by Exhibition of the week
Richard Serra: The final works
Insights in night and nothing in the last works of this impressive abstract artist.
• Critea Roberts Gallery, London from March 13th to April 26th
Also show
Siena: The rise of painting
Phenomenal exhibition that makes it fall in love with medieval art, full of gorgeous works by Duccio, Simone Martini and more.
• National Gallery, London from March 8 to June 22nd
German BÖrse price
This year’s selected artist Cristina de Middel, Rahim Fortune, Tarrah Krajnak and Lindokuhle Sobekwa show their things.
• Photographer Gallery, London, until June 15th
Make Egypt
This exhibition of ancient Egyptian art and history is a blockbuster for children – what a great idea.
• Young V&A, London, until November 2
Format 25: Conflict
Open call, international overview of how photographers document conflicts of all kinds.
• Derby City Center from 13 to 30 March
Image of the week
The winners of the second annual nature photography competition were announced this week, with the award for photography of the year to Polar Bear in the middle of Christopher Paetkau. See the rest of the winners here.
What we learned
A new exhibition shows how Polish film poster artists navigated communist censors
Artists have to leave a Dalston Street, which promoted the Oscar winner Daniel Blumberg
“Art always has a sensual aesthetics,” says Martha Edelkeit, 93, about her erotic exhibition
Designers rethink a “human-centered” approach in favor of nature and animals
A gallery in Washington DC was accused
The author of Les Misérables Victor Hugo spent a large part of his time to draw
The late Australian performance artist Leigh Bowery had a unique artistic vision
Lubaina Himid says that the British pavilion in the Venice Biennale is her dream location
The works of the German Expressionists on paper are strangely suitable for our time
The wildly popular Scottish painter Jack Vettriano died at the age of 73
In a Dutch provincial museum, a “spectacular” stolen Brueghel was found
The blind artist Bianca Raffaella explained how painting contributes to work with her thumb
Western art in Siena, Italy, was alive seven hundred years ago
A portrait of Lady Jane Gray, England’s ninth queen, may have been discovered
Masterpiece of the week
Portrait of Constantijn Huygens and his employee of Thomas de Keyser, 1627
Constantijn Huygens, Lord of Zuilichem, looks just as accessible and down -to -earth because it is important in this very sympathetic portrait. Huygens was a highly towering political influence in the young Dutch Republic, which had recently returned from diplomatic work in England. You can see the symbolic stuff of his public life in his studies, including two huge globes and a pen that is ready to write his next weighty letter. There are architectural plans on his desk and a beautiful wall carpet behind him. A servant or employee gives him an urgent letter. But Huygens was also a cultivated person who discovered the genius of the young Rembrandt and his friend Jan Lievens. The true power of de Keyser’s portrait is the sensitive recording of Huygens’ pale, watchful characteristics and nonchalant pose. Huygens wears unbound but expensive clothing and is the epitome of style, courtesy and intellectual curiosity.
• National Gallery, London
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