Nude art tours, elves and the biggest building in Europe – the week in art

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Exhibition of the week: Isa Genzken

In her new paintings called Geldbilder, the provocative German artist explores money as an artistic theme and medium. As the Euro struggles, Genzken pastes it into paintings and continues her dadaist commentary on modern life.• Hauser and Wirth, London W1S, from 26 March until 16 May.

Other exhibitions this week

All of This Belongs to YouAs the general election approaches, a series of interventions at the V&A will explore citizenship, our public institutions and the museum’s own responsibilities as custodian of a public collection. For it does indeed all belong to you.• V&A, London SW7, from 1 April until 19 July.

Painting ParadiseGardens have fascinated artists from Muslim miniaturists to Monet. Here are pastoral works from the Royal Collection including Leonardo da Vinci’s botanical studies. These masterpieces do not, of course, belong to you.• Queen’s Gallery, Buckingham Palace, London SW1A, until 11 October.

ReflectionsA new series of changing displays of contemporary art that encompasses Louise Lawler, Taryn Simon, Cathy Wilkes, Martin Creed and more.• Modern One (Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art), Edinburgh EH4, until 10 January 2016.

Liz LarnerFunky, colourful wall sculptures that explore time and space. Or, as the artist says: “Space is better than time, but time is OK.”• The Modern Institute, Glasgow G1, until 23 April.

Masterpiece of the week

Francisco de Zurbarán – A Cup of Water and a Rose (c1630)This exquisitely restrained still life is not a celebration of appetite but a spiritual contemplation of everyday objects that may also symbolise the Virgin Mary. Zurbarán sees the world with hypnotic intensity.• National Gallery, London WC2N.

Image of the week

What we learned this week

That the tallest building in Europe is about to rise up – in the tiny Alpine village of Vals

That Mike Brodie spent five years freighthopping in the US, and took romantic Polaroids of all the wanderers he met on the way …

... And what the American wanderers look like

That there’s a Spanish region as deserted as Siberia

That the British Museum’s new Defining Beauty exhibition shows Greek sculpture alive and kicking!

That Christina Mackie has filled Tate Britain with giant dip-dyed drapes

That nude art tours are about to take over

That anyone who wants to build a house or lay a road in Iceland has to clear it with the most influential group of all: the elves

What the most arresting images are from every era of fashion photography

That this year’s Serpentine summer pavilion will be a magic-mushroom maze

How extreme Hong Kong’s storage solutions are

What the most unexpected art all over the world is

What London really looks like from the top deck

Desperately seeking Diego: my search for Velázquez on the streets of Seville

And what the rocky homes of Iceland’s “hidden people” look like

And finally …

Calling all art students! Send us your alternative election posters

And there’s still time to share your art about the future … which will give you the chance to be exhibited in London and New York