There is startling work in Tate Modern’s Street & Studio show, but our critic doesn’t buy its urban myths
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Grayson Perry: Unpopular Culture
Grayson Perry’s curatorial austerity trip is heavy going
Maria Lassnig at the Serpentine – the Sunday Times review
A naked 89-year-old Austrian has you in her sights at the Serpentine. And her brutality is brilliant
Art in the Age of Steam – the Sunday Times review
It sometimes wanders off track, but this artist’s-eye view of the railway era provides plenty of nostalgic pleasures
Why is the Imperial War Museum celebrating James Bond?
So now it’s James Bond and cold-war lite. When did intellect head for the exit?
Seeing is believing – but when is it deceiving?
In a world where image is everything, it becomes easy – even essential – for artists to manipulate the truth
John Currin finds beauty in pert, pink places…
but The American Scene is a more brutal prospect…
Amazing Rare Things, Queen’s Gallery – the Sunday Times review
Our correspondent pens a letter of thanks to Sir David Attenborough, George III and some miraculous illustrators of natural history
Martian Museum of Terrestrial Art, Barbican
The chances of any good coming of the Barbican’s Martian-themed show are a million to one
Cranach’s flashes of inspiration
A highly original talent, Lucas Cranach has been rediscovered