Exhibition of the week
Cézanne and the Modern
The awkward, isolated, thoughtful eye of Cézanne digs deep into the structure of things as he tries to paint not the passing show but the inner truth of nature. That struggle leads him to the discovery that everything is ambiguous and there are no certainties, as his pictures start to break up into planes of light. He and other founders of modern art, including Gauguin and Van Gogh, star in this exhibition of treasures from the Pearlman Collection.
• Ashmolean Museum, Oxford OX1, from 13 March until 22 June.
Other exhibitions this week
Renaissance Impressions
The artist Georg Baselitz collects strange and powerful German Renaissance chiaroscuro woodcuts; his collection is supplemented by works from the Albertina in Vienna to create what should be a fascinating encounter with witches and other visions.
• Royal Academy, London W1J, from 15 March until 8 June.
I Cheer a Dead Man's Sweetheart
Painting in Britain today is explored in this exhibition that stars Alessandro Raho, Frank Auerbach, Sophie von Hellermann and many more.
• De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea TN40, from 15 March until 29 June.
Michael Craig-Martin
The guru of conceptual art exhibits in the gardens of one of Britain's most spectacular stately homes.
• Chatsworth, Derbyshire DE45, from 16 March until 29 June.
Dieter Roth and Arnulf Rainer
Two great modern German artists are revealed here as longtime collaborators.
• Hauser and Wirth, London W1S, from 14 March until 3 May.
Masterpiece of the week
Paul Cézanne – Self-Portrait (c1880-81)
There is no more troubling diagnosis of the modern condition than Cézanne's restless self-portrait as a man uncertain who he is.
• National Gallery, London WC2N.
Image of the week
What we learned this week
That Norway is remembering its Utøya massacre with a 'symbolic wound' in the landscape
That the new Ruin Lust show at Tate is 'bonkers and brilliant'
Why dictators are being shoved in fridges in the name of art
Why Tameka Norris is the black Cindy Sherman
That the era of Helvetica domination may be coming to a close
Who the best women graffiti artists are
That Piranesi's fantastical visions have been 3D printed into life for the first time ever
A history of the Viking world – in 10 extraordinary objects
That there's so much more to Gauguin than lush colourful Tahitian paintings
And finally ...
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