Fruit scrumping, cavaliers and filth in Westminster – the week in art

Jorge Otero-Pailos’ astonishing The Ethics of Dust opens in the Palace of Westminster, removing dirt – but not shame – from parliament. Plus all the week’s other art happenings in your handy weekly dispatch

Jorge Otero-Pailos: The Ethics of Dust
This latex cast of a medieval wall captures the dust and dirt of centuries of British parliamentary history. It is a timely artwork in the Palace of Westminster at a time when the mother of parliaments is threatened by architectural decay and public disillusion.
• Westminster Hall, Palace of Westminster, London, until 10 September.

Related: The Ethics of Dust: a latex requiem for a dying Westminster

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