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Picasso 1932 at Tate Modern on The Art Channel

In middle age Pablo Picasso became enraptured by Marie-Thérèse Walter, a young woman he had met on a Parisian street. The Art Channel visits Tate Modern’s exhibition to understand how Marie-Thérèse became Picasso’s muse. How did his infatuation for her inspire his art? Grace Adam and Joshua White investigate why Picasso’s images of 1932 are challenging and unforgettable.

Andreas Gursky on The Art Channel

An artist working in photography, Gursky produces large prints using a digital editing process incorporating multiple images of the same subject. Disrupting conventions of perspective and proportion, his photographs immerse the viewer in the contemporary world of globalisation, architecture, commerce and travel. These pictures resemble the scale of paintings while pulling us into a dizzying experience where apparent ‘photographic’ facts are often invented and manipulated. The power of these artworks lies in the meeting of familiarity and oddity.

Dalí / Duchamp at the RA

Two of the 20th Century’s greatest artistic mavericks and showmen are paired together in a show which reconsiders the overlooked interests and connections between the two men. The Art Channel looks in detail at six key works exhibited in the show to learn more about their ideas and methods and why they have been so influential on younger generations of artists. The film includes a contribution from Professor Dawn Ades, co-curator of the exhibition.

Do Ho Suh at Victoria Miro on The Art Channel

From architectural installations to works on paper, Do Ho Suh explores memory, travel and identity in an exhibition titled ‘Passage/s’. Using brightly coloured and transparent polyester mesh hung on steel frames, Do Ho Suh erects a series of linking architectural ‘hubs’ which resemble disregarded domestic spaces like hallways and entrances. He is also showing new ‘drawings’ produced by melting gelatine models into absorbent paper.