Exhibitions

Betty Tompkins paints 1,000 words that describe women—and most of them are horrible

The feminist artist takes on deep-rooted misogyny in a new show at the Flag Art Foundation

Last chance to see: Walid Raad’s magical realist performance at MoMA

A few lucky visitors can grab a spot on the Lebanese-American artist’s walkthrough tour of his work

Little Sun king Olafur Eliasson to show at Versailles this spring

The Danish-Icelandic artist says he plans to make use of water and light in his presentation at the French palace

Contemporary art space springs up on the Caribbean isle of Martinique

Inaugural exhibition dedicated to Hervé Télémaque is organised by Centre Pompidou curators

From goddesses to bulls: Sicily comes to the British Museum

Show opening in April will include major loans from Italian island’s museums

Record crowds brave Moscow cold for blockbuster show

Valentin Serov exhibition is Tretyakov Gallery’s most popular in 50 years

Met plans shows on Max Beckmann and Marsden Hartley for Fifth Avenue home

All the talk may be about its move to the Breuer building, but the museum will have some significant Modern art shows in its main building

A trifecta of shows on Felix Gonzalez-Torres to open in London, New York and Milan

Hauser & Wirth, Andrea Rosen and Massimo de Carlo collaborate to host simultaneous exhibitions

Artnews

Ai Weiwei cancels two shows in Denmark in protest over new asylum seeker law

Danish parliament has approved plans to allow police to seize cash and valuables from refugees entering the country

Doctor Who star Matt Smith to play Mapplethorpe

Production on biopic, which will also feature Girls actress Zosia Mamet, will begin in the summer

Is Norway gearing up for a new biennial?

Oslo Pilot is testing the water for a permanent contemporary art festival, with citywide exhibitions and events

How university museums bridge the gap between art and science

The Berkeley Art Museum, which reopens this month, joins host of institutions looking to cross disciplinary boundaries

Jack Shainman Gallery thinks inside the grid

Group show to present work by El Anatsui, Bernd and Hilla Becher and Maya Lin

V&A curators unveil 3D-printed portrait of Chelsea Manning in Davos

Model was created using DNA of the transgender whistleblower

Artnews

Elmgreen & Dragset create a fictional art fair in Beijing

The Well Fair sees artist duo create a “reversed power relationship”

A man of many—tiny—letters

Collector, author and magician Ricky Jay on the 18th-century limbless entertainer Matthias Buchinger

Artnews

Bristol museum sheds light on assisted dying

Installation accompanies death objects exhibition

David Bowie, patron saint of gender bending

Duncan Fallowell on the blockbuster travelling show, now at the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands, until 13 March

A battle won but a war lost: Red Horse at the Cantor Arts Center

Drawings of the Battle of Little Bighorn by the Minneconjou Lakota Sioux warrior are on view in California

Artnews

Lego changes policy after Ai Weiwei backlash

Chinese artist describes U-turn as “victory for freedom of speech”

New Tate Modern to devote gallery to Artist Rooms

Louise Bourgeois, whose work helped launch gallery, first artist to be featured from collection each year <br>