The Victorian painter spent most of his life in asylums but his imagination remained unfettered, as this show at the Royal Academy makes clear
These snapshots of the great outdoors at the Yale Center for British Art range from the purely artistic to the fiercely political
After a two-year renovation, the artist’s studio in Sydney reopens with a survey of the formally inventive, technically impressive work he made in the 1970s
In 1958 the painter and printmaker collaborated with the French poet and fellow Surrealist Paul Éluard to create one of the most ingenious of all artist’s books
The Vienna workshop was a hub of modernist production and, as this show at the Jewish Museum reveals, women played a major part
The painter had a knack for making enemies and, as this exhibition at Museum Folkwang makes clear, his art was all the better for it
Tate Modern celebrates an avant-garde artist who, for all the forward-thinking nature of her art, was most interested in age-old, elemental forces
Prints, drawings and watercolours from the National Gallery of Ireland’s collection reveal how Continental Europe inspired Irish artists, and vice versa
The Cleveland Museum of Art sheds light on how early engravers mastered their art – and how prints came to conquer western Europe
For the first time in nearly 70 years the Minneapolis Institute of Art displays the largest Italian Renaissance artwork in the United States
The photographer’s talent for infusing the textures of everyday Mexican life with a fantastical sensibility is on full display at SFMOMA
MoMA explores how newly liberated nations expressed their independence through architecture from the late ’50s to the early ’80s
The Danish artist’s paintings of eerie interiors are joined by portraits, landscapes and depictions of musicians
The Viennese artist captured the grandeur of Austria’s landscapes, from river deep to mountain high
The artist’s multi-screen installation at MoMA poses new questions about AI-generated images
For all his grand ambitions as a history painter, the neoclassicist was a sought-after portraitist with a keen eye for contemporary style
This edition of the roving contemporary art biennial makes itself at home in 12 post-war churches in the Ruhr region
The Galleria Borghese explores the profound influence that Ovid’s epic poem had on Renaissance, baroque and modern artists
The Tate explores how the Mexican artist became a pop-culture phenomenon and influenced generations of artists around the world
The Cleveland Museum of Art celebrates the Edo-period tradition of scholars getting together to share art they had made
A chance to see highlights from one of the world’s greatest collections of prints and drawings, from Dürer’s hare to contemporary works
Doing justice to the artist’s monumental ambitions in an indoor space is a tall order, but the Hayward Gallery is taking up the challenge
The Warburg Institute returns to its roots with a sound installation and playful visions of a fictional century-old research faculty
The abstract painter was always fascinated by the figurative and, as this show at the Art Institute of Chicago makes clear, his draughtsmanship is still underrated
