Colonial botany in Britain, small landscapes, and the great Bohemian outlaws – The Week in Art | Art and design

Exhibition of the week

Twins Singh and Flora Indica
A look at the colonial history behind British botany, plus a survey of Indian botanical art in the era of the East India Company.
Kew Gardens, London, until 12 April

also appear

Microcosms
The compressed landscapes of the great country artist Thomas Bewick, featured here with other creators of small worlds including Beatrix Potter.
Laing Art Gallery, Newcastle, from 18 October to 28 February

Egypt: Influence on British Design 1775-2025
A survey of the influence of ancient Egypt on British culture, in a house whose crypt contains one of the first Egyptian coffins brought to London.
Sir John Soane’s Museum, London, until 18 January

Robert McBride and Robert Colquhoun
These outlaw gay artists were heroes of 20th-century British bohemia, but how does their art hold up?
Charleston in Lewes, Sussex, until April 12

Anatsui
A Ghanaian expert in making bottle caps and product labels is showcasing new works in wood.
Goodman Gallery, London, until 19 November and October Gallery, London, until 29 November

Picture of the week

There was madness, millionaires and some of the best facials money can buy at this year’s Frieze Art Fair, a beautiful, stupid, cheerful, ridiculous show steeped in excess of champagne. It also has amazing works. Read our review.

What we learned

A Picasso painting disappeared on its way to the exhibition

Taylor Swift fans flock to the German Museum

Artists Shepard Fairey, Damien Hirst, and Invader have teamed up to create a disgusting visual stew

Máret Ánne Sara failed to impose herself on Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall

Diane Keaton was also a prolific photographer with a “cold, murderous eye.”

In the United States, artists are conveying the fight against Trump

Nigerian art has revitalized Britain’s cultural scene

Basquiat either loved or hated all these goods

Finally, a new exhibition has given ancient Egyptian artists their due

Artists used collage to express harsh truths in a London performance

Masterpiece of the week

autumn by David Teniers the Younger, c. 1644

Season of fog and mellow fruit? Time for fall leaves and Mike Oldfield’s chimes heralding Halloween? For the younger David Teniers, the arrival of fall means none of these things. It means time to drink, because the wine harvest has arrived. Other artists have also celebrated this time as vintage season, from Poussin to Cy Twombly, but Teniers doesn’t even bother with grape harvest scenes. Cuts to the chase and depicts a stocky man holding a glass. His bright face looks at us vaguely, but he balances the glass perfectly, dangling the jug he emptied in his other hand. Teniers, from Antwerp, was the most famous daily life artist in northern Europe in the 17th century: his red realism was seen as the core of this so-called ‘genre’ tradition. As such, he influenced British artists such as Hogarth and David Wilkie to depict ordinary, unadulterated human existence.
National Gallery, London

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