Exhibitions
Protest performance art in Tbilisi sparks political storm between Georgia's president and culture minister
Use of police forces against supporters of artist Sandro Sulaberidze have been criticised by country's top state officials
London exhibition supporting Wikileaks whistleblower Julian Assange draws contributions from Ai Weiwei and Vivienne Westwood's foundation
Physical copies of some of the top secret US diplomatic cables leaked by Assange will be on show
Sharjah Biennial 15 delivers important postcolonial narrative—but loses its experimental edge
Exhibition "Thinking Historically in the Present" in the United Arab Emirates is the final brainchild of the late Nigerian curator Okwui Enwezor
Bridget Riley’s drawings hold the key to her process
A travelling exhibition featuring more than 90 works on paper reveals the evolution of the British abstractionist’s approach to line, tone and colour
The Big Review: Vermeer at the Rijksmuseum ★★★★★
A less-is-more approach to the biggest ever exhibition of the Dutch Old Master’s paintings makes this blockbuster a triumph
Turkey-Syria earthquake: the race to save damaged heritage sites
Plus, Alice Neel's largest UK show and a dazzling turn-of-the-century blanket
Ukraine benefit exhibition blossoms in Los Angeles
A pop-up exhibition in aid of Ukrainian relief efforts has opened in Los Angeles following a stint in New York
New programme matches artists with Los Angeles communities for residencies
Hayley Barker's Night Gallery show draws on her time living at Laguna Castle, a residential group built on communal traditions
Computer art at the dawn of the algorithm: ambitious Lacma show celebrates 75 pioneering artists
"Coded: Art Enters the Computer Age, 1952-1982" exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art show work generated through the mainframes of the pre-internet era
Ten essential artworks to see in Berlin
From Joseph Beuys's deconstructed tram stop to a lifesize bust of Nefertiti, here are some of the must-see cultural offerings in the European capital of cool
The Big Review: Max Beckmann at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich ★★★★★
The show takes a "maniacal and majestic" triptych as its departure point, before using a skilful combination of works and personal effects to provide a deep understanding of the German artist
Eight must-see exhibitions to see during Frieze Los Angeles
From New Mexico's short-lived Transcendental Painting Group to the evolution of America through its quilts
An exhibition framing Basquiat’s art through music rings true
In “Seeing Loud: Basquiat in Music” at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, music both sets the stage for and unlocks the meaning of the artist’s enduring, resonant work
Vermeer special: the man, the show and an attribution debate
As the "unmissable" show opens at the Rijksmuseum we talk to the curators, the museum's director and artist Alvaro Barrington
Walk in Vermeer's footsteps: exhibition in artist's home city reveals 'the man behind the paintings'
Prinsenhof Museum show in Delft opens along with landmark Rijksmuseum exhibition on Dutch 17th-century painter
Seven key takeaways from Dhaka Art Summit 2023: from Rohingyas getting a platform to Gormley learning new tricks
What people were talking about at the biannual Bangladesh exhibition's sixth edition
Queer eye: Donatello is reviewed through an LGBTQ+ prism
“The queer sculptor who stunned 15th-century Florence explodes again after six centuries,” writes art critic Jonathan Jones of the V&A exhibition
UK exhibition uncovers holy link between Henry VIII’s rival wives Anne Boleyn and Catherine of Aragon
Both British queens owned the same prayerbook, curators at Hever Castle in England have found
The Girl with a Glass Bauble Earring? Why Vermeer's painting probably did not depict a real pearl
Plus, did you know the work used to be called “Girl with the Turban” and once sold for less than £1?
Postponement of exhibition on Russian architecture school sparks accusations of ‘censorship and historical erasure’
New York’s Cooper Union postponed an exhibition on Vkhutemas, a school that operated in Moscow for ten years in the early 20th century before Stalin shut it down
The art of the obit: Adam McEwen on his hypothetical obituaries of living celebrities who are ‘guides to life’
The Art Newspaper’s obituaries editor speaks to the New York artist about how his journalistic training informs his tributes to figures like Greta Thunberg and Dolly Parton
Artist Phyllida Barlow pens a poem dedicated to Joseph Beuys drawings
The works are in a show at Thaddaeus Ropac gallery in London, which includes a room curated by Antony Gormley
How artists' day jobs can have a big impact on their art
An exhibition at the Blanton Museum of Art brings together examples of artists drawing inspiration from having to earn a wage away from the studio
Peter Doig: the painter making prints from poems, and swapping the Caribbean for the Courtauld
The Scottish-born artist tells us about his connection to the works of Cézanne, Matisse and Pissarro, and his fruitful collaboration with the Saint Lucian poet Derek Walcott
Rijksmuseum's groundbreaking slavery exhibition heads to United Nations headquarters in New York
Speakers from around the world have been invited to a two-day talks programme centred around the display
Magnificent masterpieces by Donatello head to London's Victoria and Albert Museum
The first major UK exhibition dedicated to the radical Italian Renaissance master will also include important works from the museum's own collection
‘She started here’: Buffalo, New York, honours Cindy Sherman half a century after hosting her first solo show
The celebrated Pictures Generation photographer, who studied at Buffalo State University, is the subject of a retrospective at the Center for Exploratory and Perceptual Arts
Abstract Expressionism’s forgotten women and their international contemporaries emerge from the shadows
An ambitious exhibition at London’s Whitechapel Gallery will celebrate the female artists from around the world who, against the odds, helped redefine art in the post-war period
'Manhattan favourite 303 gallery stays relevant by staying small'
A new show by Esteban Jefferson affirms that the Chelsea gallery takes a reassuringly traditional approach to bringing on new talent
Satirical portrayals of president spark censorship row in South Korea
Shutdown of the exhibition "Goodbye in Seoul" is the latest in a series of censorship controversies around negative images of Yoon Suk-yeol