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The best exhibitions this week in London, from Donna Huddleston to Simnikiwe Buhlungu (September 9 to 16)

We pick the best art shows to enjoy this week

Evening Standard · Aug 24, 2023

Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden a ‘triumphant vision of female experience’

When Paula Rego was asked to paint a mural for the dining room of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing in 1990, it “seemed a thoughtless insult”, said Laura Cumming in The Observer. The artist, who died last year aged 87, was renowned for focusing on the kinds of people normally…

The Week · Aug 18, 2023

Paula Rego: Crivelli’s Garden; Jean Cooke: Ungardening review – women at work

Designed to be seen across dining crowds at the National Gallery, Rego’s 90s mural, inspired by Crivelli’s 15th-century one, comes alive in the details. And Cooke’s candid self-portraits find respite in flowers

The Guardian - UK · Jul 30, 2023

Comedy sculpture, the RA rambles, and Liverpool lets rip – the week in art

Erwin Wurm’s quirky work brightens up the Yorkshire sculpture park, Liverpool’s Biennial kicks off, and it’s time for another messy Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy

The Guardian - UK · Jun 9, 2023

Royal Academy Summer Exhibition review – flashes of brilliance amid the anodyne jumble sale

From lemons to cats to the inevitable stripper, there is much that is silly and mediocre – then magnificent works by the likes of Gillian Wearing and Paula Rego catch your eye

The Guardian - UK · Jun 5, 2023

A case of heartbreak? I prescribe Tracey Emin’s neons and Paula Rego’s dancers

At moments when we need to start all over again, great art is there to salve our wounded feelings and help point the way to the future

The Guardian - UK · May 15, 2023

The best art and design shows to visit in 2023

Queer Renaissance sculptor Donatello, Marina Abramović, David Hockney and a long-delayed mega-museum in Manchester – your art-design to-do list for the year ahead

The Guardian - UK · Dec 27, 2022

Paula Rego remembered by Lila Nunes

The Portuguese-British artist’s assistant and muse remembers her wonderful sense of humour and their daily ritual of coffee, chat and opera

The Guardian - UK · Dec 11, 2022

Letter: Dame Paula Rego obituary

Bruce Ross-Smith writes: Anthony Rudolf dedicated his Collected Poems to the artist, who was his companion

The Guardian - UK · Jul 20, 2022

Letter: Dame Paula Rego obituary

Michael Rowan-Robinson writes: In her studio the impression she gave was of seriousness and mastery

The Guardian - UK · Jun 19, 2022