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Friday 23, October 2015
Space art, Spain's last miners and a Hieronymus Bosch miracle – the week in art Jonathan Jones Haunting portraits from space and the coal face, plus a Bosch exhibition 500 years in the making – all in your weekly dispatch Exhibition of the week Egypt: Faith after the PharaohsThe rich and varied religions of Egypt are explored in a timely reminder of a complex cultural history. • British Museum, London, from 29 October until 7 February 2016 Other exhibitions this week Jean-Etienne LiotardSweet and sensitive pastel portraits that resurrect Europe’s age of Enlightenment. A lovely find. • Royal Academy, London, from 24 October until 31 January West Africa: word, symbol, songThe powerful cultures of West Africa, from traditional arts to cutting-edge contemporaneity. • British Library, London, until 16 February Bill ViolaEngaging, thrilling and memorable video art that delves into spiritual depths. • Yorkshire Sculpture Park, Wakefield, until 10 April Masterpiece of the week Artemidorus – From Hawara, Egypt, Roman period (c100-120 AD) Ensconsed in his red and gold mummy case, a young man looks back at you with intimacy and freshness. He is here. He is alive. Or he seems to be in the astonishingly realistic portrait that preserves the appearance of the long dead Artemidorus. • British Museum, London Image of the week Armando 2009 What we learned this week That a tiny Dutch museum has achieved the impossible with its new Hieronymus
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