Deller's Welsh visions, rollicking Rubens and an Edinburgh extravaganza – the week in art
Various Edinburgh venues, 7-24 August
Carreg Ateb: Vision or Dream?
Jeremy Deller, Gweni Llwyd, Lewis Prosser and more explore Welsh myths, magic and history.
Mostyn, Llandudno, until 27 September
Simon Periton 'National Geographic'Nature meets barbed wire in Periton's colourful but ironic paintings and sculptures.
The Modern Institute Aird's Lane, Glasgow, until 27 August
Nicolas Party: Copper & Dust18th-century pastels revisited by this Swiss-born former graffiti artist who has also painted a mural of a comic punch-up.
Holburne Museum, Bath, until 31 August, mural until 19 October
The Nina Drucker BequestBritish drawings from the 18th to 20th centuries, including works by David Cox and John Minton, left to the British Museum by Drucker.
British Museum, London, until 21 September
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The Feast of Herod by Peter Paul Rubens, circa 1635-38
Salome in a sinfully red frock serves up the head of John the Baptist on a platter in this rollicking work by Rubens at his most lavish. The story of the Baptist's martyrdom – also painted by Caravaggio and dramatised by Oscar Wilde with illustrations by Aubrey Beardsley – has it that Salome's mother Herodias got her to demand John's head in return for dancing before her stepfather Herod. Rubens gives it a cannibalistic twist: he dwells on the banquet's food and drink and has the head brought up to Herod as an exotic dish. Herodias sticks her fork in its tongue. Yummy! Herod looks shocked and nauseated as he is forced to eat the reward of his sick lust for his stepdaughter.
Scottish National Gallery, Edinburgh
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