A lost childhood home, magic mushrooms and arty face masks – the week in art

Arshile Gorky and Jack Whitten provide serious art for serious times, David Shrigley designs a face mask for charity, and early Beatles photographer Astrid Kirchherr has died – all in your weekly dispatch

Arshile Gorky and Jack Whitten
We live in serious times and so we need serious art. The Armenian-born American painter Arshile Gorky saw his mother die on a hunger march and summoned his lost childhood home in art that is brightly coloured yet spiky with sorrow. Alabama abstractionist Whitten was his lifelong admirer.
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Published on May 22, 2020 06:00
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