by Exhibition of the week
Amazing things: The drawings by Victor Hugo
These Gothic fantasies and natural studies by the author of Les Misérables bring them to a surreal, seductive inner world. Read the complete evaluation.
• Royal Academy, London, until June 29th
Also show
Here is a Gale warning: art, crises and survival
Art that deals with “a world in an eternal crisis” by Rose Finn-Kelcey, Cecilia Vicuña, Tomashi Jackson and more. No panic!
• Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, from March 22nd to June 29th
Discover Jewish country houses
Photographs by Hélène Binet examine how Jewish families, including the Rothschilds, questioned the image of the country house as a mono-ethnic emblem of the English.
• Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire, from March 26 to June 22nd
Ian Hamilton Finlay
Overview of the provocative concept artist, whose masterpiece is his garden Little Sparta.
• Modern Two, Edinburgh, until May 26th
A place for modernity
The abstract styles and social ideals of the modernity of the 20th century, which were resumed by American artists of the 21st century such as Carrie Moyer and Arlene Shechet.
• Parlar Corrrias, London, until May 10th
Image of the week
When the sun in the spring -Equinox morning via Bodmin Moor rise, a Cornish congregation performed, and Kerdroya, a huge piece of land art, five years in production and built for four millennia, was officially opened. Read the whole story.
What we learned
Edvard Munch was the master of jealousy, neurosis and despair
The Italian iconoclast Mario Cresci played stunning tricks
Arpita Singh remembered the beautiful chaos of the turbulent past of India
Astonishing revelations occupy Paul Gauguin in a new light
José María Velasco’s landscapes redefined the perception of Mexico
Cornwall is not only known for piracy and pastes. It is also a surf paradise
Pop art Pioneer Allen Jones is of the opinion
An artist followed Manchester’s left to slavery on a blue cotton dress
Masterpiece of the week
A river scene by Henri-Joseph Harpignies, approx. 1850-70
This ghostly, melancholic landscape is like an ink stain that was annoyed in a picture. Reflections in the still mirror of a small lake create uncanny symmetries of black and green trees. The place could be anywhere: it does not seem to be associated with every wide world or a context. The tiny people on the water could be lovers or friends or united in mourning. In fact, it depends on your own state of mind: a painting that is so ambiguous and strange, as this is a shot for the viewer’s emotions. It is an unfinished story to tell for you, an incomplete song to sing. It doesn’t fit very well into art history either. Instead of belonging to one of the art movements that took part in France from the 19th century, this painter plows its own furrow. The same pleasure that this work takes in calm water with reflective depths would later bring Monet’s equally painting of his water toilet pond in the pleasure.
• National Gallery, London
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