Art weekly: Revealed – an off day for Vincent van Gogh

Having trouble viewing this email? Revealed: an off day for Vincent van Gogh – the week in art A newly discovered work by the master painter is branded a dud. Plus, post-punk takes over London and Terry Richardson chucks a Wrecking Ball at conventional ideas of taste Jonathan Jones theguardian.com, Friday 13 September 2013 10.03 EDT Jump to comments (…) Watery grave … Daniel Silver's exhibition creates a lost city in the heart of London. Photograph: Marcus J Leith for the Guardian Exhibition of the week Daniel Silver: Dig This project commissioned by Artangel takes a derelict site in the middle of modern London and makes it as mysterious as a lost city discovered by archaeologists. • Odeon site, off Tottenham Court Road, London WC1E, until 3 November. Other exhibitions this week Yinka Shonibare MBE The satirist and post-colonial history painter takes on Greenwich, once the centre of British maritime power. • National Maritime Museum, Greenwich SE10, from 18 September until 23 February. Tony Ray-Jones and Martin Parr Brutally honest portraits of the British at a new art and media gallery in the the Science Museum. But is it science? • Science Museum, London SW7, from 21 September until 16 March. Richard Serra New drawings by the master of modern sculpture. • Courtauld Gallery, London WC2R, from 19 September until 12 January. Thinking with the Body An exhibition about the work of Wayne McGregor/Random Dance. • Wellcome Collection, London NW1, from 19 September until 27 October. Masterpiece of the week Haunting … Bathers at Asnières by Georges Seurat. Photograph: National Gallery Georges Seurat, Bathers at Asnières (1884) I am haunted by the pale ghosts of tall industrial chimneys as working-class men and boys pose still as statues beside and in the waters of the River Seine. Seurat's figures are as rounded and pale as people painted by Piero della Francesca. His light is as ethereal as Monet's. This painting is a frozen pastoral of stolen time, in which reality melts and assumes new, idealised forms. • National Gallery, London WC2N. Image of the week Riding high … Spencer Murphy's portrait of jockey Katie Walsh, which is shortlisted for the Taylor Wessing photographic portrait prize. Photograph: National Portrait/PA What we learned this week Terry Richardson is officially a pervert. If you can't wait for the new Jurassic Park film to arrive, take a trip to Crystal Palace's very own version. What Bashir al-Assad's palace tells us about about the Syrian dictator's regime. That a landscape by Van Gogh has just been seen for the first time – and it may be his clumsiest work ever. That the ICA are delving into London's post-punk subcultures for a new show. And finally … Follow us on Twitter Follow us on Tumblr You are receiving this email because you are a Art Weekly subscriber. Click here if you do not wish to receive Art Weekly emails from the Guardian News and Media. Click here to find out about other Email Services from the Guardian. Guardian News & Media Limited - a member of Guardian Media Group PLC. Registered Office: Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9GU. Registered in England No. 908396