At the Museum Rietberg, an exhibition of objects looted by the British after they invaded Benin City in 1897 asks difficult questions about restitution – but also celebrates the historic kingdom’s rich artistic heritage
An exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum shows how early photographers staged scenes with drama, humour and an eye for composition
The German Romantic artist created much of his most impressive work in Dresden, where the 250th anniversary of his birth is being celebrated through an exhibition of his paintings and drawings
Paintings, drawings, print and ceramics by the Venezuelan-born artist best known for her cartoon-inspired clay sculptures go on display at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art
The Basque sculptor’s country home near San Sebastián is marking the centenary of his birth in style
Both artists were close to the French dealers and publishers who created a home for their personal art collection at the Fondation Maeght in the south of France
Expressive modernist figures by the French sculptor populate the site of an abandoned lead mine in Marseille
Grotesque portraits and sculptures by the American artist take up residence on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra
Eschewing the metal or stone normally used for outdoor art, the artist presents woven works for Socrates Sculpture Park in New York
At Storm King Art Center, ceramics the artist made during Covid-19 lockdowns form the basis of a new series of bright, bold metal sculptures
Figures of deities fused from several traditions and the artist’s personal cosmology are reimagined at a monumental scale at Yorkshire Sculpture Park
An army of lifesize figures are scattered across some 300 acres of the landscaped grounds at Houghton Hall in Norfolk
Forty years after the calling of the miner’s strike, Milton Rogovin’s photographs of Scottish miners shows how much the UK’s industrial landscape has changed
At Fruitmarket Gallery, the artist takes a defunct railway built by the British in Ghana in the 1920s as his starting point
As part of its bicentenary celebrations, the National Gallery in London has sent a painting by Vermeer to Edinburgh to keep another work by the artist company
The Scottish conceptual artist who is not afraid to make fun of the art world has an 80th birthday show at Modern One
The artist’s new film installation at MACBA is inspired by Bizet’s Carmen and themes of performance, death and tragedy
The artist has been at the forefront of activist art in Britain for half a century, as this exhibition at Whitechapel Gallery attests
Ink rubbing, a method of copying the texture of an object’s surface, originated in China as early as 600 BC and is the subject of a new show at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
At the Wadsworth Atheneum, two 16th-century panels showing the miracle of Saint Gregory bring up thorny questions of attribution and conservation
To coincide with the Paris Olympics, the Fitzwilliam looks at the cultural ramifications of when the city last hosted the event
Yorkshire Sculpture Parks presents the works on paper, plasters – and the bronze sculptures for which the artist is best known – that entered its collection in 2020
At the Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, five Japanese artists try to bring the human and natural worlds into better harmony
Geography made Scotland a key location during this period of geopolitical tension. National Museums Scotland looks at the relics of this recent past
