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| Duchamp and Lichtenstein ride again – the week in art | Duchamp and Lichtenstein ride again – the week in art |
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| Exhibition of the week: The Bride and the Bachelors | Exhibition of the week: The Bride and the Bachelors |
| Among a dazzling constellation of exhibitions, this is the most welcome and unexpected – an opportunity to seriously engage with what is arguably the most important and influential moment in art in the last 60 years. In the 1950s, a group of American geniuses – composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham, and the artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns – became fascinated by dada, the early 20th-century modern movement that delighted in chance and the random, in found objects and images, in obliterating the distance between art and life. The most enigmatic dadaist, Marcel Duchamp, was at that time little-known and had officially retired from making art, but his works and ideas provoked intense creativity in these Americans. The resulting explosion of brilliance led to much of the art of today, from installation to performance, and produced some of the most enduring modern masterpieces. This great moment is being explored at Barbican not just through works of art but also a season of dance, speech, music and live art. • Barbican Art Gallery, London EC2Y, until 9 June | Among a dazzling constellation of exhibitions, this is the most welcome and unexpected – an opportunity to seriously engage with what is arguably the most important and influential moment in art in the last 60 years. In the 1950s, a group of American geniuses – composer John Cage, choreographer Merce Cunningham, and the artists Robert Rauschenberg and Jasper Johns – became fascinated by dada, the early 20th-century modern movement that delighted in chance and the random, in found objects and images, in obliterating the distance between art and life. The most enigmatic dadaist, Marcel Duchamp, was at that time little-known and had officially retired from making art, but his works and ideas provoked intense creativity in these Americans. The resulting explosion of brilliance led to much of the art of today, from installation to performance, and produced some of the most enduring modern masterpieces. This great moment is being explored at Barbican not just through works of art but also a season of dance, speech, music and live art. • Barbican Art Gallery, London EC2Y, until 9 June |
| Other exhibitions this week | Other exhibitions this week |
| Roy Lichtenstein The prince of pop art is guaranteed to raise a smile in this fizzing retrospective that mostly concentrates, wisely, on his tremendous works from the 1960s. • Tate Modern, London SE1, from 21 February until 27 May | Roy Lichtenstein The prince of pop art is guaranteed to raise a smile in this fizzing retrospective that mostly concentrates, wisely, on his tremendous works from the 1960s. • Tate Modern, London SE1, from 21 February until 27 May |
| Becoming Picasso While the Barbican celebrates Duchamp, here's a glimpse of a still greater 20th-century innovator at a formative moment. • Courtauld Gallery, London WC2R, until 26 May | Becoming Picasso While the Barbican celebrates Duchamp, here's a glimpse of a still greater 20th-century innovator at a formative moment. • Courtauld Gallery, London WC2R, until 26 May |
| RB Kitaj The "diasporist" modern history painter has two exhibitions concurrently, with the other part at the Jewish Museum in London. • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, from 23 February until 16 June | RB Kitaj The "diasporist" modern history painter has two exhibitions concurrently, with the other part at the Jewish Museum in London. • Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, from 23 February until 16 June |
| Knock Knock The opening exhibition at this new seaside art gallery features artists who have connections with Hastings, including the gifted Alessandro Raho. • Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, until 17 April | Knock Knock The opening exhibition at this new seaside art gallery features artists who have connections with Hastings, including the gifted Alessandro Raho. • Jerwood Gallery, Hastings, until 17 April |
| Masterpiece of the week | Masterpiece of the week |
| Head of a Woman (Fernande) (1909) by Pablo Picasso It's as if Picasso has made this sculpture from the inside out, with his eyes closed, feeling his way towards a mesmerising intuition of his lover's presence. Jagged, intense, and characterful, it is one of the most moving portraits created in the 20th century. • Tate Modern, London SE1 | Head of a Woman (Fernande) (1909) by Pablo Picasso It's as if Picasso has made this sculpture from the inside out, with his eyes closed, feeling his way towards a mesmerising intuition of his lover's presence. Jagged, intense, and characterful, it is one of the most moving portraits created in the 20th century. • Tate Modern, London SE1 |
| Image of the week | Image of the week |
| What we learned this week | What we learned this week |
| That this year's just-announced Serpentine summer pavilion will fit right in with the clouds | That this year's just-announced Serpentine summer pavilion will fit right in with the clouds |
| Which artworks understand love the best | Which artworks understand love the best |
| That a newly authenticated portrait of Elizabeth I shows her wrinkles and all for the first time | That a newly authenticated portrait of Elizabeth I shows her wrinkles and all for the first time |
| That Rosemarie Trockel has brought her whole universe into the Serpentine Gallery in London | That Rosemarie Trockel has brought her whole universe into the Serpentine Gallery in London |
| What portraits of Elton John and Steve Jobs made with chewing gum look like | What portraits of Elton John and Steve Jobs made with chewing gum look like |
| And finally ... | And finally ... |
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