Exhibition of the week
Maria Bartuszova
Surreal, elusive shapes by a Slovak sculptor who defied Communist rule.
Tate Trendy, London, 20 September to 16 April
Additionally exhibiting
Lindisfarne Gospels
Mesmerising medieval manuscript in a present that juxtaposes it with up to date artwork.
Laing Gallery, Newcastle, 17 September to three December
Michael Armitage
The gifted Gauguinesque painter exhibits new works, plus ceramic sculptures by Seyni Awa Camara.
White Dice Bermondsey, London, 21 September to 30 October
Victor Prepared
Work by the husband of the late Paula Rego, who predeceased her in 1988.
Timothy Taylor, London, 22 September to five November
Yinka Ilori
Optimistic, utopian artwork and design that reimagines town.
Design Museum, London, till 25 June 2023
Picture of the week
Now in his 80s, Georg Baselitz has misplaced not one of the fiery spirit that earned him the “degenerate” artist label. The arch provocateur talks about his eye-opening artwork, chronicling his previous age and his true emotions about feminine painters. Learn our full interview right here.
What we discovered
Wolfgang Tillmans is in a considerate temper forward of a profession retrospective
Renato Casaro was the Michelangelo of the film poster
William Klein, who has died aged 96, revolutionised images
There’s a battle on to save lots of Birmingham’s ‘brutiful’ architectural masterpieces
Carolee Schneemann’s work was a riposte to macho American conservatism
France’s Banksy is a avenue artist who fills potholes
Photographer Johny Pitts and poet Roger Robinson took a tour of black Britain in a Mini
LS Lowry’s Going to the Match is up for public sale
Masterpiece of the week
Juan Bautista Martínez del Mazo: Queen Mariana of Spain in Mourning, 1666
The widow of King Philip IV of Spain appears to be like at you with disconcerting intimacy on this examine of royal grief. But it surely’s not solely unhappiness weighing her down. The official doc in her hand is an indication that she has work to do, for Queen Mariana dominated as regent when this was painted. Spanish royal portraiture had lately been taken to unprecedented heights by Velázquez, who served Philip IV and died in 1660. This portray echoes his sensible sense of actuality: it even alludes to his masterpiece Las Meninas with its deep view of the inside of the royal palace. It creates a slice of life, a second we settle for is unfeigned and unstaged – the Queen revealing her feelings, right here within the shadows the place solely her canine consoles her.
Nationwide Gallery, London
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