World-famous masterpieces and rarely exhibited works by the two artists are put side by side in this monumental, thrilling show at Tate Britain

For decades, the pyramids, mummies, and hieroglyphs of Ancient Egypt have been reduced to clichés in textbooks and pop culture. A new exhibition seeks to change that. Writer: Amalie Sortland, with reporting from Laura Cumming Producer: Amalie Sortland Episode Photography: Joe Mee Executive producer: Rebecca Moore

A first exhibition in Britain of the painter’s work reveals the quiet majesty of an artist whose village became her studio

The artist’s original, larger-than-life woven effigies stand out in the Royal Academy’s pocket survey of South Asian works

The inseparable Scottish artists and lovers are celebrated in a landmark English show at Charleston

The multimedia artist creates hypnotic, cinematic forms of homage to music greats from Pete Townshend to Prince

Vast, lurid yet increasingly timid, the pair’s art is in your face but never reaches heart and head. Plus, a captivating show of Scandinavian graphic works

Wayne Thiebaud’s vibrant paintings capture the romance of a bygone age. The first solo exhibition in Britain of his art opens this week

The American photographer’s response to war and its aftermath stun at Tate Britain

This exhibition is concerned with presentation, but artworks are mounted on mesh grids like posters at Ikea

The painters and stonemasons of ancient Egypt have been erased from history, but a new exhibition brings them fully to life

The National Gallery show Radical Harmony: Helene Kröller-Müller’s Neo-Impressionists presents a pan-European movement with extraordinary aims and variations

A magnificent exhibition at the V&A tries to capture the woman behind the possessions

The centre has long drawn parallels with the Tate Modern. But its current offering sets it apart as a civic-minded hub of creativity

Bethlem Museum of the Mind’s show of works by hospital patients captures the weird, wild fantasies that occur in the hours between sleeping and waking

The painter’s much-debated work The Angelus is at the heart of a luminous show at the National Gallery. But what did he really believe?

A half-century retrospective of the artist’s transient works of the natural world ensures they will endure in our cultural consciousness

The pioneering Scot documented the wildernesses of the young nation through the embryonic medium of photography. But it was in the studio that his true genius came to life

What can and cannot be seen in a face is the crux of a singular show exploring obsession, revolving around a Géricault painting more mysterious than the Mona Lisa

The self-taught Australian artist only took up painting in her seventies. The results are astonishing

Wellcome Collection’s enthralling show explores man’s search for water, capturing the precious resource’s terrible lack and ruinous abundance