Giacometti, Thunderbirds and a fish-and-chip shop – the week in art

Tate Modern’s major retrospective of Alberto Giacometti opens this week, while Bruce Conner’s early video art is resurrected – all in your weekly dispatch

Giacometti
The sculptor who started as a surrealist, then turned to compassionate portrayals of the isolated human figure after the second world war, is one of the 20th century’s defining artists.
• Tate Modern, London, 10 May–10 September

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