Art weekly: Louise Bourgeois in Scotland and jail for the Rothko vandal

Having trouble viewing this email? Louise Bourgeois in Scotland and jail for the Rothko vandal – the week in art Modern masterpieces arrive in Edinburgh as 'yellowism' vandal gets a two-year sentence, plus Beyoncé's art of choice, all in your weekly art dispatch Jonathan Jones guardian.co.uk, Friday 14 December 2012 10.36 EST Jump to comments (…) Raising the hoof … It Happens When the Body is Anatomy of Time (2000) by Ernesto Neto. Photograph courtesy Tania Bonakdar gallery and Galeria Fortes Vilaça Exhibition of the week: From Death to Death and Other Small Tales Scotland has become a famous forcing ground of modern art. That is only to be expected of a country that spearheaded the modern world with its 18th-century Enlightenment and produced that classic of modern literature and psychology, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde. The gothic tradition of Stevenson's split-personality tale has been maintained in today's art by Douglas Gordon , while currents of madness and reason meet in the art of Richard Wright and Martin Creed. A museum of modern art in a country that is at the forefront of creativity has a different feeling from a gallery in a backwater, and this ambitious survey of international contemporary masterpieces gives a wider perspective on Scotland's art boom through works by Matthew Barney, Louise Bourgeois and more. • Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh EH4, from 15 December until 8 September 2013 Other exhibitions this week Flame and Water Pots This free exhibition of ancient ceramics is a gripping encounter with prehistoric Japan. • British Museum, London WC1B, until 20 January 2013 William Kentridge South Africa's most influential modern artist shows a typically powerful work. • Tate Modern, London SE1, until 20 January 2013 Turner prize 2012 A great winning work by Elizabeth Price makes this exhibition a must-see. • Tate Britain, London SW1P, until 6 January 2013 Peter Lely: A Lyrical Vision Saucy goings on in the English Civil War ... Oh, Mr Cromwell! • Courtauld Gallery, London WC2R, until 13 January 2013 Masterpiece of the week Photograph: The National Gallery, London Frans Hals, Young Man Holding a Skull (1626-28) It's hard to shake the idea that Hals somehow painted a portrait of Shakespeare's Hamlet in this dynamic, lifelike, theatrical image of a young man meditating on mortality. Of course he didn't – they just share the same cultural ideas and fashion for melancholy props. To be, or not to be... • National Gallery, London WC2N Image of the week A detail of the damaged Mark Rothko painting What we learned this week That a man was jailed for two years for damaging one of Tate Modern's most cherished Rothko paintings That a ticketing fiasco also happened to Tate Modern this week What kind of art Beyoncé's into That the corridors of Great Ormond Street children's hospital have been turned into a magical forest How architect Rafael Viñoly defends his controversial new creation the Walkie Talkie That our countdown has begun to find the best art shows of the year And finally ... Do you want to be a curator? Here's your chance Share your art about winter now Follow us on Twitter Have you seen our Tumblr? 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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