Exhibitions to visit this week
Country Life's Mary Miers recommends exhibitions to visit this week and some that are closing

Exhibitions to visit this week (beginning November 3)
Sydney Cockerell and the Fitzwilliam Museum at the Fitzwilliam Museum 7 Nov-17 Mar (see review in Country Life Nov 19 2008) www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk
Paintings by Alasdair Wallace at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 28 Charlotte Street, London from 6 Nov-6 Dec. 020 7436 4899
Christopher Miers - "Coast to Coast" - new paintings on show at Rafael Valls Ltd, 6 Ryder Street, London SW1 from 4-15 Nov. 020 7930 0029
Paintings by Kirsty Wither at Portland Gallery, 8 Bennet Street, London SW1 from 7-28 Nov. 020 7499 4353
New paintings by Alain Senez at Francis Kyle Gallery, 9 Maddox Street, London W1S 2QE from 4 Nov-4 Dec. 020 7499 6870
Soluble City - paintings by Alasdair Wallace at Rebecca Hossack Art Gallery, 28 Charlotte Street, London W1 from 6 Nov-6 Dec. 020 7255 2828
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CLOSING SOON: New work by Peter Randall-Page - the inaugural exhibition of Pangolin London, the new sculpture space at Kings Place, 90 York Way, London N1; until 9 Nov. 020 7014 4121
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