Image: A sculptural whirlwind lands in Yorkshire and butterfly wings hit the canvas
Mandy El-Sayegh, Net-Grid (Blessing), 2023, Oil and acrylic on linen with collaged and silkscreened elements, 235 x 225 cm. Photo: Damian Griffiths. Courtesy the artist and Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, London, Paris, Salzburg, Seoul.
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A sculptural whirlwind lands in Yorkshire and butterfly wings hit the canvas The week in art

1 September 2023

BY JONATHAN JONES

Exhibition of the week

People
People who need people … a survey of the art of the human starring Rebecca Warren, Lucian Freud, Michael Andrews, Paula Rego and more.
Modern Art, London, 6-30 September

Also showing

Mandy El-Sayegh
Abstract paintings in an immersive installation inspired by Sigmund Freud’s consulting room.
Thaddaeus Ropac, London, until 30 September

Leonardo Drew
Haunting installation in a former chapel by this Brooklyn-based artist.
Yorkshire Sculpture Park until 29 October

Gabriel de la Mora
Paintings that combine modernist grids with an eye for the natural world – using materials such as butterfly wings, feathers and eggshells.
Timothy Taylor, London, until 30 September

Entwined
Artists Pamela Singh, Qiana Mestrich, Serena Chopra and Gayatri Ganju explore science and spirituality.
Cromwell Place, London, until 6 October

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