Cave painting, kitties and a kicking for Francis Bacon…

Kunmanara Hogan, Tjaruwa Woods, Yarangka Thomas, Estelle Hogan, Ngalpingka Simms and Myrtle Pennington, Kungkarangkalpa. Acrylic on canvas, 2013 Photograph: PR

Exhibition of the week

Indigenous Australia: Enduring Civilisation
This heartbreaking exhibition tells the story of how a 40,000-year-old civilisation was brutally and contemptuously shoved aside by British invaders and yet fought back to tell its own story in its own ancient ways.
• British Museum, London, from 23 April until 2 August

Other exhibitions this week

Mark Handforth
A new light installation in this slightly magical urban space.
• Modern Institute, Glasgow, until 23 May

John Wood and Paul Harrison
A look at the culture of the copy and the pleasures of reproduction (in art).
• Carroll/Fletcher, London, from 24 April until 30 May

Francis Bacon and the Masters
This fascinating exhibition pits one of Britain’s most famous artists against the likes of Titian and Michelangelo, not to mention Picasso and Matisse – and changed my opinion of Bacon for ever.
• Sainsbury Centre for Visual Arts, Norwich, until 26 July

Anish Kapoor
Really messy paintings by a magician of colour.
• Lisson Gallery, London, until 9 May

Masterpiece of the week

The Kongouro from New Holland, 1772 by George Stubbs. Photograph: David Westwood/PR

George Stubbs – The Kongouroo from New Holland (1772)
This portrait of a kangaroo is one of the earliest images of Australia’s unique wildlife in European art. Stubbs and his Enlightenment audience had no idea that indigenous Australians had been powerfully drawing and painting the animals of their landscape for as long as 40,000 years.
• National Maritime Museum, London