Comedy sculpture, the RA rambles, and Liverpool lets rip – the week in art

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Exhibition of the week Capturing the Moment Painting and photography feed off each other in fascinating ways, and this show about their relationship stars great artists from Picasso to Paula Rego. Tate Modern, London, from 13 June to 28 January. Also showing Erwin Wurm: Trap of the Truth Funny, quirky cartoon sculptures by this Austrian artist should bring smiles among more than 100 works made over 30 years. Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, from 10 June to 28 April. Royal Academy Summer Exhibition Terrific works by Lindsey Mendick, Gillian Wearing, Paula Rego and Frank Bowling can be found among the flotsam and jetsam of this huge rambling tea party. Royal Academy, London, from 13 June to 20 August. uMoya: The Sacred Return of Lost Things, Liverpool Biennial Lubaina Himid and Melanie Manchot are among the artists in this citywide artfest exploring “the space between life and death and how to work through ancestral pain towards healing”. Venues across Liverpool, 10 June to 17 September. Osvaldo Licini: Rebellious Angel Eccentric and charming Italian modern artist whose abstract cartoons remind you of Paul Klee. Estorick Collection, London, from 14 June to 10 September. Image of the week What we learned Paul McCartney talked about photographing Beatlemania from the inside Lubaina Himid loves opera – and has gone to Glyndebourne Volunteers helped restore the vandalised statue of a Black woman in Bexhill-on-Sea Oscar Murillo’s paintings mature ‘like really good wine’ Australia’s first major Rembrandt show this century has opened in Melbourne Peter Howson revealed the devastating impact of being the official Bosnian war artist Anselm Kiefer grew up on a bomb site The 2023 Serpentine pavilion is like a giant cocktail umbrella In Arles, a new eco building is made of salt, sunflowers and recycled urine Painter, writer and muse to Picasso Françoise Gilot has died aged 101 Ilya Kabakov, whose installations drew on his life in the USSR, has died aged 89 Criticism of Hannah Gadsby’s Picasso exhibition Pablo-matic has been hasty Masterpiece of the week Mummy portrait of an unknown woman, Rubaiyat, Egypt, 160-170 AD Portraits of women were frequent in the Roman empire, from powerful characters in the imperial family to nameless individuals such as this haunting presence, painted to be fixed on a mummy case. By this time Egypt was a Roman colony, its culture a blend of ancient traditions including mummifying the dead, and realistic art very similar to that found in Pompeii on the other side of the Mediterranean. With her dark eyes staring straight at you, this woman seems like the ghost of the person whose bandaged corpse the picture decorated, holding you with her eerily calm gaze, a painted photograph from another world. British Museum, London Don’t forget To follow us on Twitter: @GdnArtandDesign. 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. Get in Touch If you have any questions or comments about any of our newsletters please email newsletters@theguardian.com

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