Exhibition of the week
Out of Chaos
This exhibition, which celebrates 100 years of the Ben Uri art collection, surveys the story of Jewish émigré art in Britain since 1915.
• Somerset House, London, until 13 December.
Other exhibitions this week
Jean-Étienne Liotard
A welcome exhibition for a neglected but arresting 18th-century painter.
• Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh, until 13 September.
Alice Anderson
Enigmatic sculptures are “mummified” in wire at this venue that fuses art and science.
• Wellcome Collection, London, 22 July-18 October.
Caro in Yorkshire
A double exhibition of the late abstractionist’s works.
• Yorkshire Sculpture Park and Hepworth Wakefield,18 July-1 November.
Substance
Joy Division and the art of Philip Guston are the starting points for this summer show at one of London’s most substantial commercial galleries.
• Timothy Taylor Gallery, London, 18 July-14 August.
Masterpiece of the week
Albrecht Altdorfer – Christ Taking Leave of His Mother (circa 1520)
The sublime sky and ragged trees that infuse this scene with strangeness are typical of Altdorfer’s eerie magnificence.
• National Gallery, London.
Image of the week
What we learned this week
That Pantone have unveiled the world’s first character-branded colour: Minion Yellow
That the Royal Academy has launched its first Kickstarter campaign to help Ai Weiwei
How David Hockney’s new life in LA is
After Michael Jackson lookalikes, comedowns and zines, where can music photography go next?
Lady Gaga, Katy Perry and … Lemmy: here’s how musicians really want to be seen
Why London is becoming a bad version of Dubai
That Masahisa Fukase photographed nothing but his wife
How a bank robbery was done – as performance art
What a balloon-animal zoo looks like
That you can be a rebel for ever
Why photographers are obsessed with the crumbling sphinx
And finally …
Fruit bowls at the ready! Share your still-life art works now
