Tanks for everything, Tate Modern – the week in art

Exhibition of the week: The Tanks What makes the art of today different from the art of 1912 ? One answer is: the kinds of space in which it is shown. Since the 1960s, reclaimed industrial space has replaced traditional galleries as the chosen theatre of avant-garde art. It began with artists like Robert Rauschenberg and Andy Warhol taking over old factories in downtown Manhattan . It has gone on to mean sculptors working in steel yards , or museums converting old docks . Art students in Glasgow this summer showed degree work in a venue called the Glue Factory that is … an old glue factory. Minimalist art , with its use of industrial materials and setting out of objects in potentially limitless arrays, started in the 1960s and was made for warehouses. This interaction between space and style has shaped the art of today. Tate Modern, already one of the world's most exciting reclaimed buildings, this summer moves into newly converted regions of its former power station. The Tanks will be a venue for live art, another form for which industrial spaces seem made. The opening season is about to start. It is certain to be spectacular. • Tate Modern , London SE1, opening festival from 18 July to 28 October Other exhibitions this week Shakespeare: Staging the World The Italian Renaissance had Michelangelo and Leonardo da Vinci. We had Shakespeare. His plays have influenced art as they have influenced everything else. • British Museum , London WC1, from 19 July to 25 November Sarah Lucas Trenchant and memorable sculptor whose art gets better and better. • Henry Moore Institute, Leeds, from 19 July to 21 October Olivia Plender Installations that comment on the history of education. • Arnolfini Gallery, Bristol, from 14 July to 9 September Expanding Horizons A rare sighting of the panoramic landscape paintings of Giovanni Battista Lusieri (1754–1821). • Scottish National Gallery , Edinburgh, until 28 October Masterpiece of the week: Pontormo, Joseph and Jacob in Egypt Pontormo's colours – pale yet bright, pastel yet fiery, in violet and rose hues – give this painting an ethereal poetry. It is a fantastic scene, with flamboyant imaginary architecture, sensual statues and tiny people as earthen and vulnerable as Bruegel peasants. Pontormo is a delicate visionary. • National Gallery , London WC2 Image of the week What we learned this week That the Guardian is telling the story of British art all summer – and we want your top British artwork lists, too That the National Gallery has put on a peep show How to make sculpture with live bees Why BMW's art cars have no va-va-voom any more That there will be a documentary about a legendary graffiti crew called DDS How Olafur Eliasson's solar lamps could help people who live off the electricity grid And finally • Don't forget you can upload your images to the Guardian Art and Design Flickr group • Or share your art on the theme of weather • Or check out our Tumblr • And follow us on Twitter Are you in the industry? Sign up to the Guardian Culture Professionals Network for free to get news or move on your career Do you want a job with the Tate? Click here