Exhibitions
The Year in Review 2023: the biggest stories and the best shows
From the British Museum thefts to the consequences in art and heritage of the Israel-Hamas war
First gallery show dedicated to Ghanaian photography pioneer will display previously unseen works capturing life under colonial rule
The photos are part of a 50,000-strong archive being preserved by the artist J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije's granddaughter
Van Gogh’s 'Starry Night over the Rhône' will return for the first time to the city where it was painted
But did Vincent really wear a hat fringed with candles when he was working?
The Big Review: Andy Warhol at the Hugh Lane Gallery, Dublin ★★★★☆
Andy Warhol the colourist stars in a stand-out exhibition that offers fresh perspectives on curating the world's most familiar artist
Hampstead Heath's notorious gay cruising spot recreated for London exhibition
Trevor Yeung, who will represent Hong Kong at the next Venice Biennale, considers the unspoken language of public sex for his Gasworks solo show
Pillar of Shame sculpture at centre of Hong Kong controversy included in London show
A new smaller version of Jens Galschiøt’s work is part of a survey focused on human rights in Asia
The nine top exhibitions of 2023—and one absolute turkey
In 2023 the bar for shows was so high it was hard to choose the best. But which one was a stinker?
Twelve must-see exhibitions in South Florida during Miami Art Week
From major solo shows of Sasha Gordon, Nam June Paik and Juan Francisco Elso to exhibitions around themes of food, magic and mystical animals
First exhibition of forgotten Renaissance painter Francesco Pesellino opens in London
Works by the Florentine artist, who has been largely overlooked since his death aged 35, will go on show at the National Gallery
Category-shredding exhibition of African art and artefacts looks at new ways of addressing colonialism
Glasgow's Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery is presenting highlights from its collection alongside work by contemporary artists
Ethiopian culture explored with Medieval icons, Haile Selassie’s cloak and scratch-and-sniff cards
An exhibition at the Walters Art Museum spanning two millennia looks to open our eyes to the splendour of an intercontinental cultural hub
An Elisabeth Frink survey at the Dorset Museum & Art Gallery is the latest to have been prompted by the distribution of her estate
A dozen museums throughout the UK have received works by the artist, who died in 1993
A new survey of the Aboriginal artist Emily Kam Kngwarray lets her community tell the story
The exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia singles the artist out as one of the great painters of the late 20th century
Dublin show looks at the links between the making of nations and rise of Modernism
Exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art draws parallels between the geopolitical shifts after the First World War and what the artists of new nations were making
Superstar of Australian art Emily Kam Kngwarray to get Tate Modern show in 2025
The Indigenous painter, whose survey opens at the National Gallery of Australia this week, only started her artistic career in her mid-70s
Works from Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz’s collection will go on view at the Brooklyn Museum
The couple will also donate select (as yet unspecified) pieces from their personal holdings to the museum
Candice Breitz exhibition in Germany is cancelled over her Middle East views
The artist says the “level of German self-righteousness is beyond absurd”
Scythian gold artefacts returned to Ukraine after ten-year legal battle
The ancient objects were on loan to a Dutch museum from Russia-occupied Crimea before the Black Sea peninsula was annexed
At 52 Walker, Kayode Ojo raids Amazon.com to create a Modernist Eden
The rising star has created a luxe product paradise for the New York gallery
Royal Academy president Rebecca Salter takes over Gainsborough’s House with new solo show
The survey pairs the UK artist with Rembrandt, Cedric Morris and George Frost
A stolen Van Gogh drawing recovered outside a public lavatory 20 years ago goes on show
The Whitworth's watercolour will be a highlight at the Royal Academy’s exhibition
Frieze to sponsor next British pavilion at Venice Biennale
This is first time an art fair has funded a national exhibition at the Biennale
A theatrical new Calder exhibition staged in Seattle
The Seattle Art Museum’s gift of more than 45 works from collectors Jon and Kim Shirley makes for a compelling performance
‘Sex, bodies and the human condition’: MONA artistic director to curate racy group show in former Swiss porn cinema
Works by Nan Goldin and Andres Serrano will feature, as well as a site-specific installation made of cowhide leather by Chiharu Shiota
The Big Review: Africa & Byzantium at Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York ★★★★☆
An array of artefacts show how cultural cross-pollination thrived across centuries and continents under Byzantine rule
‘As a tool, meaning has its limits’: Pope.L on being inspired by the romantics and the power of the absurd
As his South London Gallery show opens, the self-proclaimed “friendliest Black artist in America” explains why creating new versions of his work is so important
New antisemitism scandal hits Documenta as panel member resigns
Ranjit Hoskoté, who was on the jury charged with selecting Documenta's next artistic director, steps down amid furore over him signing a statement from BDS, a movement that German parliament describes as “antisemitic”
Origami cranes and muddy boots: Fifa Museum unveils the memorabilia it acquired from the Women’s World Cup
Japanese markers of gratitude, along with Indigenous symbols of welcome from Australia and New Zealand, will be shown alongside mud-stained footwear, kit and balls in a new exhibition
At London's Barbican, the female body's link to nature isn’t just lyrical—it's hardcore political
And a new show opens at the city's William Morris Gallery with a focus on radical landscapes
Eva Jospin follows in footsteps of Jeff Koons and Olafur Eliasson with a show at the Palace of Versailles
The French artist will display a tapestry more than 100 metres long inspired by Virginia Woolf