Art Weekly: Bouncy castles, bathers and Beyoncé

Having trouble viewing this email? Bouncy castles, bathers and Beyoncé – the week in art Jeremy Deller's bouncy Stonehenge hits London, plus Thomas Houseago's eerie sculptures take over Norwich and the best of the Edinburgh art festival – all in today's weekly art dispatch Jonathan Jones guardian.co.uk, Friday 3 August 2012 06.51 EDT Jump to comments (…) Detail from Rattlesnake Figure, 2011, by Thomas Houseago. Courtesy of the artist, and L&M Arts, Los Angeles. Photograph: Andy Crouch Exhibition of the week: Thomas Houseago The images and textures this Leeds-born sculptor creates are curious, memorable and eerie. Houseago has an eye for the grotesque and uncanny that makes me think of the German surrealist Max Ernst. His fame in Britain is lessened by his choice to live in Los Angeles, about as far away as you can get from our overcrowded art scene. Yet Houseago is shaping up as one of the true originals of modern British art. • Sainsbury Centre for the Visual Arts, Norwich, until 27 January 2013 Other exhibitions this week Andrew Miller Miller has created the pavilion for this year's Edinburgh art festival, where information can be had and live events will take place. • St Andrew Square, Edinburgh, until 2 September Philip Guston This great American artist reached his most original and insightful heights, or depths, in the late works this exhibition celebrates. • Inverleith House, Royal Botanic Gardens, Edinburgh, until 7 October Tania Kovats One hundred specimens of water from one hundred British rivers constitute this new work for the Edinburgh art festival. • Jupiter Artland, near Edinburgh, new permanent work Edvard Munch Need a break from Olympic fever? Munch's chill of the soul will curb your enthusiasm. • Tate Modern, London SE1, until 14 October Masterpiece of the week Photograph: The National Gallery, London Cezanne, Bathers, about 1894-1905 The pulsating fantasies and longings of a very lonely man are transfigured into crystalline symmetries in this strange work of profound beauty. • National Gallery, London WC2N Image of the week Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Bibi la Purée, 1901, the rare portrait that's just gone on show at the National Gallery, London. Copyright: Private Collection 2012 What we learned this week What a shame it is that Jay-Z and Beyoncé's architecture of choice is so naff How Jeremy Deller's bouncy castle made Stonehenge a bit of a joke A Roy Lichtenstein has been rediscovered in a warehouse after 42 years Exactly how Dieter Roth chronicled his own death on camera How artists from David Hockney to Michael Rosen have been inspired by the Olympics And finally … Post your personal images that sum up what London means to you on the Guardian Art and Design Flickr page Share your art on the theme of sport now Check out our Tumblr Follow us on Twitter You are receiving this email because you are a Art Weekly subscriber. Click here if you do not wish to receive Art Weekly emails from the Guardian News and Media. Click here to find out about other Email Services from the Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited - a member of Guardian Media Group PLC. Registered Office: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU. Registered in England No. 908396

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