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James McNeill Whistler Also showing<\/p>\n Gender Stories Delcy Morelos Henry Moore Nomenclature for the Time Being Image of the week<\/p>\n The Franco-Algerian artist Zineb Sedira\u2019s When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks, unveiled this week at Tate Britain in London, is an ode to revolutionary cinema in the 1960s and 70s, \u201ca place in which clever and idealistic young people could meet to watch important works of revolutionary art, argue about how to construct a better world, and hope to sleep with other clever and idealistic young people\u201d. Read the full review<\/a><\/p>\n Photograph: Lucy North\/PAWhat we learned<\/p>\n A portrait looted by Nazis was found in home of Dutch SS leader\u2019s family<\/a><\/p>\n Several Venice Biennale pavilions shut in protest over inclusion of Israel<\/a><\/p>\n Amid protests, the Biennale\u2019s organisers pretended all was fine, according to the Guardian\u2019s chief culture writer<\/a><\/p>\n Venice\u2019s German pavilion artist Sung Tieu shared a single bed with her mother for three years<\/a><\/p>\n A London car-park art space has redrawn the map for how to present art<\/a><\/p>\n The Smithsonian in Washington DC is celebrating America in 250 objects<\/a><\/p>\n The V&A\u2019s survey of Indigenous art across three continents is a bit cramped<\/a><\/p>\n Es Devlin is creating a \u2018national portrait\u2019 of the UK using selfies submitted by viewers<\/a><\/p>\n Masterpiece of the week<\/p>\n The Dice Players by Georges de la Tour, c 1650<\/p>\n Photograph: Artefact\/Alamy<\/p>\n The sultry atmosphere of candlelight reveals a suspicious nocturnal gambling session. The glint of steel breastplates and a helmet imply the dice players are soldiers, but would soldiers wear armour for an evening game? There is a sense of masquerade that alerts us to the painting\u2019s other ambiguities: for perhaps some of these people are fake soldiers, and perhaps some are fake men. Gender itself is uncertain here, as the players include people who may be women in \u201cmale\u201d garb. The figure at the far right clearly seems female and the gambler with long hair leaning over the table is also very feminised. Georges de la Tour depicts women in other candlelit gaming scenes, too, including his famous The Cardsharp with the Ace of Diamonds<\/a> in the Louvre. This haunting painter was one of the many artists across 17th-century Europe who took their lead from Caravaggio\u2019s raw realism and cinematic lighting, and this painting with its teasing mysteries reveals the subversive nature of that Caravaggesque twist in early modern art. Sign up to the Art Weekly newsletter<\/p>\n If you don\u2019t already receive our regular roundup of art and design news via email, please sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Get in touch<\/p>\n
The brilliant American who took Victorian Britain by storm and brought avant garde ideas from Paris and Japan gets a stonking big show, Mother included.
Tate Britain, London, from 21 May until 27 September<\/a><\/p>\n
The concept of gender explored through art by David Hockney, Grayson Perry, Rene Mati\u0107 and more.
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, from 16 May until 31 August<\/a><\/p>\n
Spectacular earthy sculpture set against the rugged architecture of London\u2019s Barbican \u2026 should be brutal!
Sculpture Court, Barbican Centre, London, until 31 July<\/a><\/p>\n
Moore\u2019s abstract yet absolutely unthreatening sculptures have been spaced through the green and glorious vistas of Kew, if you like that sort of thing.
Kew Gardens, London, until 31 January 2027<\/a><\/p>\n
A group exhibition about \u2026 well, the title is self-explanatory, surely. With artists including Hannah Black, Ati\u00e9na R Kilfa and Zanele Muholi.
Raven Row, London, from 21 May until 6September<\/a><\/p>\n
Preston Park Museum, Stockton-on-Tees<\/a><\/p>\n