JFK, the world's first selfie and Bill Gates – the week in art

Artists remember President Kennedy on the 50th anniversary of his assassination and the world's first selfie is found. Plus, Bill Gates's hunt for the super-condom – in your weekly dispatch

Exhibition of the week

Bloomberg New Contemporaries
Art right now, selected from more than 1,500 submissions by recent graduates of British art colleges. As good a way as any to see which way the wind blows. Participants include Lana Locke, Kate Hawkins, Ophelia Finke, Patrick Cole, Laura O'Neill and Agnes Calf.
• ICA, London SW1Y from 27 November until 26 January

Other exhibitions this week

Man of the Year
Henry Coombes and Carles Congost meditate on art and the male psyche in painting and video.
• CCA, Glasgow G2 from 23 November until 26 January

Urs Fischer
One of the wittiest artists at work today has installed 3,000 plaster raindrops in the gallery.
• Sadie Coles HQ, London W1K until 18 January

Eva Kotátková
A Beckett-like theatrical installation where performers interact in surreal ways with everyday stuff.
• Modern Art Oxford, Oxford OX1 from 30 November until 2 January

Fausto Melotti
Quirky Italian artist who avoided Italy's big art movements but was honoured by the Venice Biennale.
• Waddington Custot Galleries, London W1S until 20 December

Masterpiece of the week

Titian: Bacchus and Ariadne (1520-23)
This painting pulses with energy and action, but within its dazzle lurk images of sacrifice, dismemberment and death.
• National Gallery, London WC2N

Image of the weekWhat we learned this week

How artists all over America are remembering JFK on the 50th anniversary of his assassination

What the world's first selfie looked like

That the greatest painting in Britain is going back on show

What happened when one photographer snapped sleeping sunbathers in Lithuania

That Bill Gates is paying designers $1m in grants to create a next generation super-condom that enhances pleasure

The truth behind what really sells art

Why a band of designers want to create a Playmobil universe for the future

Who the Hitchcock of the painting world is

What the real punk scene looked like in 1977 London

How one of the world's best photographers has captured the wonderful world of Scotland

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