Laura Gascoigne

How Philip Guston became a hero to a new generation of figurative painters

Plus: the crude, complex and ingenious sculpture of Georg Baselitz

Ropes, legs and shoe soles haunt Philip Guston’s later canvases like recurring nightmares: ‘Painter’s Forms II’ (1978). Collection of the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Museum Purchase, The Friends of Art Endowment © The Estate of Philip Guston
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  • Philip Guston

    Tate Modern, until 25 February 2024

  • Georg Baselitz: Sculptures 2011-2015

    Serpentine South Gallery, until 7 January 2024

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