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Victoria Crowe: Shifting Surfaces<\/strong> Also showing<\/p>\n Paule V\u00e9zelay: Living Lines<\/strong> Nkem Okwechime: Okolo<\/strong> Dr Esther Mahlangu: Umuntu Ngumuntu Ngabantu<\/strong> Permindar Kaur: Mirror, Mirror Image of the week Photograph: Josh Aronson<\/p>\n LensCulture\u2019s Critics\u2019 Choice awards featured striking photographs, from hazardous trips through the Kurdish mountains to a queer journey into the heart of Americana. Pictured above is Florida Boys by Josh Aronson. You can see more images and read all about them here<\/a>.<\/p>\n What we learned<\/p>\n A huge \u2018protest artwork by Anish Kapoor was installed on North Sea gas rig by Greenpeace <\/a><\/p>\n The Trump administration is to ensure exhibits are \u2018patriotic\u2019 at 19 museums<\/a><\/p>\n A Chris Ofili painting featuring elephant dung could be sold for \u00a31.5m at auction<\/a><\/p>\n A Sudanese exile turned to photography as an outlet for trauma<\/a><\/p>\n In Ghana, coffins can be very stylish<\/a><\/p>\n A London sewer project has generated dramatic new public spaces with giant artworks<\/a><\/p>\n Early Beatles photos by Paul McCartney are to go on show in London<\/a><\/p>\n skip past newsletter promotion<\/a><\/p>\n Your weekly art world round-up, sketching out all the biggest stories, scandals and exhibitions<\/p>\n Privacy Notice: <\/strong>Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. For more information see our Privacy Policy<\/a>. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy<\/a> and Terms of Service<\/a> apply.<\/p>\n after newsletter promotion<\/p>\n Sensuous art nouveau is \u201cripe for revival\u201d in the age of AI<\/a><\/p>\n The exhibition Saved Treasures of Gaza is a hit in Paris<\/a><\/p>\n Masterpiece of the week<\/p>\n Pan Pursuing Syrinx by Hendrick van Balen the Elder and <\/strong>a follower of Jan Brueghel the Elder, possibly after 1615<\/strong><\/p>\n Photograph: Alamy<\/p>\n The book that has had the biggest influence on European and American art, from Botticelli to Rauschenberg, is not an artistic manual or work of theory, but the Roman poet Ovid\u2019s Metamorphoses. This Latin epic poem tells the Greco-Roman myths around the theme of transformation or metamorphosis: love and desire, fury and grief can all change your very nature. In this painting, just one minor example of the many inspired by Ovid\u2019s tales, Syrinx is about to be turned into reeds, to rescue her from the aggressive lust of Pan. It\u2019s a collaboration between a figure painter and nature specialist: Jan Brueghel the Elder painted flowers and landscapes and his follower gives this scene finely observed natural details including a dragonfly and frogs. Sign up to the Art Weekly newsletter<\/strong><\/p>\n If you don\u2019t already receive our regular roundup of art and design news via email, please sign up here<\/a>.<\/p>\n
To mark the 80th birthday of this Scottish artist, this evocative survey brings together some of her rural portraits and wintry landscapes.
Dovecot Studios, Edinburgh, until 11 October<\/a><\/p>\n
Survey of this British abstract painter who was strongly influenced by French modernism and changed her name accordingly (she was born Marjorie Watson-Williams in 1892).
Towner, Eastbourne, until 31 August<\/a><\/p>\n
An installation exploring the artist\u2019s alter ego, including artist-made wallpaper and tiles, created with community groups.
National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh, until 22 August<\/a><\/p>\n
A bold open-air mural paying homage to Ndebele cultural traditions by this South African artist.
Serpentine Gallery North Garden, London, until 28 September<\/a><\/p>\n
Ordinary domestic objects including toys become surreal artworks, set against Sir John Soane\u2019s Romantic architecture.
Pizthanger Abbey, London until 21 Setptember<\/a><\/p>\n
National Gallery, London<\/a><\/p>\n