Cindy Sherman's many masks and Romantic Scotland

Untitled Film Still #21 by Cindy Sherman, 1978. — Untitled Film Still #21, 1978. Photograph: Cindy Sherman

Exhibition of the week

Cindy Sherman
Masks, disguises and film fantasy abound in Sherman’s hugely influential art of self-invention.
• National Portrait Gallery, London, 27 June – 15 September.

Also showing

Wild and Majestic
The “discovery” of the Highlands in the Romantic age is the theme of this hike through cultural history.
• National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh , 26 June – 10 November.

Landscape with Tourists at Loch Katrin by John Knox, 1815. — Landscape With Tourists at Loch Katrin by John Knox, 1815. Photograph: Antonia Reeve/National Museum of Scotland

Yorkshire Sculpture International
The county that produced Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore celebrates their living legacy in modern sculpture with shows that explore the idea of “truth to materials”.
• Hepworth Wakefield and other venues, 22 June – 29 September.

David Smith
The highlight of Yorkshire’s sculpture festival is this survey of the great American sculptor who paved the way for minimalism and Richard Serra.
• Yorkshire Sculpture Park, 22 June – 5 January.

Jeff Wall
One of the most intelligent photographers around continues his explorations of the nature of narrative in art.
• White Cube Mason’s Yard, London, 28 June – 7 September.

Masterpiece of the week

Philip IV of Spain portrait by Diego Velázquez

Philip IV of Spain by Diego Velázquez, circa 1656
The ruler of a vast Spanish empire that encompassed the New World seems to be decaying before our eyes in this far from flattering royal portrait. Philip IV is melting. His flesh sags, his eyes droop; even his moustache seems fixed into place by an undertaker for his funeral. His air of immense sadness suggests he knows the mess he’s in. Uneasy lies the head that wears the crown – and like one of Shakespeare’s tragic kings, Philip seems to sense the futility of it all. Perhaps that’s why he let Velázquez reveal his melancholy condition in this extraordinary masterpiece of disillusion.
• National Gallery, London.

Image of the week

Just Looking, Just Checking on You by Lucy Jones, 2019

Just Looking, Just Checking on You, 2019, by Lucy Jones
The British artist’s cerebral palsy makes painting a huge physical effort, yet her unflinching self-portraits rival any Hockney. Why has the art world previously overlooked her? Read our interview here.