Exhibition of the week
Magna Carta: Law, Liberty, Legacy
This surprisingly moving array of medieval and modern documents, superbly contextualised and translated, and spiced with fascinating works of art from manuscript illuminations to newspaper cartoons, tells the thought-provoking story of how the middle ages invented human rights.
• British Library, London NW1, from 13 March until 1 September.
Other exhibitions this week
Savage Beauty
The V&A puts on another pop-cultural blockbuster that will probably sell more tickets than any high art exhibition, this time looking at the achievements of the fashion designer Alexander McQueen.
• V&A, London SW7, from 14 March until 2 August.
György Kepes
The multimedia art of this Hungarian pioneer of modernist photography is a game of light and shadow.
• Tate Liverpool, until 31 May.
Revelations: Experiments in Photography
Early experimental Victorian photography is seen here as an influence on today’s art.
• Science Museum, London SW7, from 20 March until 13 September.
Roy Lichtenstein
A choice of the pop artist’s works from the superb Artist Rooms national collection.
• Modern One, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, from 14 March until 10 January 2016.
Masterpiece of the Week
The Wilton Diptych c1395-99
This anonymous medieval painting belonged to Richard II and may have accompanied him into captivity after he was overthrown. Beyond its fascinating association with a royal tragedy, retold by Shakespeare, it is a beautiful masterpiece of Gothic art.
• National Gallery, London WC2
Image of the week
What we learned this week
David Lynch is not a fan of graffiti
Real artist spats are better than imagined ones
Berenice Abbot was a science photography pioneer
How Jason Rhoades became the all-American bad boy of art
What to do if you see a USB stick sticking out of a wall
About the Afghan artist donning armour to counteract men’s street harassment
