FOR THE UNINITIATED: YOUR BLOCKBUSTER SHOWS

THE REOPENING OF LEIGHTON AND SAMBOURNE HOUSES

Not your traditional show per se, but once the iconic home of Victorian artist and RA president Frederic Leighton, the Moorish brilliance of Leighton House is once again open for public view after a grand refurbishment, as is nearby Sambourne House. (rbkc.gov.uk)

FUSELI AND THE MODERN WOMAN: FASHION, FANTASY, FETISHISM AT THE COURTAULD

The recently refurbished Courtauld has been drawing gasps and this exhibition, examining 18th-century artist Henry Fuseli’s obsession with female sexuality in his work, will too. (courtauld.ac.uk)

CHRISTOPHER KULENDRAN THOMAS: ANOTHER WORLD AT THE ICA

Kulendran Thomas has taken over the ICA to present a multimedia show looking at the narratives around the liberation movement of the Tamil Tigers and the Sri Lankan civil war. (ica.art)