in 178 years by the two Royal Societies. 18th August – 28th August. Mall Galleries, The Mall, (nr Trafalgar Sq.), London SW1. www.mallgalleries.org.uk.
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Paul Kenny, Sea Works: from 10 – 29 August at Chris Beetles Gallery, London SW1Y 6QB. Paul Kenny is one of the most exciting and innovative photographers working in Britain today, his work contains issues of fragility, beauty and transience in the landscape. www.chrisbeetles.com .
Alexander Creswell – new watercolours for Cowes Week 2009 at Kendalls Fine Art, Bath Road, Cowes, Isle of Wight until 1st Sep. www.kendallsfineart.co.uk
Frank Beanland and Emily Gwynne Jones Paintings at The Cut. 29th August. New Cut Arts, Halesworth, Suffolk IP19 8BY. 01986 873 285. www.newcut.org.
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