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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Lifestyle
Jonathan Jones

Lo-fi sci-fi, hollow metal people and Churchill’s big guns – the week in art

A black cannon on a wooden mount sits on a sandy beach at Walmer with people in the water and cloudy sky beyond. A painting by Sir Winston Churchill, The Beach at Walmer, 1938.
We shall paint on the beaches … The Beach at Walmer by Winston Churchill, 1938. Photograph: © Churchill Heritage Ltd.

Exhibition of the week

Winston Churchill: The Painter
Britain’s eloquent war leader kept himself sane by puffing on cigars, swilling brandy – and painting the world around him.
• The Wallace Collection, London, from 23 May to 29 November

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