Exhibitions
Lucie Rie, the Vienna-born émigré who turned British ceramics into an art form
A new exhibition at Kettle’s Yard hopes to cement Rie’s status as one of the UK’s leading 20th-century ceramicists
Bellini show in Paris brings together a cocktail of influences and challenges some previous hangovers
The curators of a new exhibition at the Musée Jacquemart-André will demonstrate how recent research is helping us see the work of Giovanni Bellini and his circle in a new light
A new show at Dia Chelsea aims to be a glowing tribute to Chryssa and her neons
The influence of New York on the Greek-born artist informs an exhibition designed to fill in the gaps of her story
Putting down roots: Wangechi Mutu takes over New Museum
Dedicating its entire space to a single artist for the first time, the museum's show traces the Kenya-born artist’s 25-year career
Nigeria’s pivotal election: what's the future of art and culture in the country?
Plus, the Met: a guard’s memoir and Hubert Robert at Stockholm's Nationalmuseum
Exhibition of artists from Afghanistan seeks to challenge Americans’ perceptions of the country
A show at the University of California, Berkeley showcases works by artists from Afghanistan and the Afghan diaspora reflecting on the events of August 2021 and what has occurred since
Mike Nelson at Hayward Gallery: behind the London institution’s ‘most technically challenging’ exhibition to date
The Turner-Prize nominee’s vast installations have been painstakingly recreated for his first survey show—we speak to the team who made it happen
Island hopping: exhibition finds connections between ancient cultures of the Mediterranean
Show at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum of more than 200 artefacts from Sardinia, Cyprus and Crete considers the connections between lost island civilisations
In pictures: Inside the mirror-clad desert venue hosting Saudi Arabia’s first Warhol show
Exhibition makes comparisons between artist's obsession with fame and contemporary society’s all-consuming social media usage
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