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When Paula Rego was asked to paint a mural for the dining room of the National Gallery’s Sainsbury Wing in 1990, it “seemed a thoughtless insult”, said Laura Cumming in The Observer. The artist, who died last year aged 87, was renowned for focusing on the kinds of people normally…

Designed to be seen across dining crowds at the National Gallery, Rego’s 90s mural, inspired by Crivelli’s 15th-century one, comes alive in the details. And Cooke’s candid self-portraits find respite in flowers

From kaleidoscopic mosaics to modernist masterpieces, let’s open our eyes to the art hidden in plain sight

Rego’s huge mural, painted 30 years ago for the Gallery’s restaurant, sits alongside the altarpiece that inspired it. Hers is less a feminist revolt than a celebration of perspective itself

The artist creates a world rooted in the here and now but propels viewers into the realms of the imagination

Herzog & de Meuron build their dreams, Paula Rego cultivates Crivelli’s garden and Lindsey Mendick binge drinks – all in your weekly dispatch

Erwin Wurm’s quirky work brightens up the Yorkshire sculpture park, Liverpool’s Biennial kicks off, and it’s time for another messy Summer Exhibition at the Royal Academy

From lemons to cats to the inevitable stripper, there is much that is silly and mediocre – then magnificent works by the likes of Gillian Wearing and Paula Rego catch your eye

At moments when we need to start all over again, great art is there to salve our wounded feelings and help point the way to the future