pension333: Anthony Caro, Louise Bourgeois and the Turner prize ? the week in art

Britain loses one of its finest sculptors and remembers the 'lost world' of coal mining. Plus, a Mad Hatter's tea party at the Turner prize 2013 show and why Louise Bourgeois is so loved ? in your art dispatch

Exhibition of the week

Daumier (1808-1879): Visions of Paris

The French poet and art critic Charles Baudelaire famously wrote an essay called The Painter of Modern Life. Today this essay, or at least its title, is widely quoted. It is often associated with the insouciant urban eye of his friend Manet. In fact, Baudelaire was a Romantic and the artists he wrote most about were not the impressionists but their elders. Daumier, a caricaturist who mocked the king for looking like a pear and whose paintings grittily observe Paris, was one of his heroes. See why in this survey of a great painter of modern life.

Royal Academy, London W1J from 26 October until 26 January 2014

Other exhibitions this week

Louise Bourgeois
The greatest female artist of the 20th century? The most influential artist of the last 50 years? Here's a chance to see for yourself why Bourgeois is so loved.
? Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh EH1 from 26 October until 23 February 2014

Sean Scully: Triptychs
This relentless master of abstract painting has never been diverted from his courageous course.
? Pallant House Gallery, Chichester PO19 from 2 November until 26 January

Lutz Bacher
Dark works by a young American in his first British show.
? ICA, London SW1Y until 17 November

Norman Cornish
The "lost world" of British coal mining remembered in words and paintings.
? University Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 until 31 January 2014