Exhibition of the week John Moores Painting prize This prize has been keeping painting in the picture of modern art since the 1960s, with David Hockney and Peter Doig among previous winners. The shortlisted artists this year are Kathryn Maple, Michele Fletcher, Robbie Bushe, Steph Goodger and Stephen Lee. • Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, available online Also showing Edgar Martins Photography made with prison inmates that explores “the social context of incarceration”. • Herbert Art Gallery, Coventry until 18 April Lucas Samaras Fantastical digital images based on photographs of Manhattan in lockdown. • Pace online until 28 February Sean Edwards A series of digital events bring the Welsh artist’s exhibition Undo Things Done, previously staged at the Venice Biennale, to life while the gallery is closed. • Bluecoat, Liverpool online until 21 February Laima Leyton Sound art inspired by the writings of Hannah Arendt, that’s part of a year-long exploration by this gallery of Arendt’s ideas about totalitarianism and “the banality of evil”. • Richard Saltoun, London online until 26 February Image of the week This piece by the French artist Anne-Lise Coste was one of many submitted as part of a project that encouraged artists on both sides of the Channel to beat the Brexit blues and explore the new relationship between the UK and France. Read our report here What we learned Banksy, Tracey Emin and Kate Moss are to feature in auction of the “very best of British” … … while artists are urged to shrug off Brexit blues in cross-Channel project The Uffizi Gallery in Florence has acquired a street art piece by London artist Endless A Congolese activist is taking treasures from Europe’s museums – and his sights are set on the British Museum Stockton council has come up with a bold proposition for the post-retail age A bidding war has opened to decide the future of Edinburgh’s Royal High School … … while a Canadian museum and an artist are locked in a debate about provenance of ancient carving London’s new diversity commission is “not about removing statues” Addis Ababa’s architectural gems are being overshadowed by high-rises Nashville is home to the ambitious new National Museum of African American Music Edvard Munch works for auction amid renewed interest in artist … … while diary extracts from the late artist Christo reveal an illustrious circle of friends Did Rembrandt have links to slavery? Photographer Alexandra Cameron celebrated the model who made Instagram apologise The mystical launch of Canberra’s Skywhale was scuppered by strong winds London’s Chinatown was all lit up for the year of the ox Black artists from around the world are seeking inspiration in family photo albums Two new exhibitions find inspirations in the outdoors The art of the Tiwi Islands throws an enthralling light on their history Film-maker Sam Pollard highlights the hard-won success of African American artists Andrew Frost lamented the threat to Australia’s art schools We’ve got the best culture of kids in lockdown A child’s-eye view of home schooling – in pictures Sydney and Melbourne are going for skinny skyscrapers Still life painting is getting a lot of love on social media Documentary-maker Sonia Bible brought Sydney’s “witch of King’s Cross” to the screen Joseph M Giordano’s photographs over 25 years capture Baltimore after dark … … while New Orleans houses are turned into Mardi Gras floats for the Covid era Photographers dived deep to capture otherworldly underwater images Hoda Afshar’s focused on Australian whistleblowers – modern society’s “tragic figures” Douglas Corrance sought colour and character in Glasgow’s tenements Ghost-sign walks are a lockdown pleasure South Australia’s harsh landscapes are beautiful to behold Pelle Cass’s strange, teeming sports photographs perfectly evoke their chaotic physicality The moon looms mysteriously over London The Great British Art Tour uncovered a scallop shell, a servant, smelly fairies, a family of war heroes, and what hangs on the culture secretary’s wall Masterpiece of the week Narcisse-Virgilio Díaz de la Peña, The Storm, 1871 This brooding landscape was painted in the wake of the defeat of France by Prussia, at a time of national crisis and soul-searching. You can see it in that low, heavy, apocalyptic sky. Díaz had Spanish parents but they died when he was a child and he grew up in Paris. He was part of a pioneering landscape school who liked to paint around Fontainebleau, mixing emotional romanticism with rough on-the-spot realism. This is a haunting example of his poetic feel for the gusts and vapours of the changing woods and fields. • National Gallery, London Don’t forget To follow us on Twitter: @…. Sign up to the Art Weekly newsletter If you don’t already receive our regular roundup of art and design news via email, please sign up here.