Samurai erotica, a metal-and-flesh sculptor and Jenny Holzer’s big glow-up – the week in art

Darkly alive … a suit of armour that features in the British Museum’s show Samurai. Photograph: The Trustees of the British Museum

Exhibition of the week

Samurai
A tremendous, awe-inspiring journey into Japan’s past, with samurai armour so sublimely crafted it seems darkly alive, as well as exquisite landscapes, erotica and other arts that delighted the samurai between battles. Read the review here.
• The British Museum, London, from 3 February to 4 May