Art exhibitions in London this weekend

This weekend explore the world of Picasso and Paper at the Royal Academy, France-Lise McGurn's elegant paintings at Simon Lee and the American Pastoral at Simon Lee Gallery

Pablo Picasso, Three Nudes, Gósol, 1906 © 2019. Image co

Picasso and Paper, Royal Academy ★★★★★

We all know the legend of Picasso, the man in the striped shirt (or no shirt at all) who painted enormous canvases bristling with fractured violence, sexuality and hubris. But, as this exhibition demonstrates, his works on paper reveal a more intimate side of the great cubist master.

American Pastoral, Gagosian

This group exhibition, named after Phillip Roth's famous novel, sets out challenge our nostalgic notion of the rural idyl and the American dream with a host of household names, such as Edward Hopper, Jeff Koons and Diane Arbus.

France-Lise McGurn: Percussia, Simon Lee Gallery

France-Lise's elegant drawings occupied Tate Britain's Art Now space last year and her career is on the up and up. Her debut exhibition at Simon Lee Gallery will occupy two floors and is one not to miss.