Exhibitions
Middle East looks further east as trend for Korean art continues to grow
Sharjah institution is first in the region to show works by Asian country’s contemporary artists
United Nations celebrates female Arab muralists
Centuries-old Saudi tradition of house painting is in danger of dying out
Eating out of his hands: Kelly Grovier on Francisco Goya’s portraits
Is there a more dramatic 19th-century painter of hands than Goya?
The return of Uncle Joe Stalin and Socialist Realism?
The Russian church and state-sponsored art grow ever closer through concurrent Soviet-themed exhibitions in Moscow
The Buck Stopped Here: Alexander Calder’s lewd sculptures, plus Ben Rivers, Enrico David, Cristina Iglesias and Jeff Wall
The Buck Stopped Here: a week of getting physical with Alexander Calder and Enrico David
Bubbles, burps and chimes: Sophie Lvoff on Jim Shaw at the New Museum
The artist’s exhibition is at its best in its quieter, less spectacular moments
John Akomfrah’s Venice Biennale hit film to get UK premiere in January
Vertigo Sea will debut at the Arnolfini in Bristol before touring to Margate and Manchester
Houston show looks at racial injustice from a white perspective
The Abolitionists to include controversial installation about Michael Brown shooting by artist Ti-Rock Moore
Italian Renaissance panels reunited after centuries apart
Antonello da Messina’s triptych brought together in 15-year loan agreement
A question of censorship: 25 years after the Mapplethorpe trial
The culture wars may be over, but the debate over what public institutions can show lives on
The Buck Stopped Here: from Giacometti’s plasticine portraits and Miller’s Voguish war, to Banner’s bastard words and Capper’s masterful machinery
Robert Rauschenberg's great work heads to China
Artist's installation, one of the longest works of art in the world, will go on show in Beijing next year
Guggenheim gets digital with first online show
Participants, including Douglas Coupland, invest in a simulated stock market shaped by technological developments
Chicago hits an architectural high
Our pick of the inaugural biennial, which opened to towering expectations
Have mummies, will travel
CT scans reveal secrets of Field Museum’s Peruvian and Egyptian treasures before they are sent on the road
Hong Kong debut for M+ museum’s founding collection
Exhibition from the Sigg Collection of Chinese contemporary art coincides with show in Switzerland
Gilbert and George unveil their ten commandments
New banner works began as a performance, while artists plan to record 3,500 “fuckosophies” on vinyl
Notes on a former student: Sean Scully on Ai Weiwei
From Manhattan to Beijing, with 30 years in between, Scully writes about his pupil
Take two: world tour for Annie Leibovitz’s updated Women series
US photographer keeps it quiet and in the family for new works
First millennium’s monotheistic mix on show
British Museum's exhibition delves into post-pharaonic Egypt
Bath-based museum needs another £61,000 to acquire rare oil sketch by Thomas Lawrence
Painting’s 19-year-old subject lined up as “poster boy” for the Holburne Museum’s centenary
First museum exhibition in Greece for Italian Arte Povera artist Mario Merz
Show comes as publication date for his catalogue raisonné is announced for next autumn
Power to the people: Black Panthers’ illustrator Emory Douglas back on view
The graphic artist also served as the party’s culture minister in the 1960s and 70s
Berlin will be first to show works from Tehran's world-class Modern art collection
Exhibition of Western and Iranian art agreed in historic German-Iranian deal
The Buck Stopped Here: from Goya’s penetrating portraits to Elmgreen & Dragset’s pastel powders the colour of HIV pills
At his best, he was without error: Eliot Rowlands on Andrea del Sarto in New York
Two shows in New York focus on the achievements of the Renaissance master
Pace Gallery celebrates Rauschenberg’s birthday with show of rarely seen works
Late series pieces include inkjet dye and pigment transfers on polylaminate, paper and fabric, as well as frescoes