The Iranian banksy, bonkers bridges and Slinky beards – the week in art

Impressionism is back, wild designs are unveiled for a new bridge across the Thames, Banksy returns to Gaza, and street artist Medhi Ghadyanloo’s eye-popping murals make Tehran smile – all in your weekly art dispatch

Inventing Impressionism
This exhibition explores the rise of the first modern art movement through the unusual perspective of the way it was marketed by pioneering art dealer Paul Durand-Ruel. It’s the beginning of the art world as we know it.
• National Gallery, London, from 4 March until 31 May.

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