The world’s greatest living artist gets the blockbuster treatment he deserves, while four nominees for the coveted award exhibit their work in Hull
The world’s greatest living artist gets the blockbuster treatment he deserves. In 1954, Johns began painting an American flag in waxy layers over newspaper clippings. What was he saying about the US? Ever since, this enigmatic and highly intelligent artist has ploughed a furrow between art and life. Together with Robert Rauschenberg and Cy Twombly, he has created the most subtle, profound art of the past 60 years.
Royal Academy of Arts, W1, 23 September to 10 December