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Fatal Attraction
(Compton Verney, Warwick)
Ancient and modern show on the theme of Diana and Actaeon and the forbidden gaze, with Cranach, D�rer, C�zanne, Degas, Klimt, Picasso and Mapplethorpe.
(01926 645500) to 31 May
Mythologies (Haunch of Venison, London)
World of wonder: a sprawling ensemble show in the former Museum of Mankind, with Kabakov, Calle, Boltanski, Tyson, Kounellis and others. (020-7495 5050) to 25 Apr
Sickert in Venice
(Dulwich Picture Gallery, London)
The moody turn-of-the-century British painter made frequent trips to Venice. This show includes canal views, architecture and night-life.
(020-8693 5224) to 31 May
Patrick Caulfield
(Pallant House, Chichester)
The master of the fat outline, and of many stylistic tricks and mixes, showing alongside earlier English graphic artists: Bawden, Ravilious and Nash.
(01243 774557) to 14 Jun
Rodchenko and Popova
(Tate Modern, London)
The cream of the Russian avant-garde circa 1917: Aleksandr Rodchenko and Liubov Popova did everything – design, film, costume, photography and theatre – to dazzling effect.
(020-7887 8888) to 17 May
