This mid-career retrospective at the Palazzo Grassi in Venice is an excellent introduction to the painter’s slippery compositions and vivid brushwork
This show in Edinburgh sets the painter’s portraits and landscapes alongside work by her predecessors and peers
For centuries Raphael’s renown eclipsed that of even Leonardo and Michelangelo – and this show at the Met offers clues as to why
A show at Dia Beacon explores the artist’s transition to the minimalist grid paintings for which she is best known
The well-known painter and his nephew made quite a team in Venice, but after they parted ways the student became a master in his own right
Tate Britain peels back the many layers of the artist’s expansive oeuvre
Quite apart from high-profile collaborations with Cocteau and Dalí, the Italian-born designer had an artistry all of her own
The Menil Collection in Houston presents some 30 works on paper by the American artist, ranging from the 1950s to the ’80s
The father of English portraiture was a dazzling success on the continent first, and this exhibition of his work in Genoa is the largest of its kind in years
Renoir’s critical reputation has fallen behind some of the other Impressionists in recent years. The Musée d’Orsay asks us to look again
These six years set the course for the artist’s career – and for post-war American art, this exhibition at Princeton suggests
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston marks the arrival of spring with a display that explores how the natural world has inspired artists
The longest-running art biennial in the United States takes the temperature of the contemporary scene
Whistlejacket isn’t the only rearing horse Stubbs painted. A rarely seen bay is coming to keep him company at the National Gallery in London this spring
Credited with healing powers and a high moral code, the mythological beast has always been in the upper echelon of imaginary animals, as a show at the Musée de Cluny proves
The frescoes of Fra Angelico made a particularly strong impression on the Abstract Expressionist, argues the Palazzo Strozzi’s new show
When he wasn’t writing plays, soldiering or doing hard time for being a suspected spy, John Vanbrugh was busy bringing the baroque to Britain
The National Portrait Gallery retrospective includes photos of high-schoolers, sports players, political rallies – and some striking self-portraits
Some 140 masterpieces of painting, drawing, sculpture and decorative art from the last two millennia go on display at the Art Institute of Chicago
Between the advent of the term ‘homosexual’ and the outbreak of the Second World War, artists found creative ways to express queer sensibilities
Tate Modern’s major retrospective takes in the artist’s early work, her return to painting and everything in-between
An intimate survey of the photographer’s work, co-curated by one of his close friends, goes on display at the Bundeskunsthalle in Bonn
The Royal Academy of Arts reveals how carefully conceived even the most cartoonish of the artist’s paintings really are
The Viennese artist captured the grandeur of Austria’s landscapes, from river deep to mountain high
