Exhibition of the week
Ed Ruscha
The master of cool irony and urban surrealism gets a mini-retrospective courtesy of the Artist Rooms collection.
• Modern One, Edinburgh, from 29 April
Also showing
Richard Long
The open spaces of an 18th-century estate, with deer herd, are perfect for Long’s contemplative works.
• Houghton Hall, Norfolk, until 26th October
Syria: A Conflict Explored
Photographs by Sergey Ponomarev, and a display examining the politics of the most tragic conflict of our time, bring this excellent museum’s history of warfare disturbingly up to date.
• Imperial War Museum, London, until 3 September
William Mackrell
Surrealism is reborn in this artist’s provocative photographic and sculptural works.
• The Ryder, London, until 27th May
Russian Revolution
Lenin’s application for a reading pass to the British Library is among the exhibits in an archival history of the event that shook the modern world.
• British Library, London, until 29 August
Masterpiece of the week
Hieronymus Bosch’s Christ Mocked
The suffering, passive face of Christ looks back at you from the ring of cut-throats and grotesques who are vilifying him. Is this how the mysterious Bosch felt about the world? His genius can be seen in every detail of this macabre meditation on human callousness, from a thug’s spiky dog collar to the sheen of the steel gauntlet that holds the crown of thorns.
• National Gallery, London.
Image of the week
A portrait of a Nigerian man with tribal markings by Ludwig Jindra, whose work was auctioned this week – he was a photographer tasked by the Czech government in the 1930s with an ethnographic study of the world. See more of his work in this gallery.
What we learned this week
The nominations for museum of the year are out …
Chris Ofili’s new tapestry – starring Mario Balotelli as a cosmic bartender – is a five-star triumph
London mayor Sadiq Khan is scrapping the garden bridge project...
… and is to subsidise super-minimal “naked” homes to fight the housing crisis
A new exhibition at London’s Gagosian Gallery explores Picasso’s fascination with bulls …
Lara Feigel examines Giacometti’s obsessions
John Downing told us about his best shot: Mujahideen posing in an Afghanistan safe house
Cornelia Parker’s new exhibition is a current affairs lesson devoid of empathy
Grayson Perry discusses masculinity and Brexit over a game platter
Laura Cumming reviews Annette Messager and Geta Brătescu
How luxury flat owners are trying to shut down Tate Modern’s public viewing gallery
Meet Dennis Dinneen, whose photos in the backroom of an Irish pub are lost classics
Rowan Moore interviews proudly unfashionable neoclassical architect Francis Terry
Foster + Partners plans redundancies after Brexit uncertainty
Rebecca Warren will have the inaugural show at Tate St Ives’ extension
A new US exhibition charts the controversial history of black dolls
We looked at the best of your photos on the theme of endurance
Get involved
Our A-Z of Readers’ Art series continues – please submit your artworks on the theme of S Is for Spray Paint.
Guardian members can book now for an exclusive private view: True Faith, a group show exploring the impact of Joy Division and New Order on the art world, part of Manchester international festival.
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