Sunken cities, vagina kayaks and a cheeky Turner list – the week in art

Bacon hits Merseyside, the Panama Papers inspire ‘offshore paintings’, and we reveal African photography’s rising stars – all in your weekly art dispatch

Sunken Cities
Egypt is the most darkly alluring of ancient cultures. Underwater archaeology is one of the most adventurous ways to study the past. Put them both together and the British Museum hopes for a summer smash hit with this survey of two lost cities whose treasures have been recovered from the depths.
• British Museum, London, 19 May-27 November.

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