The firm’s chief silver designer was also an avid collector of decorative arts from all over the world, many of which he donated to the Met
The artist never left the Netherlands, but these etchings show that the animals, architecture and clothing from faraway places certainly sparked his imagination
A collaboration between the Fitzwilliam Museum and the Hamburger Kunsthalle puts Blake’s myth-making in the context of his European contemporaries
The Getty Center presents an illuminated French manuscript that takes armchair travellers to foreign and often fantastical places
The Baltimore Museum of Art is pairing Matisse’s portraits of women with Japanese woodcut prints to reveal a shared interest in complex patterns
Two decades of photographs documenting the lives of the Black and queer communities of South Africa go on show at Tate Modern
The artist spent much of her career painting the landscapes and nature of New Mexico, but her urban scenes are just as accomplished
Grotesque portraits, lavish still lifes and chaotic religious scenes are among the works on show in this survey of Flemish art between 1400 and 1700
The artist‘s eerie, staged photographs of small-town America are on display in a show that traces the development of his distinctive style
The Smithsonian celebrates a group of 20th-century women whose innovative work helped bring textile art out of the shadows
Artists in the Low Countries were particularly interested in documenting the Little Ice Age of the 17th century, as this show at the Getty demonstrates
Paintings, drawings and lesser-known textiles by the Bloomsbury Group’s leading artist go on display at the Courtauld
In this survey of the artist’s six-decade career at the Serpentine, drawings take centre stage
The artist’s 10-channel film about the life and legacy of the abolitionist Frederick Douglass has been recently acquired by MoMA
Spanish painting took a more realistic turn in the late 19th century, as this exhibition at the Prado demonstrates
After the First World War, German artists took an unflinching look at the realities of everyday life in the Weimar Republic
Horses were central to the painter’s art, as this show at the Musée de la Vie Romantique demonstrates
A chance to see some 150 words by trailblazing artists ranging from Artemisia Gentileschi to Gwen John
Three hundred years of cultural exchange are the focus of this show at Harvard Art Museums
An immersive installation by Steve McQueen takes over a 30,000-square-foot gallery at Dia Beacon to coincide with the institution’s 50-year anniversary
The artist’s show in Amsterdam revolves around a textile-based installation inspired by her artist friends and her Romanian heritage
The Art Institute of Chicago is paying tribute to four pioneering artists at the centre of the city's booming post-war cultural scene
The Met is breathing new life into its costume collection through video, light projection, sound installations and artificial intelligence
Once seen as the lowest genre of art, still lifes can be evocative, original and complex, suggests a new exhibition at Pallant House
