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| Magical German art, punk protesters and Edinburgh curiosities – the week in art | Magical German art, punk protesters and Edinburgh curiosities – the week in art |
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| Exhibition of the week | Exhibition of the week |
| Magic Realism Otto Dix and George Grosz are among the iconoclasts in this exhibition of the hard-hitting art of Weimar-era Germany. • Tate Modern, London, until 14 July 2019 | Magic Realism Otto Dix and George Grosz are among the iconoclasts in this exhibition of the hard-hitting art of Weimar-era Germany. • Tate Modern, London, until 14 July 2019 |
| Also showing | Also showing |
| Free the Pussy! Yoko Ono, Judy Chicago and many more show their artistic support for Russia’s punk protesters Pussy Riot. • Summerhall, Edinburgh, from 2 August until 23 September | Free the Pussy! Yoko Ono, Judy Chicago and many more show their artistic support for Russia’s punk protesters Pussy Riot. • Summerhall, Edinburgh, from 2 August until 23 September |
| Orson Welles Amazingly this is the first exhibition of the director’s artworks. • Summerhall, Edinburgh, from 2 August until 23 September | Orson Welles Amazingly this is the first exhibition of the director’s artworks. • Summerhall, Edinburgh, from 2 August until 23 September |
| Shilpa Gupta An installation about poetry and censorship that features fragments of 100 poems from various times and places. Read our interview with the artist. • Fire Station at Edinburgh College of Art until 26 August | Shilpa Gupta An installation about poetry and censorship that features fragments of 100 poems from various times and places. Read our interview with the artist. • Fire Station at Edinburgh College of Art until 26 August |
| Lucy Skaer The artist shortlisted for the 2009 Turner prize explores curiosities from the collections of Edinburgh University. • Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, until 6 October | Lucy Skaer The artist shortlisted for the 2009 Turner prize explores curiosities from the collections of Edinburgh University. • Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, until 6 October |
| Masterpiece of the week | Masterpiece of the week |
| Three faces are lit by a silvery flame. As they gather around its pale yet intense glow, all are held equally transfixed. A boy and man are fascinated by the light. So is a monkey, whose features are portrayed with great empathy. How does its mind compare with those of its human companions? More to the point for El Greco, perhaps, has it got a soul? For it is the light of divine revelation that fills them with awe. El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos in Crete in 1541, trained as an icon painter before travelling west and learning Renaissance techniques in Italy, settling eventually in Spain. This painting blazes with the mysticism of his Byzantine beginnings. • Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh | Three faces are lit by a silvery flame. As they gather around its pale yet intense glow, all are held equally transfixed. A boy and man are fascinated by the light. So is a monkey, whose features are portrayed with great empathy. How does its mind compare with those of its human companions? More to the point for El Greco, perhaps, has it got a soul? For it is the light of divine revelation that fills them with awe. El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos in Crete in 1541, trained as an icon painter before travelling west and learning Renaissance techniques in Italy, settling eventually in Spain. This painting blazes with the mysticism of his Byzantine beginnings. • Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh |
| Image of the week | Image of the week |
| The bottom line with Rubens, according to Facebook, is that his pictures are rude. So tourism bosses in Flanders, Belgium, have decided to poke fun at prudish social media censorship by inviting art lovers to see the work of Flemish master painters, in all their fleshy glory, on its home soil. | The bottom line with Rubens, according to Facebook, is that his pictures are rude. So tourism bosses in Flanders, Belgium, have decided to poke fun at prudish social media censorship by inviting art lovers to see the work of Flemish master painters, in all their fleshy glory, on its home soil. |
| What we learned | What we learned |
| Hockney’s coming home … along with other National Portrait Gallery loans | Hockney’s coming home … along with other National Portrait Gallery loans |
| Sheffield’s high-rises were home sweet home to many people, shows a new exhibition | Sheffield’s high-rises were home sweet home to many people, shows a new exhibition |
| A New York art dealer found six De Koonings in a storage locker | A New York art dealer found six De Koonings in a storage locker |
| Shilpa Gupta is giving voice to silenced poets | Shilpa Gupta is giving voice to silenced poets |
| Tate Modern recommends a change of pace with Pierre Bonnard | Tate Modern recommends a change of pace with Pierre Bonnard |
| Roderic O’Conor was Ireland’s Gauguin | Roderic O’Conor was Ireland’s Gauguin |
| John Russell was an Australian impressionist in Paris | John Russell was an Australian impressionist in Paris |
| Bryony Kimmings became artist-in-residence at a sex clinic | Bryony Kimmings became artist-in-residence at a sex clinic |
| Bruce Talomon went behind the scenes with the stars | Bruce Talomon went behind the scenes with the stars |
| Hong Kong fights to keep its neon | Hong Kong fights to keep its neon |
| Tai Shani has built a women’s city | Tai Shani has built a women’s city |
| Omar Victor Diop finds common ground between African nationalism and football | Omar Victor Diop finds common ground between African nationalism and football |
| A free Nelson Mandela exhibition is special | A free Nelson Mandela exhibition is special |
| Photographer Alessio Mamo is accused of ‘poverty porn’ with his Indian fake food pictures | Photographer Alessio Mamo is accused of ‘poverty porn’ with his Indian fake food pictures |
| … while Hank O’Neal’s landmark book on photographers in the Depression is republished | … while Hank O’Neal’s landmark book on photographers in the Depression is republished |
| The Ranger’s House in Greenwich is looking on the ugly side | The Ranger’s House in Greenwich is looking on the ugly side |
| Claire Thomas finds Mosul is ready for fun | Claire Thomas finds Mosul is ready for fun |
| REM’s Michael Stipe focused on the intimate | REM’s Michael Stipe focused on the intimate |
| We remember the production designer Michael Howells | We remember the production designer Michael Howells |
| The Sea Galls relay team swim the Channel | The Sea Galls relay team swim the Channel |
| Kate Stanworth shares her best photograph | Kate Stanworth shares her best photograph |
| Tacita Dean and Emil Nolde provide respite from the Edinburgh art festival’s disappointing offering | Tacita Dean and Emil Nolde provide respite from the Edinburgh art festival’s disappointing offering |
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