Gentileschi's shocking genius and Bruce Nauman's Clown Torture – the week in art

The RA has a starry summer exhibition, Nauman’s black humour is on full display and a knock-out Artemisia Gentileschi show opens at the National Gallery – all in your weekly dispatch

Artemisia
The genius of Artemisia Gentileschi is so immediate, shocking and moving that it is hard to believe she died more than 350 years ago. She takes the modern art world by storm in this extraordinary exhibition that reunites all her great paintings – they’ve come from German castles, Italian palazzi and even Hampton Court to form the most dazzling show you will see this year. It’s not often you can feel history change in an exhibition but this is epochal in its revelation of one of the greatest artists who ever lived. Read my full review.
• National Gallery, London, from 3 October until 24 January.

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