Valie Export Dies at 85; Austrian Feminist Artist Known for Provocative Performances

Valie Export, the fearless Austrian feminist artist and film-maker, died this week at age 85. She was known for provocative works such as the 1968 performance piece 'Tapp und Tastkino (Tap and Touch Cinema)', in which she invited the public to interact with her own body, subverting beauty standards. Her legacy is celebrated by artists including Peaches, Florentina Holzinger, and Joan Jonas. The week also features the first major retrospective of Winston Churchill's paintings at the Wallace Collection in London (23 May to 29 November), Kira Freije's exhibition at Modern Art Oxford (23 May to 16 August), Miriam Elia's show at JW3, London (until 30 June), Liam Young's installations at Barbican, London (until 6 September), and Zsuzsi Ujj's first UK solo show at Arcadia Missa, London (22 May to 18 July). The masterpiece of the week is Joachim Wtewael's 'The Judgement of Paris' (1615) at the National Gallery, London.