Both Giacometti and Klein manage to reach through time. The pairing of the two at the Gagosian uncovers a resonance that echoes through the ages.

As the theory goes, one in every two hundred men are related to Genghis Khan. At the V&A we see a similar fecundity in a powerful iconic image and how it appears in so many aspects of our visual culture.

Paintings are obvious lies, which we can use to expose all the lies of the realities we have built up around us in order to try and find some truth in the reality we inhabit.