The art world

Claude Monet and Camille Pissarro spent time in London, but it took James McNeill Whistler to act as artistic bridge with Britain and the ‘sweetened’ Impressionism of Jules Bastien-Lepage to inspire most homegrown painters, says Caroline Bugler

Exhibition of the week Royal Academy Summer Exhibition ...

In celebration of its 45th anniversary, the Bankside Gallery in London presents an exhibition of the work of the surviving presidents and past presidents of its two illustrious exhibiting societies, t

■ Battle and District Arts Group Summer exhibition and sale of work at Battle Memorial Hall, from 30 July to 9 August. Open 10am to 5pm. ■ Cookham Arts Club 83rd annual exhibition and sale of painting

In celebration of its 45th anniversary, the Bankside Gallery in London presents an exhibition of the work of the surviving presidents and past presidents of its two illustrious exhibiting societies, t

The style set is returning to the very neighbourhoods it once made a habit of spurning, finds Will Hosie