The Italian artist painted the poor with empathy and emotional depth
The artist’s monumental mural goes on show alongside the altarpiece that inspired it
The Tate Modern explores how photographers are reflecting on the continent’s rich heritage and imagining its future
New discoveries from south India are among the highlights of the Met’s survey of the spread of Buddhism
The Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the ancient craft through a Native American perspective
The Royal Academy in London offers an insight into the Swiss firm’s design process
The Art Institute of Chicago explores the stories behind supernatural characters
How the modern painter found in inspiration in classical Spanish artistic traditions
Kettle’s Yard explores the historical life and contemporary significance of this rich tradition
The Spanish artist fills the Hamburger Bahnhof with her fleshy sculptural forms
An impressive collection of works on paper drawn from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collections explores humankind’s relationship to nature
The Museum Barberini in Potsdam considers how 19th-century Dutch painters took cues from techniques being developed in France
Works drawn from the collections at Whitworth Art Gallery in Manchester offer an insight the life and work of the German Renaissance master
On the centenary of the artist’s birth, the Art Institute of Chicago looks at a lesser-known aspect of his practice
The trailblazing Austrian performance artist gets her biggest retrospective to date
The painter drew on wide range of influences to create his ethereal landscapes
The Box in Plymouth celebrates the life and legacy of the Georgian painter on the 300th anniversary of his birth
The Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia makes a case for enduring relevance of the sculptor’s career
The Barbican stages the first major UK survey of the American artist’s work
The subject of more than 300 love lyrics by the poet Petrarch became a muse to many artists
The Fries Museum hopes to restore the reputations of the painter couple who fell into obscurity after their deaths
The Courtauld explores the long history of artistic forgery
How 19th-century artists redefined the landscape genre
The National Museum in Oslo invites contemporary artists to respond to traditional examples of rural dress
