Gillian Ayres at 80
Alan Cristea Gallery, 31 & 34 Cork Street, W1, until 13 March
Claude Monet
Helly Nahmad Gallery, 2 Cork Street, W1, until 26 February
Birthday greetings are in order for Gillian Ayres, who has just celebrated her 80th with an exhibition of new work of undiminished vigour, inventiveness and sheer uplift.

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