The Louvre Abu Dhabi is undeniably impressive, but can it succeed in becoming the universal museum it wants to be?
From post-war German art at Harvard to Leonardo at the Worcester Art Museum, here are some gems beyond the blockbuster exhibitions
Highlights of 2018 include Victorian photographers, Egyptian influences, and models from Kinshasa
European highlights for 2018 include three promising young artists and Palermo’s eco-focused edition of Manifesta
Prominent exhibitions in 2018 will explore how art challenges power and how far it can transform the world
Masterpieces by Titian, Dürer, and Van Dyck return to London from their far-flung homes, and pottery comes to Cambridge
Highlights of 2018 include violent visions in Dulwich, Bruegel in Vienna, and T.S. Eliot at Turner Contemporary
The Wallace Collection celebrates the 200th anniversary of its founder’s birth
The cherry has come a long way over the centuries – as medieval badges, Renaissance paintings, and a video by Beyoncé reveal
The dictator and his wife lived in luxury at their Spring Palace – with a golden bathroom and the only colour TV in Romania
A new digital resource holds a trove of information and will make furniture history more widely accessible
The Italian artist, minimalism's chosen forefather, was a key figure of the post-war avant-garde
The Wiener Werkstätte was a commercial flop, but its designs still embody the spirit of Viennese modernism
This month's acquisitions include a hoard of Soviet nonconformist art, a significant example of brutalist architecture, and a Danish masterpiece
Ottomanism is in and modernism is out – as the state of three mosques shows
Extensive refurbishment has allowed the museum to rethink how its historic building and collection are presented
The city’s ethnographic museum has been reimagined to explain how its exceptional collections migrated to the city
Gabriel and Ann Barbier-Mueller have amassed one of the most important collections of its kind in the world
The redisplay of Chinese art at the British Museum demands that we look back at a rich collecting tradition
Apollo presents the winners of this year's Asian Art in London Art Awards
A hoard of Viking-era treasures has gone to the National Museums Scotland, while the Towner Art Gallery has secured an impressive contemporary installation
After 20 years of planning, the Sumida Hokusai Museum has finally opened its doors
Frith Powell has been exploring the possibilities of painting for half a century – but has rarely exhibited
The Wellcome Collection examines the history of ‘alternative’ medicine in the Indian subcontinent
