Exhibitions
The Kiefer-Van Gogh exhibition comes to Amsterdam and London, with fresh works inspired by the German artist’s pilgrimage 60 years ago
At the last minute hundreds of Kiefer’s home-grown sunflower seeds stuck on a huge painting needed to be replaced after they had attracted insects
'America gives me no shortage of subject matter': Vincent Valdez on making art that connects communities
The artist's first major museum survey, "Vincent Valdez: Just a Dream..." at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, tracks 20 years of his identity-driven photorealism
Anne Imhof’s largest US project to date is a Shakespearean ode of doom and optimism
The German artist’s new project at the Park Avenue Armory is a collaboration with the curator Klaus Biesenbach
How artists have used the ‘uncanny’ as a feminist strategy
The eerie and uncomfortable new show at the National Museum of Women in the Arts in Washington, DC comes at a poignant moment for women in the US
Two UK exhibitions show there is no more keeping mum about art and motherhood
Shows in London and Dundee focus on work of women artists and their experience of becoming a parent
Art Museum of the Americas cancels shows of Black and LGBTQ+ artists amid Trump’s DEI crackdown
The Washington, DC institution had been due to open exhibitions about queer identity and the African diaspora in the Americas this month
Semi-autonomous artists can offer society new means of working with AI
Artists have a history of giving cultural and social relevance to new technology. Recent exhibitions of artificial intelligence art and a sale at Christie's New York highlight new approaches to collective ownership and governance that are applicable to the wider community
Citing censorship, Pakistani artist Rabbya Naseer cancels show at Vienna museum
The artist's solo exhibition was due to open at the Belvedere 21 Museum of Contemporary Art last month
Jaune Quick-to-See Smith’s final curatorial project honours Indigenous community she championed for decades
A new exhibition at the Zimmerli Art Museum in New Jersey opened just days after Smith’s death
The V&A’s Mughal exhibition traces the emergence of a ‘new art’
The show, which closes in May, highlights a golden age of pluralism under three monarchs from the house of Tamerlane
'It's like playing jazz': Carl Cheng reflects on his ecological investigations at the ICA in Philadelphia
The Post-Minimalist art outlaw is the subject of his first major museum survey
March's must-see exhibitions: Edvard Munch, Roman marvels and an overlooked artist who ‘revolutionised’ sculpture
The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month
Israel Pavilion show that never opened in Venice will finally have its debut
Ruth Patir’s videos starring animated ancient sculptures include a protest scene filmed steps from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, where her show opens 11 March
Esteemed private collection of Roman marbles is starting its North American tour
Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal
Vienna exhibition of Egon Schiele’s late works hints at what could have been
The Austrian artist tragically died aged 28 but left behind 400 paintings and thousands of works on paper, a selection of which are going on show at the Leopold Museum
By focusing on Edvard Munch’s portraiture, a new London exhibition reveals a different side of the Norwegian Expressionist
The show at the National Portrait Gallery will explore how this master of loneliness was in fact surrounded by people—and how he could see “behind everyone’s mask”
Medardo Rosso, an often overlooked artist who ‘revolutionised’ sculpture, gets his dues at Kunstmuseum Basel
Medardo Rosso: Inventing Modern Sculpture offers a comprehensive survey of an artist whose influence is matched only by his remarkably persistent anonymity
Centenary celebrations for the unpredictable poetry pioneer Ian Hamilton Finlay
Work of the late Scottish artist—known for his “concrete“ poetry, Little Sparta garden and prickly personality—to go on show in Edinburgh
A Van Gogh drawing—with what is almost certainly the artist's fingerprint—goes to auction at Sotheby's
The sketch reproduces a long-lost painting of the public garden outside the Yellow House
As Siena’s art takes to the world stage, the Italian city is undergoing a renewal
New York just closed an exhibition on Sienese art and London is about to open another. But there is also plenty of activity in Siena itself, with a museum renovation and research shedding new light on some famous works
The Big (double) Review | Linder and Mickalene Thomas at the Hayward Gallery ★★★½
Two solo shows at the Hayward Gallery in London do not always hit the mark, but both contain moments of rebellious joy
Nick Cave: My manager was like, ‘What the fuck are you doing?’ I’m like, ‘I’m going into the ceramics business’
The rock star’s Staffordshire-style figurines, on show at the Museum Voorlinden, tell the story of the devil and have helped Cave make sense of his own life—and personal tragedy—in a way that his songs cannot
Lubaina Himid will represent Great Britain at the 2026 Venice Biennale
The Zanzibar-born cultural activist has been a supporter of Black artists since the 1980s
Cross-category exhibitions are gaining popularity, but do they pay off?
Transhistorical shows, often pairing Old Masters with contemporary art, are frequently critical successes but the commercial benefits are less obvious
Comment | Leigh Bowery’s radical art is being rightly celebrated—but let’s not forget those who helped him on his way
The artist’s close network of creative mavericks were integral to the indelible mark he left on London's cultural life
Could this Van Gogh have come from Nazi Germany?
As Birmingham’s peasant woman painting goes on loan to Charleston, we explore the question of its provenance
Comment | Somerset House’s soil-themed exhibition shows the importance of being down to earth
The London institution’s new show features a variety of works that emphasise the wonder and critical importance of dirt
Eight PST Art shows, in and around Los Angeles, to see before they close
While most museum shows in the PST Art: Art & Science Collide event closed at the end of 2024, more than two dozen are still open. Here are the best of the bunch, which explore themes from gender non-conformity to human ingenuity
Exhibitions reveal hidden stories of interned Japanese American artists
Shows at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Denver Art Museum explore personal and professional struggle of those who were incarcerated during the Second World War
Cecilia Alemani details her character-driven curatorial approach for next Site Santa Fe International
The 12th edition of the International will be structured around roughly 25 figures, both real and fictional, from a 19th-century saloon owner to the Indigenous author N. Scott Momaday