LS Lowry and his legacy: The matchstick man is back in vogue at last as Tate Britain showcases first retrospective of Manchester’s controversial painter – a nice article about a very interesting artist from Manchester whose retrospective exhibition will, more than likely, be a blockbuster. Lowry and the Painting of Modern Life is set to open at the Tate Britain on June 25 and run through October 20. In case you are wondering, the artist’s full name is Laurence Stephen Lowry (1887 – 1976).