Bacon sizzles at auction and Apple's spaceship HQ – the week in art

Francis Bacon's Lucian Freud portrait sells for a record $142m, as Norman Foster unveils Apple's mothership. Plus, an artist in Moscow nails his testicles to the floor – in your art dispatch

Exhibition of the week

Thomas Rowlandson
Caricature is one of the great British contributions to world art. Where Hogarth is a gritty graphic novelist of London life, and Gillray a crazed artist of grotesque nightmares, Rowlandson (1756-1827) is the poshest and most urbane of Britain's top three satirical artists – making a royal palace a fitting place to enjoy his wit.
• Queen's Gallery, Edinburgh EH8 from 22 November until 2 March

Other exhibitions this week

Dennis Oppenheim
Signs written in fireworks that say "narrow mind", "mindless less mind" and "mind twist" are part of this survey of a subversive sculptor.
• Henry Moore Institute, Leeds LS1 from 21 November until 16 February

Roger Hiorns
Massive aero engines like the wreckage of a terrible plane crash have materialised outside this gallery in an installation by the 2009 Turner prize nominee.
• Firstsite, Colchester CO1 from 23 November until 1 June

Salla Tykka
An installation showcasing Tykka's trilogy of films that culminates with Giant, co-commissioned by Baltic.
• Baltic, Gateshead NE8 from 22 November until 2 March

Nostalgic for the Future
A sci-fi feel connects the art in this survey of the Lisson Gallery's artists, including Richard Deacon and Haroon Mirza.
• Lisson Gallery, London NW1 until 11 January

Tom Wesselmann
Cheeky erotic images by one of the best American pop artists.
• Alan Cristea Gallery, London W1S until 21 December

Masterpiece of the week

Albrecht Altdorfer, Landscape with a Footbridge, ca 1518-20
I want to go there … This very early example of a pure landscape in European art has a dreamlike pastoral mystery that is deeply fascinating. It is a passport to secret Germany.
• National Gallery, London WC2N

Image of the weekWhat we learned this week

That a Francis Bacon work of Lucian Freud has become the most expensive artwork ever auctioned, at $142.4m

And that the Christie's crowd made it a 'theatre of money'

That Norman Foster's $5bn Apple HQ is a giant shimmering spaceship

That a performance artist nailed his testicles to Red Square …

… instantly competing for the top slot in our 10 most shocking performance art acts of all time

What sex dolls, beef farms and yard sales have in common

That a real-life swan lake is up for a photography award

That a designer known for working with Gary Barlow and Will.i.am has remade the candle

That comedian Sally Phillips is a great teacher of art history – beheadings, bulk-buys and all

And finally …

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