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Derek Jarman at the Serpentine

    Derek Jarman at the Serpentine shows a visionary film-maker – but his paintings look nothing short of crude

    Duchamp, Man-Ray and Picabia review

      Duchamp is the dark genius in the art bratpack at Tate Modern’s triple-whammy show

      Vanity Fair Portraits at the National Portrait Gallery

        Celebrity portraits are a lesson in ego-tripping self-exposure. But do they teach us anything else?

        Alexander Rodchenko at the Hayward Gallery

          It’s very basic and very revolutionary – but you’ll find yourself back in the USSR with Rodchenko’s photo art

          Juan Munoz at Tate Modern

            In Juan Munoz’s dark places, you find the heir to Spanish greats such as Goya, Dali, Picasso and Velazquez

            Darker than it looks

              High art it is not, but Andrey Bartenev’s garish, disco-themed display has hidden depths

              Anthony McCall at the Serpentine

                With his magical light sculptures, Anthony McCall will have you dancing in the dark

                Vexed generation

                  The New Contemporaries show is a mishmash, but our correspondent perceives some coherence amid the graduate gloom

                  Ira Cohen: From the Mylar Chamber at October Gallery

                    ‘It blew my mind, man’ – our correspondent sees a forgotten 1960s genius swirl back into focus

                    A Life of Picasso Volume III: The Triumphant Years 1917-1932 by John Richardson

                      Picasso may have been fiercely superstitious but he was not prone to self-reflection, so he would never have realised just how lucky he was. Pretty much everything in his life worked his way. Surviving to 92 was a basic advantage that few artists had had. So was being in Paris at the moment of western […]

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