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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, Dürer, Cézanne, 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