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| Posh frocks, space oddities and Lucian Freud – the week in art | Posh frocks, space oddities and Lucian Freud – the week in art |
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| Exhibition of the week | Exhibition of the week |
| Lucian Freud: The Self-PortraitsThis harsh observer of reality takes a long look at himself in the mirror to paint some of the most unforgiving self-portraits of modern times.• Royal Academy, London, 27 October to 26 January. | Lucian Freud: The Self-PortraitsThis harsh observer of reality takes a long look at himself in the mirror to paint some of the most unforgiving self-portraits of modern times.• Royal Academy, London, 27 October to 26 January. |
| Also showing | Also showing |
| BuddhismThe 2,600-year history of Buddhism explored through art and artefacts including precious scrolls and manuscripts from the British Library collection.• British Library, London, until 23 February. | BuddhismThe 2,600-year history of Buddhism explored through art and artefacts including precious scrolls and manuscripts from the British Library collection.• British Library, London, until 23 February. |
| Katie PatersonSpace travel obsesses conceptual artist Paterson, who stars in a sample of art now that also includes Darren Almond, Shona MacNaughton and Lucy Raven.• Modern One, Edinburgh, 26 October to 31 May. | Katie PatersonSpace travel obsesses conceptual artist Paterson, who stars in a sample of art now that also includes Darren Almond, Shona MacNaughton and Lucy Raven.• Modern One, Edinburgh, 26 October to 31 May. |
| An English Lady’s WardrobeFashion and middle-class life in 1920s and 30s Liverpool are recreated through the sartorial possessions of Mrs Emily Margaret Tinne.• Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 25 October to 1 March. | An English Lady’s WardrobeFashion and middle-class life in 1920s and 30s Liverpool are recreated through the sartorial possessions of Mrs Emily Margaret Tinne.• Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 25 October to 1 March. |
| Käthe KollwitzThe fiercely honest self-portraiture of this radical early 20th-century German expressionist.• British Museum, London, until 12 January. | Käthe KollwitzThe fiercely honest self-portraiture of this radical early 20th-century German expressionist.• British Museum, London, until 12 January. |
| Image of the week | Image of the week |
| Two Plants, an “enormous symphony” of “lots of little portraits of leaves” took Lucian Freud three years to complete and drove him “around the bend”. With meticulous realism, Freud captured the elusive essence of plants like no other. So why are these paintings rarely exhibited and discussed? Read Giovanni Aloi’s appraisal of the painter’s overlooked work. | Two Plants, an “enormous symphony” of “lots of little portraits of leaves” took Lucian Freud three years to complete and drove him “around the bend”. With meticulous realism, Freud captured the elusive essence of plants like no other. So why are these paintings rarely exhibited and discussed? Read Giovanni Aloi’s appraisal of the painter’s overlooked work. |
| What we learned | What we learned |
| Joni Mitchell’s watercolours are glorious | Joni Mitchell’s watercolours are glorious |
| The Louvre’s Leonard show is a blockbuster with brains … | The Louvre’s Leonard show is a blockbuster with brains … |
| … while Bridget Riley’s Hayward exhibition is a shimmering five-star triumph | … while Bridget Riley’s Hayward exhibition is a shimmering five-star triumph |
| Lucian Freud’s self-portraits are menacing, elusive and … orgasmic? | Lucian Freud’s self-portraits are menacing, elusive and … orgasmic? |
| The Soviet Union took on religion with posters | The Soviet Union took on religion with posters |
| Manc-hattan, ahem Manchester, has sold its soul for luxury skyscrapers | Manc-hattan, ahem Manchester, has sold its soul for luxury skyscrapers |
| REM’s Michael Stipe talked us through his collection of photos … | REM’s Michael Stipe talked us through his collection of photos … |
| … while Gavin Turk shared his thoughts on sock darning and homemade baked beans | … while Gavin Turk shared his thoughts on sock darning and homemade baked beans |
| An artist has created deepfake birdsong to highlight threat to dawn chorus | An artist has created deepfake birdsong to highlight threat to dawn chorus |
| A newly discovered Rembrandt is to be shown in UK for first time | A newly discovered Rembrandt is to be shown in UK for first time |
| Rare pictures surfaced of Taliban fighters in makeup | Rare pictures surfaced of Taliban fighters in makeup |
| One of the Renaissance’s 16th century masters was a nun | One of the Renaissance’s 16th century masters was a nun |
| A Kehinde Wiley sculpture is heading for the Confederacy | A Kehinde Wiley sculpture is heading for the Confederacy |
| … while Bisa Butler tells African American history with textiles | … while Bisa Butler tells African American history with textiles |
| Is Apsley House’s Titian a dud, as one expert claims? | Is Apsley House’s Titian a dud, as one expert claims? |
| Paul Graham made a moving last study of his elderly mother | Paul Graham made a moving last study of his elderly mother |
| … while Polixeni Papapetrou’s muse is her daughter | … while Polixeni Papapetrou’s muse is her daughter |
| The Future Library announced its next contributor | The Future Library announced its next contributor |
| Reich/Richter married the work of two contemporary explorers | Reich/Richter married the work of two contemporary explorers |
| Protests against BP’s arts sponsorship continue | Protests against BP’s arts sponsorship continue |
| Dennis Hopper was pretty good behind a camera too | Dennis Hopper was pretty good behind a camera too |
| We remembered newspaper photographer Sally Soames | We remembered newspaper photographer Sally Soames |
| Masterpiece of the Week | Masterpiece of the Week |
| The Death of Actaeon, c.1559-75, by TitianActaeon accidentally saw the goddess Diana naked when he was out hunting, in a classical myth that Titan took from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. She punished him by turning him into a stag and he was torn to pieces by his own hounds. Titian paints this moment of transformation and horror as a sensual melancholy feast of autumnal colour. Actaeon is still part-human as the dogs take him. The landscape is equally ambiguous – a dappled yellow and brown woodland given a texture like matted leaves by rich, freely expressive brushwork. Diana is much more clearly formed as if only she was entirely real. The world of mortals is ever-shifting, our knowledge of ourselves and nature unreliable, says Titian in this late, evocatively unfinished masterpiece.• National Gallery, London. | The Death of Actaeon, c.1559-75, by TitianActaeon accidentally saw the goddess Diana naked when he was out hunting, in a classical myth that Titan took from Ovid’s Metamorphoses. She punished him by turning him into a stag and he was torn to pieces by his own hounds. Titian paints this moment of transformation and horror as a sensual melancholy feast of autumnal colour. Actaeon is still part-human as the dogs take him. The landscape is equally ambiguous – a dappled yellow and brown woodland given a texture like matted leaves by rich, freely expressive brushwork. Diana is much more clearly formed as if only she was entirely real. The world of mortals is ever-shifting, our knowledge of ourselves and nature unreliable, says Titian in this late, evocatively unfinished masterpiece.• National Gallery, London. |
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