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Giants of Ukrainian art, Henry Moore goes to war and Chris Ofili’s myth making – the week in art
By Jonathan Jones,
2 days ago
Exhibition of the week
Sharpening the Saws by Oleksandr Bohomazov, 1927. Photograph: National Art Museum of Ukraine
In the Eye of the Storm: Modernism in Ukraine, 1900–1930s Some of the greatest art of the early 20th century has close connections with Ukraine. This survey of its modernist achievements includes Malevich (or Malevych), El Lissitzky and more. • Royal Academy, London, from 29 June to 13 October
This self-constricted Mr Tickle by Garbage Pail Kids artist Rory McQueen is on show at Mr Men Little Miss Reimagined at Helm gallery in Brighton. He sits among four other artists’ playful reinterpretations of Roger Hargreaves’s classic children’s characters – from a Little Miss Chatterbox on her mobile phone to an X-ray of Mr Bump.
Cavalry Attacking Infantry by Studio of Philips Wouwerman , 1656-68
Europe was ravaged by warfare in the 17th century, from the thirty years’ war that killed up to eight million people across central Europe to the English civil war that slaughtered as high a proportion of the British population as the first world war would. This painting, it is thought, shows a battle between Poland and Sweden who were at war from 1655 to 1660. But it could be anywhere, any time, for it is a generalised nightmare of savage conflict. Cavalry and footsoldiers kill each other at close quarters, their faces contorted by fury. A pall of gunsmoke hangs over the bloody morass. In fact, many details, from the raised swords and standards at the heart of battle to the smoky atmosphere and rearing horses, are derived from Leonardo da Vinci’s depictions of war and his writings on how to paint it. Leonardo called war “a most bestial madness”: this is it. • National Gallery, London
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