Exhibitions
Louis XV's official mistress leaves the shadows, as restoration of her Versailles apartment reveals secretive life
Madame du Barry, whose life is the subject of a new Netflix film, was born into poverty and sold trinkets on the streets of Paris before joining court circles in her 20s
Seven shows to see during Paris + par Art Basel
From Monet and Mitchell at Fondation Louis Vuitton to Munch at the Musée d’Orsay
As the world strums: an exhibition examines the unique appeal and political power of guitars
The show “Stories Strings” at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts brings together images of guitars in art from the 19th century to today, plus classic examples of the instruments themselves
A legendary woman artist and her beautiful beasts: show on Rosa Bonheur's naturalist paintings opens in Paris
Exhibition at the Musée d’Orsay shows how the 19th-century French artist's realism was a way of respecting the animals she painted
For a renowned Aboriginal artist, a posthumous star turn in Paris at the Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain
Mirdidingkingathi Juwarnda Sally Gabori, who died in 2015 and whose work has been embroiled in the scandal surrounding the dealer who “discovered” it, has her first major museum show outside Australia
Legacy of computer art pioneer Harold Cohen is rebooted in London show
Gazelli Art House’s exhibition is devoted to Cohen’s work on—and with—his art-making program, AARON
Contemporary and historic photographs capture moments of political urgency in Houston’s FotoFest biennial
The 19th edition of the photography exhibition is on view across various venues in the Texan metropolis
Sound installation puts voice of artist Maggie Jencks back into the Postmodern house she helped create in London
Edwin Heathcote—'keeper of meaning' at The Cosmic House built by the Postmodernist theorist Charles Jencks and his wife Maggie—explains how a sound work is bringing the building back to life
The late Denyse Thomasos, a star of the latest Whitney Biennial, lives again in Toronto
The artist’s enormous abstract compositions are the focus of a major exhibition at the Art Gallery of Ontario
Modigliani’s hidden depths come to light as historians and conservators reveal new aspects of his technique
The Italian artist's paintings and sculptures were studied ahead of an exhibition at the Barnes Foundation in Philadelphia
Art boom as the UK busts: how the economic crisis is affecting the market
Plus, Cecilia Vicuña; 20th-century women artists at Frieze Masters; and Modigliani in Philadelphia
Minneapolis to host 'most comprehensive US show of Botticelli' with major loans from the Uffizi
The exhibition at the Minneapolis Institute of Art features more than 45 works from the Florentine museum
Second act for lost Jannis Kounellis performance ahead of major show
The work last seen 50 years ago was thought to have been lost. It will now open an exhibition of the Greek artist's work at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis
Cincinnati’s FotoFocus Biennial traces global issues, from climate change to discrimination
The 2022 edition of the largest photography biennial in the US includes over 100 projects that explore the theme of “world record”
Helen Saunders—a Vorticist with a penchant for Cézanne—is celebrated at last with London show
One of just two women to join Britain’s answer to Cubism and Futurism, Saunders opted for isolation after the movement fizzled out
How Lucian Freud was inspired by house plants descended from his grandfather Sigmund's cuttings
Exhibition of “plant portraits” at London’s Garden Museum includes painting of beloved cyclamen and a rarely seen Zimmerlinde work, which the artist gave to his second wife
Babestation-backed sex-tape artist unable to travel to his London show from France
Pyotr Pavlensky, who faces prosecution for leaking video of French politician Benjamin Griveaux, could not obtain visa in time for opening of exhibition
Mudlarking about: how Cecilia Vicuña worked with women scavenging in London's Thames to create her monumental Tate Modern installation
The artist’s Turbine Hall commission draws on an Andean method of record-keeping
British Museum’s cracking tale of ancient Egyptian code, scholarly rivalry, sex and a magic bath
A new exhibition based around the Rosetta Stone marks 200 years since hieroglyphs were deciphered
New York's Print Center reopens in Chelsea in an expanded and more visible space
Previously known as the International Print Center New York, the new studioMDA-designed space aims to serve as the main hub for prints in the city
Eight exhibitions to see during London's Frieze Week
From Cezanne's love of Provence at Tate Modern to cracking the Ancient Egyptian code at the British Museum
Hit painter Issy Wood drops pop music career after remix
The fast-rising artist, who recently released a solo album, is focused on her paintings, including a new exhibition in New York
With upcoming Picasso exhibition, comedian-turned-curator Hannah Gadsby will have the last laugh
The exhibition will address the issues of "misogyny, masculinity, creativity, and ‘genius’" that Gadsby raised in her celebrated Netflix special "Nanette"
Vermeer at the National Gallery in Washington, DC declared not the real thing
The downgrading follows a study of the six paintings in the museum's collection thought to be by the Dutch master, which are now the subject of an exhibition detailing the findings
Kent Monkman: the trickster poking fun at the art historical canon
Ahead of his Royal Ontario Museum exhibition, the Cree artist tells us about the humour in his work, why he uses the history painting format, and how he hopes his work brings to light atrocities suffered by Indigenous peoples
Van Dyck or copies? The curious case of the socialite, the scholar and the Old Masters
Plus, Joan Mitchell and Claude Monet at the Fondation Louis Vuitton and England's Tudors head to New York
Amsterdam exhibition shines light on Klimt's artistic debt to Van Gogh and contemporaries
Klimt discovered Van Gogh in 1903—and took inspiration from the Dutch painter for his early landscapes
Tunis's citywide biennial art festival returns with edition dedicated to photography and moving image
The sixth edition of Jaou takes over public sites such as advertising billboards and Avenue Habib Bourguiba, the historic downtown site of the country’s famous 2011 uprising
David Hockney’s latest floral iPad works to blossom at five different galleries, from Los Angeles to Paris
LA Louver, Gray, Pace, Annely Juda and Galerie Lelong team up to show the same works at more or less the same time in five different cities
Orange County Museum of Art carries its history forward with inaugural exhibitions in new building
From a show honouring the women who founded the institution to a call-back to a mid-1970s Light and Space exhibition, the OCMA is moving forward and looking back