Art of the Islamic Worlds
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston makes more room for its vast collection of objects, textiles and paintings
Pastels, from Millet to Redon
The Musée d’Orsay in Paris shows off its impressive holdings of masterworks by the likes of Millet, Degas and Mary Cassatt
Muse or Maker? Women in the Italian Art World, 1400–1800
The Kupferstichkabinett in Berlin turns its attention to the women who shaped the art of the Italian Renaissance
Acquisitions of the Month: February 2023
David Bowie’s archive and the first clutch of NFTs to be acquired by a French museum are among this month’s highlights
Islanders: The Making of the Mediterranean
Artefacts from the lost ancient civilisations of Sardinia, Cyprus and Crete go on show at the Fitzwilliam Museum in Cambridge
The Van de Veldes: Greenwich, Art and the Sea
The Dutch father and son were among the most influential maritime painters of the 17th century
Architecture Now: New York, New Publics
Architects imagine new ways of making public space more accessible in the city
Georg Baselitz: Naked Masters
The Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna pairs the German artist’s upside-down paintings with Old Masters
4 things to see this week: the legend of Napoleon
An ornate tea service that was given to the Emperor as a wedding gift and his real-life tomb in Paris are among this week’s highlights
4 things to see this week: Egyptomania
Our hand-picked selection of ancient Egyptian treasures includes a breastplate once worn by an actual pharaoh and a glittering golden crocodile
Anyang: China’s Ancient City of Kings
The capital of the Shang Dynasty is home to the country’s earliest surviving written records
Mike Nelson: Extinction Beckons
The artist brings his scrapyard sculpture to the Hayward gallery
The Garden – Six Centuries of Art and Nature
Gardens have long been seen as symbols of freedom and paradise, as this display in Stockholm makes clear
Salvador Dalí: The Image Disappears
The Art Institute of Chicago considers the contradictory impulses that governed the Spanish surrealist during the 1930s
Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History
The German artist’s unsettling images examine the uncanny relationship between visual culture and collective memory
Porcelain from Versailles: Vases for a King and Queen
Two ornamental sets of vases owned by Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette of France go on show at the Getty Center in Los Angeles
Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70
The Whitechapel Gallery brings together 150 paintings by 81 international women artists
Alice Neel: Hot Off the Griddle
The painter’s characterful portraits shine a light on marginalised individuals in 20th-century New York
In the studio with… Kathryn Maple
The weird lighting in the artist’s studio sometimes makes her feel like she’s in tropical fish tank, but her dog Mary makes sure she gets out for walks every day
Dana Schutz: Between Us
The Louisiana Museum of Art offers a rare opportunity to see works spanning the entirety of the American artist’s career
Lygia Pape: Tecelares
A series of rarely exhibited woodblock prints by the late Brazilian artist go on show at the Art Institute of Chicago
Vermeer
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam brings together more than 28 masterpieces in the biggest ever presentation of the painter’s work
Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford unearths the mysteries of the Bronze Age civilisation in Crete
A Passion for Collecting Manuscripts
The Getty Center presents highlights from its magnificent collection of medieval manuscripts
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