Wyndham Lewis, WWI painter

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This item appears on page 5 of the June 2017 issue.

In Manchester, the exhibit “Wyndham Lewis: Life, Art, War” will run June 23, 2017-Jan. 1, 2018, at the Imperial War Museum North (The Quays, Trafford Wharf Rd., Manchester, England, M17 1TZ, U.K.; phone +44 1223 499 353, www.iwm.org.uk/visits/iwm-north).

The painter founded the English abstract art movement Vorticism. The exhibit — with 160 artworks, books, journals and pamphlets — marks the 100-year anniversary of Lewis’ commission as an official war artist of the British Army. Open daily, 10 a.m.-4 p.m. £8 (near $10), adult.