Galleries show their bottoms and a gender-friendly tube map – the week in art
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Version 0 of 1. Museums urged to boost visitor numbers by putting their best bums forward, plus why statues lie, and the return of Andy Warhol – all in your weekly dispatch Exhibition of the week Andy WarholAs Tate reopens all of its museums, there’s a second chance to visit its blockbuster survey of the 20th-century artist who predicted almost every aspect of 21st-century life – except coronavirus. Although, come to think of it, Warhol’s Velvet Underground did create The Black Angel’s Death Song...• Tate Modern, London, from 27 July until 6 September. Also showing Forgotten MastersEye-opening exhibition of superb natural history paintings, captivating portraits of ordinary people and sublime views of architecture from 18th-century India.• Wallace Collection, London, from 29 July until 13 September. Eastern EncountersThe Mughal empire’s exquisite miniature paintings reveal the richness of this Islamic court art.• Queen’s Gallery, Holyrood, Edinburgh, from 23 July until 31 January. Gary HumeSwirling images of Hume’s bright yet unnerving paintings of flowers fill your screen in this virtual show.• Sprüth Magers, online, until 31 August. Philip GustonA digital encounter with the revered artist who rejected abstract expressionism to paint pungent and disturbing images.• Hauser & Wirth, online, from 30 July. Image of the week Tributes to the photographer Paul Fusco, who died last week, remarked above all else on his humanity. Olivia Arthur, president of Magnum Photos, the agency Fusco joined in 1973, praised his “deep sensitivity”, while Gilles Peress described him as “humane beyond what humane can be”. He captured the pain felt by Americans in images ranging from people with Aids, and their carers, in San Francisco to mourners lining the route taken by Robert Kennedy’s funeral train in 1968 (above). What we learned The top 10 bottoms in art never hit a bum note We picked the 30 best museum reopenings Britain’s colonial-era museum exhibits should be treated like Nazi-looted art, says one charity boss Thomas J Price unveiled a black everywoman for London Historical statues tell lies Architects warn of new slums after UK planning rules eased Derek Jarman’s seaside garden was transplanted to London Reni Eddo-Lodge wants to give London’s tube map a gender shakeup Photographers are using billboards to get their message across in Hull Martin Parr quit Bristol photo festival amid a row over race An astronomer pinpointed the date and time Vermeer painted Delft Coronavirus overshadows geisha life in Japan The 2020 Kraszna-Krausz photography book award ranges across three centuries Latin American photography comes to the Bronx 2020 BIAZA photography competition winners went to the zoo … and aquariums We looked at the past year’s best photobooks Jock meets surfer dude in Catherine Opie’s images Jeff Divine’s best shot was a wipeout The great British art quiz went to Wales, Hastings, Barnard Castle, and the Ben Uri and Arts Council Collections Masterpiece of the week Madame Perregaux, 1789, by Élisabeth Louise Vigée Le BrunThis is a portrait of a world on the eve of destruction. Stylish and elegant, clad in flamboyant finery, Madame Perregaux looks ready to take part in witty flirtations in the upper echelons of French society. Her portraitist, Vigée Le Brun, belonged in that same high society and counted the queen among her friends. But this was painted in 1789. The revolution began that same year. Vigée Le Brun fled the country, and this painting was shown in her absence. Masculine Jacobin virtue as exemplified by the paintings of Jacques-Louis David would shove such playful art aside.• Wallace Collection, London. Don’t forget To follow us on Twitter: @GdnArtandDesign. Sign up to the Art Weekly newsletter If you don’t already receive our regular roundup of art and design news via email, please sign up here. |