New LS Lowry exhibition aims to demolish ‘naive and uncultured’ myth

Gallery director says collection of 140 paintings will offer a more balanced view of Manchester painter's work

A new exhibition of work by LS Lowry will bust a few myths" about the Mancunian artist, who the show's co-curator says is still wrongly derided for being naive and uncultured".

LS Lowry: the Theatre of Life features 140 paintings by the artist, who captured working-class life in the industrial north-west of England during the early and mid 20th century.