Tank man, Larry Clark and Van Gogh's ear makes a comeback the week in art

Clark's Teenage Lust and Tulsa photography series continue to shock, while Marina Abramovi sets up shop in Hyde Park. Plus ghost ears, ghost towns, 25 years since Tiananmen Square and D-day revisited all in your favourite weekly dispatch

Sean Scully: Kind of Red
What is it about red? Auctioneers claim that paintings with red in them always sell, so Sean Scully should be on to a good thing. In his new works, this powerful and intelligent abstract painter, whose art is reminiscent both of Frank Stella's grids and Seamus Heaney's poetic landscapes, explores the fieriest, sexiest and most vital of colours. Well, actually there's a lot of grey and black here, too, in Scully's earthy, resonant, mysterious paintings.
Timothy Taylor Gallery, London W1, from 11 June until 12 July.

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