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The 10 Best London Shows This Weekend

The top critic-reviewed art exhibitions open in London this Saturday and Sunday. Ranked by critic rating and filtered to shows with real reviews behind them — these are the ones genuinely worth rearranging your weekend for.

Showing 10 exhibitions

Turner & Constable: Rivals and Originals

Turner & Constable: Rivals and Originals

Until Apr 12

170+ works in the landmark Turner 250th anniversary show at Tate Britain

"JMW Turner is beaten by John Constable in this mighty show. But who cares when the work is so sublime you can hear the squelching and smell the river?"

— The Guardian

Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual DependencyEnding Soon

Nan Goldin: The Ballad of Sexual Dependency

Until Mar 21

All 126 photographs from Goldin's genre-defining photobook, shown complete for first time in UK

"More than four decades on, Goldin’s louche lovers, waxwork royals, divorcing Mexicans and frightening wallpaper feel uncannily present – normal even."

— The Guardian

The Long Now: Saatchi Gallery at 40

The Long Now: Saatchi Gallery at 40

Until Apr 26

Saatchi's 40th anniversary group show, culminating with Richard Wilson's 20:50

"‘Fun’ is a quality which seems to be all too frequently forgotten by curatorial teams. But it certainly takes pride of place at the Saatchi Gallery’s The Long Now, an expansive, nine- room retrospective which aims to both celebrate its past and reiterate its commitment to championing innovation in the present and future."

— TimeOut

Seurat and the Sea

Seurat and the Sea

Until May 17

First exhibition dedicated to Seurat's coastal Neo-Impressionist seascapes

"A first-of-its-kind Courtauld exhibition brings together the French artist’s haunting seaside paintings."

— The Telegraph

Wes Anderson: The Archives

Wes Anderson: The Archives

Until Jul 26

First retrospective of Wes Anderson's cinematic archive — 700+ objects across 30 years

"The Texan is the third film-maker to be given a retrospective at the Design Museum, following Stanley Kubrick and Tim Burton, and this is the pick of the three. Cinema like this can feel incredibly extravagant — some canine puppets for Isle of Dogs took three years to make and were on screen for a matter of seconds. Here, though, you can spend time with it all."

— The Times

R. Crumb: There's No End to the NonsenseEnding Soon

R. Crumb: There's No End to the Nonsense

Until Mar 14

A 60-year career survey of R. Crumb's subversive, countercultural drawings and comics

"Though they were created for comic books, the artist’s horny and hilarious drawings of his own neuroses, and of glamazons in thigh-high boots, are unnervingly powerful on gallery walls"

— The Guardian

Richard Avedon: Facing WestEnding Soon

Richard Avedon: Facing West

Until Mar 14

21 rare prints from Avedon's In the American West, curated by his granddaughter

"Facing West is a good subtitle. Although there are cowboys and farmhands aplenty, these photographs do not romanticise the West: there are no tumbleweeds, saddles or tobacco. Avedon’s subjects are confrontational, tired and often smeared with the grime of dangerous hard labour. This was not Avedon’s first rodeo when it came to probing the fissures at the heart of American culture; he was also photographing radicals and protesters in the same style."

— The Standard

Joseph Beuys: Bathtub for a HeroineEnding Soon

Joseph Beuys: Bathtub for a Heroine

Until Mar 28

First exhibition tracing the evolution of Beuys's monumental Bathtub sculpture

"There’s no escape from the torments of the past in this show, which celebrates the German artist at his most Wagnerian, enchanting and sickening you simultaneously"

— The Guardian

Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First

Rose Wylie: The Picture Comes First

Until Apr 19

Largest ever UK survey of bold, irreverent paintings by Rose Wylie RA

"When she's on song her works have a larky life of their own. The duds, however, outnumber the triumphs. Often, there's a sense that a Christmas cracker has been pulled. The painting goes off with a bang… then nothing falls out."

— The Times

Beatriz González

Beatriz González

Until May 10

First UK retrospective of Colombian artist: 150+ works spanning six decades

"If this is Latin American Pop, it's Pop with pathos – and, although this isn't an easy exhibition, it is powerful and affecting. Her paintings are full of flair and subtle, sophisticated aesthetic decisions. These provide succour for the visitor when – as it may do – González's searing content proves too much."

— The Telegraph

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