The portraitist gets her first solo show in New York, featuring striking paintings of cowboys, farmers, beauty queens and Michelle Obama
Some 50 sculptures of heads, busts and bodies by the German artist are on display alongside 100 works on paper, revealing fresh insights into his process
A chance to see how the Second World War transformed American attitudes towards art, design and fashion
The National Gallery continues its bicentenary celebrations with two vast, dramatic charcoal-on-paper drawings that are rarely on display
Plus: Looting at Sudan’s National Museum | South Korean heritage sites threatened by country’s worst wildfires | Christophe Cherix appointed next director of MoMA | and more
An exhibition in Denmark presents lesser-known modernists alongside the usual 20th-century titans
The largest survey of the Arte Povera artist in the UK encourages us to think differently about the boundary between art and nature
Though most celebrated for his woodcut prints, Albrecht Dürer was also a master engraver, as this free exhibition at the Fitzwilliam Museum makes clear
A major survey of Asawa’s work in San Francisco covers six-decades and reminds us that there was more to her work than wire sculptures
The 400th anniversary of Charles I’s ascent to the throne is a reminder that rulers, from the Medicis to the Mughal emperors, have long patronised artists
