The Met explores how the Florentine dynasty used art as a tool to assert their cultural and political power
A Beuys treasure hunt in Munich, courtesy of the Pinakothek der Moderne
An outstanding collection of French volumes from the 18th century goes on display at the Morgan Library
This show at Pallant House explores the British artist’s interest in still life – showing paintings alongside the studio objects that inspired them
Paintings and woodblocks inspired by Nordic folklore get their first US showing at the Clark Art Institute
The city’s inaugural biennial takes place both on the mainland and a nearby island – plus, of course, online
The Swedish artist’s strange compositions, culled from a range of sources, travel to Louisiana in Denmark
The French Symbolist’s colourful illustrations go on display at Waddesdon – for the first time in more than a century
The first show devoted to Raphael’s pupil, held in the castle he decorated in his home city
Works on paper at the Art Institute of Chicago by the retired veteran and circus worker, who began to draw in the final decade of his life
The former Geffrye Museum has had its very own £18.1m home makeover
From wild beasts to pedigree dogs – the Kunstmuseum Bern explores how animals were depicted in Gaul’s time
An exceptional group of diplomatic gifts from the 14th Shogun to Napoleon III goes in display in Fontainebleau
Some 250 works on paper at MoMA reveal the post-Impressionist at his most innovative and daring
The provocative American artist offers a glimpse of her extensive archive of drawings at the Kunstmuseum Basel
A pair of late masterpieces by the Flemish painter are displayed together at the Wallace Collection for the first time in 200 years
The greatest medieval treasure-trove ever found in Scotland goes on display for the first time
A spectacular survey at the V&A takes us through five thousand years of Iranian civilisation
One of the most spectacular rooms in the Palazzo Grimani sees the return of its classical statuary
The reclusive Swiss painter with esoteric interests is now the subject of a major survey in Lugano
The first photographer to capture many places in the eastern Mediterranean goes on display at the reopened Musée d’Orsay
A display at the Panthéon explores the political symbolism of the writer's internment there in 1885
A major survey for the trailblazing British Surrealist spanning her seven-decade career, at the Whitechapel Gallery
This display at the British Museum will explore the turbulent life – and grisly death – of the 12th-century priest
