Botticelli goes pop and Yoko tells the time – the week in art

The V&A’s Botticelli Reimagined show opens alongside his drawings over at the Courtauld, while Oxford hosts a starry group show with Douglas Gordon and Elizabeth Price – all in your weekly art dispatch

Botticelli Reimagined
This provocative look at the afterlife of an artist shows how the Renaissance genius of Sandro Botticelli was rediscovered by the Victorian age and has fascinated art ever since. With poptastic versions of Botticelli by everyone from Andy Warhol to Dolce & Gabbana, this is no staid old-master exhibition – but there are plenty of real Botticellis too. Is this the future of art’s past?
• V&A, London, 5 March to 3 July

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