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Hockney’s Pop pals, Warhol’s American republic and Linder punks Blackpool – the week in art

David Hockney is shown alongside Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg and Jasper Johns and Helen Chadwick’s provocations have a wild Welsh setting...

Exhibition of the week Pop RevisitedDavid Hockney’s brilliantly inventive prints are shown with other graphic masterpieces of the 1960s by Richard Hamilton, Claes Oldenburg, Jasper Johns and more.• Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, from 23 July to 20 August Also showing LinderFrom her cover design for the Buzzcocks’ Orgasm Addict to more recent films and textiles, the punk artist brings her vision to Blackpool.• Grundy Art Gallery, Blackpool, from 18 July to 3 October Helen Chadwick Organic interactions between body and nature - such as urinating in snow - were at the heart of this powerful artist’s work and here she is shown in a wild Welsh coastal setting.• Oriel y Parc National Park Discovery Centre, Pembrokeshire, until 10 January 2027 Gillian AyresVivid and bright abstract paintings by this British artist who loved to splash around the colours.• The Box, Plymouth, until 4 October Andy WarholThe American republic is 250 years old and Warhol saw into its soul like no other artist.• Wolverhampton Art Gallery until 4 October Image of the week It appears even street art is susceptible to bouts of World Cup fever. This mural by Black Country artist Dion Kitson depicts the locally raised England footballers Jude Bellingham and Morgan Rogers sharing a portion of orange chips – a spiced and battered Midlands delicacy. Kitson says he created the image to challenge “the dark side of patriotism” he had seen online, but that it is not meant “to be a statement politically, it’s just about feeling good”. What we learned Textile artist Enid Marx was a one-woman war against ‘washed-out William Morris stuff’ Madelon Vriesendorp’s witty works delighted in New York’s sensual skyscrapers Were Ana Mendieta still alive she’d be at the forefront of art in this century Fantastical painter Richard Dadd’s vision was unconfined by his 43 years in an asylum The Bayeux tapestry made its historic trip from France to England at dead of night Del LaGrace Volcano photographed S&M scenes, …

Source: The Guardian