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Jessica Rankin Also showing<\/p>\n Andy Warhol As Long As It Takes For John Constable Mario Merz Image of the week Photograph: Stuart Edwards<\/p>\n Henry, 78, is one of the regulars at Barras Market in Glasgow\u2019s East End and is always dressed sharp. \u201cHow you doing, Henry, you good?\u201d \u201cBetter than good \u2013 I\u2019m lucky.\u201d His picture, taken by Stuart Edwards, is one of the winning shots in this year\u2019s Portrait of Britain competition. See more here<\/a>.<\/p>\n What we learned<\/p>\n A 67,800 year-old hand shape in an Indonesian cave may be the world\u2019s oldest rock art<\/a><\/p>\n Ai Weiwei\u2019s new book On Censorship is at its liveliest when he ponders AI<\/a><\/p>\n Beryl Cook offered a saucy parade of bouncing bosoms, smirky smokers and a spot of BDSM in her home town<\/a><\/p>\n Colombian artist Beatriz Gonz\u00e1lez, known for potent political work, has died aged 93<\/a><\/p>\n A new book celebrates the golden age of crisp packet design<\/a><\/p>\n Tracey Emin has curated an exhibition of her heroes\u2019 work that revels in gloom<\/a><\/p>\n Montez Press, champions of queer, feminist art, are reaching a global audience<\/a><\/p>\n Sally Tallant will be the new director of the Hayward Gallery in London<\/a><\/p>\n Masterpiece of the week<\/p>\n The Madonna of Humility With Saints Mark and John by Lorenzo Veneziano, c.1366-70<\/p>\n Photograph: Album\/Alamy<\/p>\n The tender look between mother and child lifts this medieval painting from gold-laden piety to human profundity. Mary is not so much humble as devoted to her baby. The infant too shows need for her. It\u2019s a heart-wrenching moment of real life and recognisable experience. This Venetian work was painted at a time when Italian artists were pioneering a new sensitivity to gestures and expression, giving art unprecedented emotional power. The cooler, more distant and regal figures of early medieval art were giving way to psychological acuteness and passionate drama. Veneziano shares this new mentality with artists such as Giotto and Simone Martini \u2013 and writers like Dante, Boccaccio and Britain\u2019s Geoffrey Chaucer. 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
This New York artist\u2019s abstract works hover between embroidery and painting and have a seductive, lyrical beauty.
White Cube Mason\u2019s Yard, London, 28 January to 28 February<\/a><\/p>\n
The artist who defines America still captivates, even if Trump\u2019s US doesn\u2019t.
Lakeside Arts, Nottingham, from 24 January to 19 April<\/a><\/p>\n
Intriguing exploration of how drawing can grow from performance art, or vice versa, with Carali McCall, Jaanika Peerna and others.
Patrick Heide Contemporary Art, London, until 7 March<\/a><\/p>\n
David Hockney, John Hoyland and more in a homage to the great landscape artist.
Bernard Jacobson Gallery, London, 29 January to 27 February<\/a><\/p>\n
A protective and welcoming igloo sculpture and other works by the environmentally sensitive arte povera legend.
Sprovieri, London, until 13 March<\/a><\/p>\n
National Gallery, London<\/a><\/p>\n