A glittering show at the Brooklyn Museum explores the many roles and forms of the precious metal – and explores the darker side of its production
In 18th- and 19th-century France, wallpapering was a sticky business – but the results really made an impression, as this show in Rhode Island makes clear
Sculptures, paintings, collages and videos by the intrepid American artist demonstrate her lifelong interest in light, motion and myth
This exhibition in Madrid dedicated to a pioneer of the Blue Rider movement presents her experiments in form, light and colour
The idealistic German artist channelled her considerable political energies into art both before and after the First World War
The ease of making screenprints after the Second World War stirred the imaginations of artists as varied as Lucio Fontana and Althea McNish
The Royal Academy of Arts offers viewers the chance to compare the three Renaissance rivals and contemporaries
The Thracians were rarely regional top dogs but, as a show at the Getty Villa proves, their artistry was unparallelled
Documentary photographs from apartheid-era South Africa sit alongside pictures inspired by Candomblé traditions in this wide-ranging show in Chicago
Political art, text-based works and flamboyant self-portraits by the German photographer go on show in Düsseldorf
The horrors of the First World War and its troubled aftermath loom large in the Austrian artist’s inventive, disconcerting paintings
The most extensive survey to date of the artist’s career touches on Romanian craft traditions as well as the country’s turbulent history
Nightmarish visions are the order of the day at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge – though there are glimmers of hope, too
The bond between New Yorkers and their pets offers paws for thought at this amiable but ambitious show at the New-York Historical Society
Magnificent clocks and cabinets sit resplendent at this exhibition of the Parisian craftsman’s work in the Royal Palace of Dresden
This ambitious show at the Belvedere offers a chance to get to grips with the Ghanaian artist’s distinctive finger-painting style
The artist’s portraits of socialites in Paris in the 1920s and ’30s are the main draw at the de Young Museum – but she took on other subjects, too
Rubens was the most successful artist of his day, but he wasn’t doing it all on his own, as this exhibition at the Prado makes abundantly clear
The artist turns curator in an exhibition that makes connections between Britain’s imperial past and the contents of the British Museum
The most famous landscape in British art is the centre of attention in a display to mark the National Gallery’s bicentenary
In Houston, the artist lets chance guide her hand in a series of drawings on paper and found materials, accompanied by several earlier works and a set of 16mm films
Works by Rembrandt and his student Samuel van Hoogstraten are hung alongside each other in Vienna to demonstrate their similarities and differences
The Italian artist’s bold experiments with geometric shapes are the subject of a comprehensive survey at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice
Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec’s striking scene is the centrepiece of this show at the Minneapolis Institute of Art about Paris nightlife in the 19th century
