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Art & Museums
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Gotta Have It
These cool typographical maps are pride of place in the Muddy office. We reckon they'd look rocking in your sitting room too.
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The best of Barbara
The River & Rowing Museum in Henley is gaining quite the reputation for its small but perfectly formed exhibitions. Following Hockney and Matisse comes this bijou tribute to sculptor Barbara Hepworth. We likey.
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London calling! The capital’s best autumn art exhibitions
Need a culture fix? Here's our edit of the best art exhibitions in the capital this autumn. Embrace your inner Brian Sewell and let's go!
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C’est parfait
The Degas to Picasso exhibition at The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford has us totally wowed at Muddy HQ, and this is the last weekend to catch it.
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HOT NEW SPRING EXHIBITIONS
You can't beat London's museums for a culture fix. So unleash your inner Brian Sewell and check out these must-see Spring exhibitions - featuring Grayson Perry, Hockney and, um, Arnie's Terminator suit.
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BRUSH UP ON YOUR ART
Girlfriends, wine and, er, paintbrushes! The Muddy team tries out the new craze for Brush Parties with *cough* impressive results.
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Book this: Festival No6 at TATE
Fancy zipping down to London for a little cultural soiree next month? If so, here’s an idea from Catherine, the immensely funky (*sniff) editor of the brand new Muddy Warwickshire.
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Up close and personal
Know much about artist John Piper? We didn't either, but having seen the new the permanent new exhibition of the Henley-based polymath at The River & Rowing Museum in Henley we're now decided fans. See what the fuss is about here.
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See this: Christmas at Blenheim
I think it's fair to say that when Blenheim Palace decides to do something, it does it with bells, whistles, fanfares and a whole lot of style. The new illuminated Christmas walkway is no different.
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Storms, War and Shipwrecks
The Ashmolean's Summer exhibition is an underwater triumph, a 200-strong exhibition focuses on objects rescued from the bottom of the sea around Sicily, including pieces from an incredible 'flat pack' church and bronze battering rams once mounted on the prows of Roman warships.