Realism makes a splash, Joseph Beuys lashes out and 160 Mancunians sashay – the week in art

Realism returns, women surrender to surrealism, and Joseph Beuys pulls on the boxing gloves – all in your weekly dispatch

Exhibition of the week

True to Life: British Realist Painters of the 1920s and 1930s
British artists who shunned the avant garde between the wars are resurrected in this interesting survey of such individualists as Meredith Frampton and Laura Knight. Read our review of the show.
• Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, 1 July – 29 October.

Also showing

Dreamers Awake
Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin, Sarah Lucas and more feature in an exploration of how surrealism continues to influence female artists. Read our review of the show.
• White Cube Bermondsey, London, until 17 September.

Howard Hodgkin: Painting India
India was a lifelong influence on the passionate colourist who collected its art and regularly travelled there. Here are his memories of one of his favourite places.
• Hepworth, Wakefield, 1 July – 8 October.

Joseph Beuys: Boxkampf für die Direkte Demokratie
A performance-art boxing match in which the great sculptor participated is revisited through objects and images.
• Waddington Custot, London, 7 July – 11 August.

Aleksandra Mir: Space Tapestry
A graphic exploration of the story and future of space travel, with a lot of jokes, made by London-based artist Aleksandra Mir with young collaborators.
• Tate Liverpool until 15 October, and Modern Art Oxford until 12 November.

Masterpiece of the week

Corner of a Cafe-Concert, 1878-80, by Édouard Manet
The cropped realism of this scene is increased by the fact that it is one half of a painting Manet cut in two. The effect is jarringly powerful, adding to the sense that we’re not seeing a special event but simply a random moment in everyday life, painted in passing. Yet our emotions go out to the waitress whose thoughts we’d give more than a sou to know.
• National Gallery, London.

Image of the week

What is the City But the People? by Jeremy Deller
One hundred and 60 Mancunians from all walks of life paraded on a catwalk in Piccadilly Gardens to celebrate the people of the city for the opening event of this year’s Manchester international festival. Devised by artist Jeremy Deller, the performance included some of those caught up in the Manchester Arena terrorist attack in May. We met some of those taking part before the event.

What we learned this week

London’s V&A museum opens its stunning new entrance and exhibition space by Amanda Levete

Paris may get another big art gallery, in its historic former stock exchange

Jonas Dahlberg’s memorial to Utøya victims may never be built

August Sander captured the soul of Germany between world wars – and Otto Dix glimpsed its dark heart

Galleries are embracing live music performance

If you can’t paint like Georgia O’Keeffe, you can try cooking like her

The Getty in Los Angeles is celebrating David Hockney’s 80th birthday

Sir Francis Drake’s home gets a golden makeover

Matt Henry takes us to a place where minidresses and mayhem collide

Artists rally to the cause of saving the NHS

The winners of the 2017 iPhone photography awards were announced

Ed Templeton captures California life

Novelist Teju Cole talks about his other passion, photography

In New York, Women Seeing Women celebrates female photographers

Tate Modern will stage a Modigliani retrospective

Get involved

Guardian members can book now for an exclusive private view on 14 July: True Faith, a group show exploring the impact of Joy Division and New Order on the art world, part of Manchester international festival.

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