Exhibition of the Week
Rose Wylie
Deliriously slapdash paintings that defy all notions of convention or respectability from this veteran maverick of British art.
Serpentine Sackler Gallery, London, 30 November to 11 February.
Also showing
Impulse
Morris Louis, Kenneth Noland, Sam Gillam, Ed Clark and Frank Bowling star in a celebration of the last great wave of abstract art in 1960s and 70s America.
Pace London at 6 Burlington Gardens, until 22 December.
Kehinde Wiley
The epics of modern migration become a subject for Romantic seascapes in a radical response to Trumpian wall-building.
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, until 27 January.
Monika Sosnowska
Weird and wonderful interventions in architecture by an often spectacular Polish sculptor.
Hauser and Wirth, London, 1 December to 10 February.
Nicolas Party
Great women of Oxford are celebrated in a specially commissioned exhibition by this Swiss artist.
Modern Art Oxford, 25 November to 18 February.
Masterpiece of the Week
Saint George and the Dragon (c.1555) by Jacopo Tintoretto
The wilful freedom of Tintoretto’s subversive style is shown to joyous effect as the princess, often portrayed as a passive, motionless witness to George’s bravery, runs towards us, her pink robe flying up around her. The saintly knight is doing his stuff in the middle distance, but it is the princess who dominates this painting: suddenly we see it all from her point of view. Tintoretto often takes a female perspective in his art, as in his unsettling painting of Susanna spied on by some really creepy elders. Here, his deep, cavernous, theatrical perspective adds to the disruptive energy that ultimately comes from the direct intervention of God. Tintoretto, one of the true mystics of art, paints a world of wonder where monsters roam and reality may dissolve at any moment into pure light.
National Gallery, London.
Image of the week
Gaudy Night, 2017, by Mary Reid Kelley and Patrick Kelley
In We Are Ghosts, a new exhibition at Tate Liverpool, the American duo showcase bizarre black-and-white films and photographs featuring cartoonish characters and a strange reimagining of Das Boot.
What we learned this week
Donald Trump’s untitled “artwork” got a mere $5,000 at auction, while a Leonardo fetched $450m
The gorgeous creatures of NYC Downlow nightclub have been captured in 3D
From bouncing pickles to wine in teacups, photographer Olivia Locher documents weird American laws
Photographer David LaChappelle never wants to shoot another pop star …
… and William Eggleston has released an album of synthesiser soundscapes
All the Leonardos in the world have been rated
The largest collection of Modigliani nudes ever seen in the UK has gone on show …
... and our critic offered his verdict: “A gorgeous show about a slightly silly artist”
Why Britain’s postmodern buildings must be saved
Guardian critic Jonathan Jones and the Observer’s Laura Cumming suggest you give the new John Piper show at Tate Liverpool a miss
Painter Rose Wylie wants to be known for her work not her age
Minimalist architect John Pawson’s new book is bursting with colour photographs
This year’s Jarman prize winner, Oreet Ashery, discussed dying in the digital age
Colombian photojournalist Juancho Torres captures Medellín’s colourful street art
A “lost” Spanish masterpiece was found hanging in a Welsh castle
Francis Crick Institute’s £700m building has been deemed too noisy to concentrate in
A London gallery is honouring Tarantino precursor Jusepe de Ribera
English painter Unity Spencer and Mary Batchelor, one of Scotland’s best-loved artists, have died
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