Exhibitions

President Macron stands up for artists after vandalism of controversial Miriam Cahn painting

French leader says defacing the work, which will remain on show at the Palais de Tokyo, is "attack on values"

Van Gogh’s last paintings go on show in Amsterdam and Paris

The two exhibitions are the first to highlight the artist’s productive final months in Auvers

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Watteau’s little-known teacher has his moment in the spotlight

A welcome introduction to the 18th-century French satirist Claude Gillot

Joana Vasconcelos's towering tree sculpture springs into life at French château

"Tree of Life" is made of 110,000 fabric pieces crafted during lockdown from materials that were already in the artist's studio

The good, the bad and the furry at the Karl Lagerfeld-themed Met Gala

The red carpet delivered countless interpretations of the late designer’s iconic wardrobe and his treasured Birman cat, Choupette

Vermeer fever: documentary on blockbuster Rijksmuseum show reaches record number of UK screenings

The film, 'Vermeer: The Greatest Exhibition', will be shown in over 300 cinemas across the country

A pop-up museum in New York pushes back against 'excessive policing'

The Museum of Broken Windows takes on themes of state-sponsored racial injustice in light of New York mayor Eric Adams's planned municipal budget allocating $11bn to the NYPD

Eight rarely seen works by Jean-Michel Basquiat to be reunited in Basel

Paintings made in 1982 in Modena, valued at $800m, ended up in private collections worldwide

National Gallery of Australia investigates whether Indigenous artists had ‘creative control’ over works in new exhibition

An independent review will assess allegations that white studio staff painted on canvases attributed to leading Aboriginal artists

Keith Haring show in Los Angeles will highlight his quest to democratise art

The exhibition of 120 works at The Broad in Los Angeles will draw on the artist’s journals and include photographs by his friend Tseng Kwong Chi

‘Everything was taken from me’: how Lotte Laserstein’s paintbox saved her during Nazi-era exile

Largest exhibition of the German-born artist opens at the Moderna Museet in her adopted home of Sweden

How Lavinia Fontana went from ‘prospect’ to first professional woman artist

An exhibition of the 16th-century Italian painter at the National Gallery of Ireland tells the story of her unique circumstances and reveals the results of a recently restored work

In town for Gallery Weekend Berlin? Here are six shows not to miss

From a video Hito Steyerl pulled from Documenta 15 to an off-site karaoke installation in a car

London's National Gallery gets papal approval for its Saint Francis show

Exhibits include a cloth said to have been worn by the saint, masterpieces by Botticelli and Zurbarán, and a new Richard Long commission

Silk camellias and bathroom tiles: Karl Lagerfeld’s designs and influences unveiled in Met (fashion) show

The fashion designer’s fantastical sketches are given equal billing with the dresses that made him famous

The three top Van Gogh exhibitions of the year all open this May

Shows in Amsterdam, Chicago and New York break new ground, presenting the artist’s finest work done on the outskirts of Paris and in Provence

The mystic and the Modernist: Hilma af Klint and Piet Mondrian

We explore the Tate Modern exhibition. Plus, the Whitney's Jaune Quick-to-See Smith retrospective and a reconstructed Roman gateway in England

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Anne Collier turns her eyes towards the illustrious history of Lismore Castle in Ireland

The American artist's exhibition of images of female eyes sourced from comics, films and advertisements is now on show at the historic home of the Dukes of Devonshire

Greatest hits of Asia Pacific Triennial to tour to London's V&A in 2026

The exhibition is being co-produced with the Queensland Art Gallery and Gallery of Modern Art, home of the flagship Brisbane festival

Iranian artists continue to create and exhibit work in face of country's worsening human rights situation

The Tehran-based Dastan Gallery is currently showing the works of 24 artist at Frieze's No. 9 Cork Street in London

A monumental tribute to Jamal Khashoggi unveiled in his home state of Virginia

Artist Navine G. Dossos created a towering, kaleidoscopic mural in tribute to the assassinated journalist at Richmond's Institute for Contemporary Art

Renoir exhibition in Guernsey to reunite artist's landscapes of the British island for first time since they were painted

The show will begin at the Musée des impressionnismes Giverny before travelling to Guernsey's Candie Museum

‘Warhol wanted Robert Mapplethorpe’—photographer of famous boxing shoot with Jean-Michel Basquiat on how it came to be

We speak with Michael Halsband as the latest blockbuster exhibition of his work opens at Paris's Fondation Louis Vuitton

Art in the Windy City: Expo Chicago fair and beyond

Plus, how Northern Ireland's museums are marking 25 years since the Good Friday Agreement and an extravagant portrait of a 19th century French actor

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An exhibition about biblical heroine Judith stars Caravaggio painting

The Minneapolis Institute of Arts has made the most of a loan exchange with the Palazzo Barberini in Rome

The Big Review: Peter Doig at the Courtauld Gallery in London ★★★☆☆

Oblique views of London, Caribbean memories and poetic etchings highlight the itinerant artist’s flair for reinvention

Abenaki artist and film-maker Alanis Obomsawin’s remarkable career comes into focus at the Vancouver Art Gallery

A survey of the 90-year-old activist, artist and documentarian’s tells a parallel story about the shifting relationship between Canada and its First Nations peoples

San Francisco curator details three previously unattributed Botticelli drawings

Research for a forthcoming exhibition at the Legion of Honor museum has led a curator to add three new entries to Botticelli's oeuvre