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Wednesday Art Idol

Victor Vasarely: the founder of op-art who hypnotised the world

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Self-Portrait with Physalis, Egon Schiele, 1912

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Egon Schiele: the Austrian painter who redefined the nude portrait

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Carsten Höller: flying machines, giant slides and psychoactive reindeer urine

Peter Doig, Grande Riviere, 2001-2002, courtesy of Victoria Miro

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Peter Doig: painting from memory

Anicka Yi, Lifestyle Wars (detail), 2017. Courtesy: the artist and 47 Canal, New York. Photo David Heald © Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

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Anicka Yi: the artist who wants you to smell her art

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Richard Serra: the American sculptor cutting up space-time with steel

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Theaster Gates: the US artist reclaiming urban spaces through community action

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Barbara Kruger: the legendary US artist who always speaks her mind

Katsushika Hokusai, The Dream of the Fisherman's Wife from Kinoe no Komatsu, ca. 1814

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Hokusai: erotic woodprints and eternal visions of Mount Fuji

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John Akomfrah: the British artist exploring memory and migration through film

Edward Hopper, Nighthawks, 1942

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Edward Hopper: the painter who inspired Hitchcock and Lynch with his portrayal of urban isolation