Exhibitions
The women-dominated Venice Biennale has been criticised for sacrificing quality—revealing just how necessary such progressive projects really are
Described by some as a “politically correct” move, around 90% of the artists in Cecilia Alemani's exhibition 'The Milk of Dreams' are female
Only known work by female Old Master artist Caterina Angela Pierozzi unveiled in London
For centuries, it was thought that none of her paintings survived—now a new discovery is on show at Colnaghi Gallery
In Edinburgh, an urn containing dust older than the sun provides an elegy to our disappearing world
Katie Paterson has ground materials from fossils to Iraq War ephemera as a comment on widespread ecological collapse
Controversially postponed Philip Guston show finally gets going. How has it changed?
The changing of dates of a four-city survey, purportedly due to the artist’s Ku Klux Klan motifs, caused uproar in 2020. Now, after a curatorial rethink, the first exhibition is set to open
An exhibition shines a light on pathbreaking Indigenous glass artists
‘Clearly Indigenous’ at the Museum of Indian Arts and Culture looks at the myriad ways Indigenous artists have re-imagined traditional imagery and techniques in the uniquely pliable material
The 2022 Whitney Biennial spotlights video artists who are pushing the medium forward
Works by Alfredo Jaar, Dave McKenzie and the collective Moved by the Motion are among the most powerful in the crowded exhibition
Tate Britain show probes Walter Sickert’s French connection
Exhibition, which will travel to the Petit Palais in Paris, examines the profound influence Degas, Manet and Bonnard had on the artist and his work
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The Barnes Foundation exhumes its little-known Indigenous art collection
An exhibition tracks Albert C. Barnes’s brief but significant collecting spree of Native objects
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Deana Lawson at MoMA PS1 to Kyle Staver at Half Gallery
The stuff of dreams: Cecilia Alemani delivers a perfectly judged Biennale
The Milk of Dreams is a "show of ripples and resonances, one that honours its artists"
The best of the Venice Biennale: our critics’ review
Plus, artists Francis Alÿs, Sonia Boyce, Shubigi Rao and Na Chainkua Reindorf on their national pavilion shows; and a Bellini masterpiece
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see collateral exhibitions around the city
Writhing bodies in a deconsecrated church, BDE at the Ducale and an entirely improvised pavilion—what to see beyond the Arsenale and Giardini
An outdoor exhibition returns to Joshua Tree, the California desert’s art boomtown
The latest edition of High Desert Test Sites opens as the desert around Joshua Tree is becoming an increasingly popular destination for art-lovers and tourists
Bittersweet triumph at Venice Biennale of late Indigenous artist Jaider Esbell
The Brazilian painter, sculptor, activist and writer killed himself last year
In the backrooms of a photography studio, a unique modern history of Madagascar is discovered
Ramily founded Antananarivo’s only operational photography studio, chronicling Malagasy society from independence onwards. His images are about to go on show for the first time
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Arsenale
From a Gauguin impersonation to fire raining from the sky, here are the best exhibitions in the city's former shipyards
Major work by late Cuban printmaker Belkis Ayón a no-show at Venice Biennale because of war in Ukraine
The work is held at the Ludwig Museum in St. Petersburg, making it "impossible" to be shown in the Biennale's main exhibition
The Big Review: Donatello in Florence
This unrepeatable show, spread across the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello, reflects the Florentine master’s journey from late Gothic elegance to classical sensuality
Venice Biennale 2022: the must-see pavilions in the Giardini
From America's African facelift to the scents of hope and fear, here are the exhibitions we loved at the heart of the big event
War in Ukraine delays Kazakhstan Pavilion during Venice Biennale opening
Shipping chaos has derailed plans for the Central Asian nation's inaugural pavilion—but its organisers are improvising solutions
Marlene Dumas at Palazzo Grassi review—exhausting and uplifting at once
Venice exhibition elegantly displays the tension between seduction and repulsion in the South African artist's work
Move over Venice! Sunderland reveals its heart of glass with four new artist commissions in north-east England
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Kathy Ruttenberg at Lyles & King to the treasures of the Hispanic Society Museum & Library
Giant David Hockney painting, unseen in nearly 30 years, steals the show at Toronto’s Art Gallery of Ontario
The 24ft wide canvas is one of the treasures in ‘I Am Here’, a thematic exhibition of artists’ collections, lists and depictions of everyday scenes
Genesis P-Orridge’s lifetime of boundary-breaking work comes into full view
The first posthumous institutional show of P-Orridge’s work chronicles a wide-ranging and pioneering practice that often played out at the level of identity and appearance
As war rages in Ukraine, an exhibition considers four centuries of armed conflict through the eyes of artists on the front lines
Images by Francisco de Goya, Roger Fenton and others at the Clark Art Institute offer historical counterpoints to horrific footage from the current conflict, reflecting how much—and how little—about war has changed
A brush with... Nari Ward
An in-depth interview with the artist on his greatest cultural influences, from The Staples Singers to Piero Manzoni
Anish Kapoor will bring the ‘world’s blackest black’ to Venice's Accademia
The first British artist is finally exhibiting his sculptures using the controversial Vantablack.
Duking it out: Anselm Kiefer takes on the Venetian masters at the Palazzo Ducale
German artist creates new works that respond to those created by Tintoretto and others