From the surreal sights of Dorothea Tanning at Tate Modern to the trompe l’oeils and Parisian scenes of Louis-Léopold Boilly at the National Gallery

A wave of innovative exhibition design has graced our museums in recent years. What are the keys to holding the viewer’s gaze?

As shows marking the 350th anniversary of the Old Master's death open, we look at his masterpieces at the Rijksmuseum, Dulwich Picture Gallery and the British Museum. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

New commercial gallery shows—from sculpture to shipwreck paintings

Survey at Gardiner Museum ranges from artist’s broken Han Dynasty urn to zodiac signs

From a view of the West from China, to Carol Rama's weird works made with dolls eyes

British artist's exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum opens this week

The 500-acre sculpture park and museum in upstate New York is a fitting venue for the artist’s ecologically minded work

British artist was in Amsterdam for the opening of his exhibition at the Van Gogh Museum

On The Art Newspaper podcast, we zoom into a passionate expression of desire in a miniature at the National Portrait Gallery

New exhibition presents documents that lay the foundations for reconstruction of Aleppo and other sites ruined by civil war

Human extinction and planetary devastation are tackled in the XXII Triennale di Milano—but the message is one of hope through innovation

The full, unedited cut from our discussion with Alyce Mahon, the exhibition’s curator. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

The second edition of the biennial takes a proudly Pacific-centred view

Exhibition about the Venetian Renaissance at Frankfurt’s Städel Museum also includes works by Giovanni Bellini and Jacopo Tintoretto

From the very first painting in his show at Matthew Marks Gallery, visitors will find familiar themes

Group says it will focus on urban structures in Kassel with links to other sites

From exquisite Elizabethan portrait miniatures at the National Portrait Gallery to Franz West's playful sculptures at Tate Modern

“Many people are buying membership just so they can get in,” ticket attendant says

More than two-thirds of Antonello da Messina’s 35 accepted autograph works are reunited for a show at Palazzo Reale

We talk to the British artist as he shows his sculptures with ancient works in the Florentine museum, and we zoom in on the tiny art works that are the subject of a major show London's National Portrait Gallery. Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

From Nari Ward's breathtaking installations to a sweep of contemporary Nordic art

150 ancient artefacts will be displayed in a major exhibition commemorating the centenary of the discovery of the pharaoh’s tomb

Travelling show of 150 artefacts started in Los Angeles and is going to Paris and London

Moral painting of Venus and Cupid by the German Renaissance master shows the young god of desire being attacked by bees

Exhibition on Ghanian artist is due to tour to Mathaf: Arab Museum of Modern Art in Doha in the autumn

The artist will recreate one of his best-known works in Brooklyn Bridge Park to coincide with his retrospective at the Met Breuer

Claims that it had "cancelled plans" to show the work are "fake information", the museum says

Artist's 1983 depiction of an infamous case of police brutality goes on display at the Guggenheim Museum in New York in June