Waldmüller: Landscapes review

National Gallery, London He painted leaves, grass and even bark with the precision of a chef applying a micro-garnish with tweezers. The result? Looking at his work feels a lot like eating your greens

Billy Budd review

Glyndebourne, SussexThis revival of Michael Grandage’s atmospheric production of Britten’s opera has numerous fine performances: Thomas Mole and Sam Carl are persuasive as Billy and Claggart, and Allan Clayton’s luminous Vere is a standout

Penelope Keith, star of The Good Life and To the Manor Born, dies aged 86

A familiar face on TV and the stage, Keith was made a dame in 2014 for her services to the arts and charities

Ubuntu Ensemble review

Wigmore Hall, London Marking the 50th anniversary of the Soweto uprising, a stirring programme culminated with Leon Bosch’s double bass sounding a fragile note of hope

Rocío Molina: Calentamiento review

Sadler’s Wells, London Molina says she wants a show that never finishes – this one is endlessly thrilling and surprising

‘A new world has been opened up’: how a London street got filled with art

From a mural in a baby’s bedroom to a sound sculpture designed to be played out of a convertible, top contemporary artists rose to the challenge of making work for one lucky community

Giulio Cesare review

The Grange festival, Northington, HampshireDavid Alden’s blackly comic Kafkaesque production has a strong cast whose lively performances were not always matched by the Early Opera Company in the pit

From Cool Marseille to a Photo-Feast in Arles

The French cities of Marseille, Aix, Avignon and Arles boast a wealth of museums and festivals showing work by contemporary artists. Here’s how to make the most of a dazzling cultural summer

Death in Venice: Willem Dafoe thrills theatre biennale with adventurous shows about ghosts and rebirth

From a Noh Othello that puts Desdemona centre stage to a requiem for a family killed in the Rwandan genocide, the theatre at this year’s festival gives voice to the marginalised

Ella Baron on David Hockney

The artist, whose celebrated works focused on light and warmth and colour, died on Thursday

Jack Savoretti and Jemma Powell look back: ‘When she walked in I thought, "There you are. The mother of my children”’

The musician and the artist on their fiery relationship, a dramatic flight to Ibiza, and Jack’s most annoying trait

‘Hyper-stylised, ultra-cool visions’: 10 ways David Hockney changed art

He pushed landscape painting into the stratosphere, demolished one-point perspective, invented the Los Angeles look, embraced iPads, created dazzling stage sets for theatre and opera …