Exhibitions

Angelica Mesiti’s first major solo show in Australia explores humans‘ connection to the cosmos

Work has been commissioned for the Tank, a former oil reservoir beneath Sydney’s Art Gallery of New South Wales

One of Frank Auerbach's favourite paintings—unseen for 50 years—to go on show for first time

The artist had previously petitioned for "Primrose Hill, Hot Summer Evening" to be included in a 1978 Hayward show with no success, now it will finally feature in the first-ever exhibition of his landscapes

The Big Review: Van Gogh: Poets and Lovers at the National Gallery, London ★★★★★

A magnificent show with important and rarely seen loans that highlight the Dutch artist’s astonishing achievements in Provence

Glenn Ligon in Cambridge, new Gauguin biography, Teresa Margolles’s Fourth Plinth commission — podcast

The American artist on his interventions at the Fitzwilliam Museum, a chat about a new publication exploring Gauguin’s complex character, and the details on a new London sculpture paying tribute to trans, non-binary, and gender non-conforming communities

Biggest-ever Indigenous art show to tour North America

Opening at the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC, next year, The Stars We Do Not See will include highlights that are "globally recognised as undisputed masterpieces"

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Caravaggio’s Cupid heads for London

The provocative painting of Roman god of desire will travel from Berlin in 2025

Toronto Biennial spotlights 36 artists—from international stars to emerging Canadian talents—at venues across the city

The biennial’s third edition, organised by co-curators Dominique Fontaine and Miguel A. López under the theme “Precarious Joys”, spans artist-run spaces, major museums and the airport

Saints, stigmata and solace: Tracey Emin dives into the spiritual in London exhibition of new works

British artist says she needs to express her belief in “other worlds” as she gets older

The Big Review: Chicago exhibition captures Georgia O’Keeffe's love of cityscapes

From her Manhattan skyscraper studio, the grande dame of American Modernism painted the city below with aplomb

A Banksy work has been stolen in London—again

Two men have appeared in court charged with burglary following the theft of a version of 'Girl with Balloon'

Having to ‘strive to survive’ holds no fears for new Geneva gallery

L’Appartement opens this October with an exhibition of sculptures by Takis and Yves Dana

Lisbon exhibition seeks to highlight ‘the reality of the African diaspora’ while looking to the future

Works by April Bey, Gabriel Massan and others will highlight the creative possibilities that come from the sharing of ideas between different African cultures and others across the world

Must-see shows in New York this Autumn

The season’s standout exhibitions, from Soho to the Bronx

Refik Anadol's AI tribute to Czech composer Antonín Dvořák takes the stage in Washington, DC

The work, on view this month at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts’ Reach Plaza, is “not about replacing or erasing him, about remembering him”, Anadol says

Wendy Red Star brings contemporary Native American art to London

The rising artist’s first UK dealer show is connecting with collectors across cultural boundaries

Larry Gagosian and Peter Doig join forces in ‘unique collaboration’

The British painter, who left his longtime dealer Michael Werner last year, is curating a show at Gagosian's New York gallery in November

Largest Morandi exhibition in almost 20 years to open in New York

The show, organised by the Italian dealer Mattia de Luca, coincides with the 60th anniversary of the artist’s death

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How Manifesta 15 plans to decentralise Barcelona's art scene

Across 12 cities and 92 artists, the nomadic biennial this year places a renewed focus on reaching diverse communities and creating lasting cultural change

‘A driving force’: show at London’s Freud Museum to celebrate the women central to psychoanalyst’s world

The exhibition opening in October will bring together works by artists including Paula Rego, Cornelia Parker, Tracey Emin and Sarah Lucas

‘Dalí wanted his mouth to be very realistic’: fabled lip sofa prototype at heart of new Surrealist show in Paris

An exhibition of furniture at Galerie Poggi highlights the achievements of the mid-century Spanish design company BD Barcelona Design

Let them eat cake: V&A to stage first UK show on Marie Antoinette

Other blockbuster exhibitions at the museum next year will focus on luxury brand Cartier, ancient Egypt and the pioneering work done by disabled people in the world of design

Uzbekistan to get first major biennial in ancient city of Bukhara

Launching in September 2025, the first edition will feature international artists Antony Gormley and Slavs and Tatars as well as local participants

New York exhibition places brutality of Leon Golub's paintings in dialogue with contemporary artists

Hauser & Wirth show conceived by Rashid Johnson shines light on the "collector friendly" Expressionist

'Solidarity is such a powerful tool': Somerset House Studios show will explore the legacy of protest

Thirteen years on from the London riots, and just weeks after far-right riots swept the UK, Imran Perretta's new exhibition asks how we might better harness righteous anger

High Line Art resurrecting commissioned billboard series with new Glenn Ligon work

An image of one of the artist's celebrated neon pieces will restart a rotating series of commissions for a Manhattan billboard at 18th Street near 10th Avenue

Silent echoes: flame and frost meet in Bill Fontana’s latest sound installation

Artist brings together recordings made in an Austrian ice cave and on the surface of a giant historic bell at Notre-Dame de Paris

‘It's not about being disabled, it's about great art’: Unlimited festival returns to London's Southbank Centre

The UK's largest celebration of work by D/deaf and disabled artists opens on 4 September with a packed and varied programme

September's must-see exhibitions: Monet, Van Gogh and a once forgotten Dutch Master

The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month