Unfortunately, there’s only so much bingeing onNetflixyou can fit in one weekend before you want your duvet to swallow you whole. But if you're getting slightly sick of the sofa, you're in luck – this weekend will play host to a series of brilliant exhibitions going on all around the country. Press pause this weekend and get yourself an unexpected culture hit because, let's face it, the weather is (probably) going to be terrible.
Here are some of our favourites:
Check out Tracey Emin at the White Cube
Tracey Emin is back – and don’t we know it. Her new offering, Fortnight of Tears, is still open for business at the White Cube, Bermondsey. In it, the fearless artist showcases her ongoing new photographic series entitled Insomnia, self portraits taken using an iPhone at different moments while she couldn’t sleep. The exhibition has stellar reviews, and it's thought to be her most revealing work yet, so make sure you don’t miss out.
Art pop in Scotland
This exhibition focuses on the work of pop culture icon Andy Warhol and Scottish sculptor Eduardo Paolozzi, and traces the similiar development in the two artists’ work - even though there was an ocean between them. The show includes rarely seen Warhol drawings from the 1950s and his snazzy Marilyn Monroe prints, which have been loaned from The Tate. The Paolozzi works include groovy coloured prints of the 1960s/70s, and a group of sculptures which demonstrates how he took the same approach to both mediums.
Get kitted out at Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads
The gorgeous Wallace Collection musesm, at Hertford House in Manchester Square in London, is also hosting a new exhibition this month. For those interested in the mechanics of war, Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads, will be the first major exhibition to explore the great twentieth-century British sculptor’s fascination with armour. It has sterling reviews from The Times, The Telegraph and Time Out, so make sure to get kitted out.
Discover French painter and filmmaker Fernand Léger
This weekend is the last chance to catch this exhibition on the famous French filmmaker, in the first major UK exhibition dedicated to Léger’s paintings, murals, film and textile in thirty years (1881–1955). The exhibition celebrates his desire to make art part of everyday life, and explores how he used photography and new forms of communication like typography and graphic design to inspire him.
Learn from the best female photographers
Want to get inspired by the best ladies in the business? Well, it'd be rude not to visit The Lightbox's extensive exhibition. Women in Photography: A History of British Trailblazers features around 70 works, which range from the 1800s right through to 2009, right before the selfie, to show just how far the artform has come from a female perspective. Photographs from Helen Sear, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Collins, Gillian Wearing and Jane and Louise Wilson are featured.