Exhibitions
Major exhibition on the Hajj planned for Abu Dhabi this autumn
Show exploring annual pilgrimage to Mecca due to be held at Sheikh Zayed Grand Mosque
Storm erupts over Nitsch’s bull slaughter at Tasmanian museum
Campaigners demand axing of performance by Actionist at MONA's Dark Mofo festival
Artist who shot Beyoncé’s maternity photographs takes on Trump in London show
Awol Erizku's exhibition at Ben Brown Fine Arts tackles “racism and bigotry” in the US
Exhibition featuring four female artists to launch Arab cultural institute in New York
Saudi artist Dana Awartani and Monir Shahroudy Farmanfarmaian of Iran will show works on paper at the new cultural space in lower Manhattan
Saudi Arabian artist’s first US solo show escapes shadow of 9/11
Abdulnasser Gharem says the US show allows him more freedom than he may have in Saudi Arabia
Rarely loaned works from Uzbekistan’s ‘Louvre of the Steppes’ travel to Moscow
Paintings, decorative art and archaeological objects from one of the world’s most remote museums are on view at the Pushkin Museum
Mark Dion brings early 20th-century celebrity art and science team back to life at the Drawing Center
An exhibition offers a fresh look at the work of the Department of Tropical Research
Three to see: Athens
What to take in besides the big Documenta 14 show in the Greek capital
New paintings to be revealed in Jasper Johns’s Royal Academy retrospective
US artist’s first survey in the UK for 40 years will also include key flag and target pieces
London exhibitions: an electrifying show at the Wellcome Collection, beautiful blue bodies at Stephen Friedman Gallery, and much more
Bruce Nauman's sound piece returns to Tate Modern's Turbine Hall
Veteran conceptual artist will also be subject of Artist Rooms show in Tate’s Switch House extension
Politics and performance take centre stage at Documenta 14 in Athens
Quinquennial contemporary art exhibition opens in a different city to Kassel for the first time
Mixed feelings and a sing-along at Tate Britain’s Queer British Art show
Tate chairman Lord Browne writes impassioned personal account for Queer British Art show
Exhibition opens this week with catalogue foreword by former chief executive of BP who kept his sexuality a secret until 2007
Culture on the frontline: Penn Museum shows artefacts curators are fighting to save in Syria and Iraq
Exhibition features ancient objects and Medieval manuscripts, along with contemporary commissions by a Syrian-born artist
Artists who made it a family affair: Madrid, Frankfurt, and Philadelphia explore the creative exploits of collaborative families
Kobro and Strzeminski, Bernd and Hilla Becher, and Pierre-Auguste and Jean Renoir's relationships are each subject to in-depth review
When Irving Penn forced his way into a meeting with Picasso: MoMA's new retrospective on the iconic photographer
Costume play and urban decay through the lens of the master
Winckelmann's impact on modern concepts of art history is celebrated in Weimar
The man who wrote art history is remembered 300 years after his birth
Objects from Matisse’s studio travel for first time
The Museum of Fine Arts in Boston will be the first place outside of France to have this honour
Fondation Louis Vuitton offers a snapshot of contemporary African art
The art of Sub-Saharan Africa and South Africa make a big impact in Paris
Berlin Kulturforum surveys the long history of alchemy
Spanning 3000 years, the exhibition covers the Egyptian origins of alchemy to its influence on contemporary artists such as Koons
Germany marks the 500th anniversary of Luther’s Theses
Several exhibits are taking place across the country, including the Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin
Latest Hugo Boss Prize by Guggenheim awarded to Yi's olfactory object
The 11th edition of this exhibition links nature with nurture
Pictures Generation artist Lawler confronts ‘alternative facts’ at MoMA
As fake news and 'fake news' takes over politics, Louise Lawler's retrospective hits home
Triennale di Milano: art effects empathy as forced migration anchors show
The Restless Earth explores the divisive subject currently preoccupying global media
Saudi Arabian artist Gharem’s first US solo show escapes shadow of 9/11
Political and poignant, Gharem's art reflects on one of the defining moments of the 21st century
British artist makes work out of Isis bullet holes
Piers Secunda's paint casts record the damage at front-line sites in Iraq
How Eduardo Paolozzi channelled the chaos of Modern life
The artist’s relevance to our disruptive digital age shines through in a Whitechapel survey
Tate Modern opens first 'live' show with mist, plants and a rave
Series of exhibitions dedicated to live art will be annual with BMW's support
Marsden Hartley's Maine: what the Modern painter took from his home state—and what he left behind
An exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum looks at the profound role Maine played in peripatetic artist's life and work