Pop Revisited at Cristea Roberts Gallery
David Hockney's brilliantly inventive prints are shown alongside other graphic masterpieces of the 1960s by Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns, and more at Cristea Roberts Gallery in London. The exhibition runs from 23 July to 20 August.
Linder Brings Punk Vision to Blackpool
From her cover design for the Buzzcocks' Orgasm Addict to more recent films and textiles, the punk artist Linder brings her vision to the Grundy Art Gallery in Blackpool. The exhibition runs from 18 July to 3 October.
Helen Chadwick in Wild Welsh Setting
Organic interactions between body and nature—such as urinating in snow—were at the heart of Helen Chadwick's powerful work. Her art is now shown in a wild Welsh coastal setting at Oriel y Parc National Park Discovery Centre in Pembrokeshire, until 10 January 2027.
Gillian Ayres at The Box
Vivid and bright abstract paintings by British artist Gillian Ayres, who loved to splash around colours, are on display at The Box in Plymouth until 4 October.
Andy Warhol at Wolverhampton Art Gallery
The American republic is 250 years old and Andy Warhol saw into its soul like no other artist. His works are exhibited at Wolverhampton Art Gallery until 4 October.
Image of the Week: World Cup Fever Mural
A mural by Black Country artist Dion Kitson depicts locally raised England footballers Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers sharing a portion of orange chips—a spiced and battered Midlands delicacy. Kitson says he created the image to challenge 'the dark side of patriotism' he had seen online, but that it is not meant 'to be a statement politically, it's just about feeling good'.
What We Learned This Week
Textile artist Enid Marx was a one-woman war against 'washed-out William Morris stuff'. Madelon Vriesendorp's witty works delighted in New York's sensual skyscrapers. Were Ana Mendieta still alive she'd be at the forefront of art in this century. Fantastical painter Richard Dadd's vision was unconfined by his 43 years in an asylum. The Bayeux tapestry made its historic trip from France to England at dead of night. Del LaGrace Volcano photographed S&M scenes, leather-clad lesbians and a drag king. Highlights from Arles 2026 photography festival include dogs, diners, UFOs and more. Debjani Banerjee blends British suburbia with ancient Bengal. Amazing posters depict 40 years of protest by Aboriginal artists. US performance artist MPA is reviving Yoko Ono's Cut Piece, where an audience scissors away her clothes. Renzo Piano's glass cube is really the only contender for the Stirling prize.
Masterpiece of the Week: Rome: The Interior of St Peter's
By the 18th century the days when Italy led Europe in art and science were gone, and artists like Giovanni Paolo Panini found their best market in selling views to aristocratic tourists. Panini painted St Peter's alone 30 times. He uses a sharp mastery of perspective to lead the eye deep into this magnificent building, making use of the crowds of elegant visitors to articulate its scale. They are tiny among the colossal arches as they admire the greatest architectural structure of the Renaissance. Begun in the early 1500s when the ambitious, imperial Pope Julius II decided to demolish the ancient basilica housing St Peter's tomb and raise a new, classically inspired church in its place, it took decades to complete and exhausted and frustrated a series of architects until Michelangelo took over. Although he was already an old man he brought new energy and determination to this grand design, and his feel for the sublime is stamped on it indelibly. Panini captures this immense wonder in a painting whose very precision conveys Michelangelo's holy terror. The painting is held at the National Gallery in London.
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