Yayoi Kusama: THE MOVING MOMENT I WENT TO THE UNIVERSE, Victoria Miro Gallery London N1 7RW, 3rd October to 21st December 2018

The world’s favourite artist? If you’re already a Kusama fan, this small but perfectly formed show has all the ingredients you’ve come to expect. But if you’re not a Kusama convert, the very same ingredients will leave you wondering what all the fuss is about. Chacun à son goût, mes amis! (And yes, that is me above!)

Gainsborough’s Family Album at the National Portrait Gallery, London, 22nd November 2018 to 3rd February 2019

Best known for his landscapes and formal portraits, Gainsborough also painted his extended family throughout his life, leaving around 50 portraits of his close relatives and distant cousins, his household staff and even the family pets. The good humour of these paintings will make you smile in recognition of the love of Gainsborough the husband and father, and smile at the sly humour with which he turned his eye on the rest of the motley crew who made up his family.