Marina Abramovi sued by her ex, and

Modigliani breaks a record the week in art

Ulay and Marinas relationship has soured and hes taking her to court. Plus the reclining nude
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Exhibition of the week

Samuel
Find outPepys:
more Plague, Fire, Revolution
What makes history gripping? Is it plague, fire and revolution all of which feature in the
world of the great 17th-century diarist Pepys or the daily details he records from feasting
on oysters to dallying with women at every available opportunity? This should be a
fascinating encounter with the art, science and gritty reality of Pepys and his age.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, from 20 November until 28 March.

Other exhibitions this week

Susan Philipsz
The best sound artist on the block has created an aural echo of 20th-century wars.
Tate Britain, London, from 21 November until 3 April.
Matisse in Focus
The Tates rather decent collection of the works of Henri Matisse, including his dazzling
cut-out The Snail, come to Merseyside as part of a season entitled Works to Know By Heart.
These certainly fit that criterion.
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool, from 20 November until 2 May.
Bejewelled Treasures
This show of the Al Thani collection of Indian jewellery mixes historical opulence and
contemporary creativity.
V&A, London, from 21 November until 28 March.

With Space in Mind

Rachel Whiteread, Cornelia Parker and Richard Serra are among the printmaking sculptors
showing tactile images on paper.
Alan Cristea Gallery, London, from 19 November until 23 December.

Masterpiece of the week

Anthony van Dyck Equestrian Portrait of Charles I (c 1637-8)
Van Dyck portrays the doomed ruler Charles I as a heroic knight on his mighty steed an
image that was taken seriously at the Stuart court, where Rubens painted Charles as St

George fighting the dragon. This painting reflects the chivalric splendour of Charless selfimage, which was not sadly for him so beloved by Puritans.
National Gallery, London.

Image of the week

What we learned this week
That Marina Abramovi is being sued by her former lover Ulay
And Ulay explains exclusively how their relationship soured
Modiglianis Reclining Nude painting sells to a Chinese billionaire a former taxi driver
for a record-breaking $170m
How Modiglianis hymn to lust shows that sex will always be the greatest salesman
Are the most expensive paintings ever worth their prices? Heres a definitive ranking
Alexander Calders high-wire circus act hits Tate Modern
That Pyotr Pavlensky, the Russian artist known for nailing his scrotum to Red Square, has
been arrested for setting fire to security service HQ
And why Pavlensky is right to set Russias evil history ablaze
Megastructures: seven wonders of the modern world that are near completion
Photographers tell the stories of their most intimate shots
That an ex-graffiti artist got arrested for encouraging crime when he made a graffiti
magazine. Heres the story of his three-year nightmare
Take me to the cosmic vagina: step inside Tibets secret tantric temple
Blistering barnacles! Tintin is back with added swearwords
How James Turrell feels about being ripped off by Drake
The story of Peter Magubanes photograph of a girl and her maid on a Europeans only
bench
That the council has rejected plans to turn London car park into 800 artists studios
That a nude sculpture of Margaret Thatcher frolicking with pigs will soon be let loose on the
world
That Brian Blessed threw away a Picasso
That the National Portrait Gallery has taken down its painting of Camila Batmanghelidjh

How eerie Andy Warhols last artwork was

That Susan Hiller has opened a strange haunted house in London, full of ghost photos and
UFO testimonies

And finally
C is for consciousness: share artworks that show your rich inner lives now
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