The American painter R B Kitaj, long resident in London, left England in grief-stricken disgust after critics had panned his retrospective at the Tate Gallery in 1994. He died at his last home in Los Angeles in 2007. This mini-retrospective at the ever enterprising Abbot Hall Gallery in Cumbria is the first extensive sighting of his works in Britain since his death.

Age: 56

This faultless gathering-in of paintings and drawings on a single theme marks a high point in the career of Paul Cézanne

The Courtauld Gallery's exhibition of Cezanne's 'Card Player' series gives a startling insight into the painter's brilliance. Deal me in, says Adrian Hamilton

Curators Victoria Golembiovskaya and Wolfe Von Lenkiewicz, in collaboration with the Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4's New Sensations, will host an art exhibition starting next Sunday showcasing famous works by artists such as Paul Cezanne and Pablo Picasso.

Monet has has long been more popular on this side of the Channel than the side on which he was born. When the Royal Academy exhibited a show of the French impressionist's work in 1999, the gallery opened around the clock to meet demand. A show at the Tate in 2005, showing Monet alongside Whistler and Turner, drew more than 382,000 visits. By contrast, the French have always been surprisingly cool about the pioneering artist, preferring his contemporaries such as Manet and Cézanne.

Tales of intrigue and murder surround Ambroise Vollard's huge art collection. As some finally appear at auction, John Lichfield reports

Private collection

Private collection

Violence has never looked so beautiful – or so shocking – as in the scenes depicted by some of history's greatest artists in a new exhibition at one of France's most elegant galleries. John Lichfield reports from Paris

'Sky's appeal on competition issues is dismissed.' The satellite broadcaster is ordered to sell most of its 17.9 per cent stake in ITV

Shopkeepers invite customers to spend their old notes before it's too late

Some room for improvement