Damon Albarn has suggested a new Gorillaz album could happen next year. As a stopgap, his visual partner in the animated group is having his first exhibition. The Suggestionists (November 18–December 2, Chelsea, London; jamiehewlett.com) is a conceptual triptych for Jamie Hewlett’s new work (main image), with pieces fitting into different categories – line drawings, grindhouse-style cinema posters and ‘tarotica’ (based around tarot cards).
While Hewlett’s work is satirical and mischievous, a more sombre offering can be found at Jean-Etienne Liotard (until January 31, Piccadilly, London; royalacademy.org.uk). Some 70 pieces by the Swiss portraitist, who was active in the white heat of the European Enlightenment, are on display. They cover his travels in Paris, Vienna, Geneva, Constantinople and London where his subjects included nobility and royalty.
From portraits to writing,…