Exhibitions
Rejected in 1862, Whistler’s woman in white finally has her day at the Royal Academy of Arts in London
The artist’s portrait of Joanna Hiffernan—once turned down for the RA's Summer Exhibition—is the centrepiece of an exhibition in London, while important works from New York’s Frick Collection head to Paris
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From 20th century Italian masterworks at the Center for Italian Modern Art to Ashley Bickerton’s oceanic sculptures at Lehmann Maupin
Wonder women: curator Cecilia Alemani on what we can expect at the female-dominated Venice Biennale this year
Plus, Van Gogh’s self-portraits in London, and the story of when Dalí met Freud
Gerhard's Geburtstag: Richter to mark 90th birthday by curating exhibition of his work in Dresden
The Albertinum show brings together works from the artist's personal collection with museum loans, including portraits of his wife and children
What made the doomed Yves Saint Laurent king of the fashion world in the 1960s?
As five major museums in Paris, including the Centre Pompidou and Musée du Louvre, put on shows marking the 60th anniversary of his first collection, the Turin fashion entrepreneur Giorgina Siviero explains the impact of Yves Saint Laurent
Time capsules, more women and a room for Paula Rego: curator Cecilia Alemani reveals her plans for this year’s Venice Biennale
The exhibition will include “gender non-conforming artists who are challenging the figure of man as centre of the universe”
Organised ‘under gunfire’, Kazakhstan announces first national Venice pavilion—but will it actually go ahead this time?
This year’s commissioner hopes the absence of government funding might help them avoid the disaster of the nation's 2019 pavilion, which was cancelled amid “corruption” allegations
Phillips taps into demand for contemporary Ghanaian art with selling exhibition
Birds of a Feather, held in collaboration with the Ghanaian company Artemartis, will run next month at the auction house's Berkeley Square headquarters in London
Step back inside Notre Dame: immersive VR exhibition recreates Paris cathedral prior to 2019 fire
Eternal Notre Dame will raise funds towards the €1bn restoration of the fire-ravaged cathedral
Bacon and beasts: an in-depth look at the visceral new show at London’s Royal Academy of Arts
Plus, Botticelli in New York and gender in Asian art in San Francisco
London's Van Gogh self-portraits show is coming—here are my six favourite paintings
The Courtauld exhibition will be the first ever with works from Vincent’s full career, opening on 3 February
A surreal encounter between Salvador Dalí and Sigmund Freud is the topic of a new Viennese show
The Lower Belvedere exhibition will explore how the Spanish artist's work was influenced by the inventor of psychoanalysis
Francis Bacon called bullfighting ‘a marvellous aperitif to sex’: artist’s bestial fascination explored in new show at the Royal Academy of Arts
Though known for his louche Soho lifestyle, the artist had roots in the countryside and an interest in animal instinct
The splendour of the Palace of Versailles springs up in the Middle East
Objects recalling palace life in its pre-revolutionary pomp go on display at the Louvre Abu Dhabi
The Lenape diaspora, once on the brink of erasure, championed in New York exhibition
The show, the first-ever Lenape-curated exhibition profiling the tribes that inhabited the northeastern US coast, critiques the lack of scholarship and institutional focus on the Lenape people
Exhibition explores the many faces of Elizabeth I and her fellow Tudors
The show of portraits at the Holburne Museum in Bath charts the reign of the Tudor monarchs and their subjects
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From Abraham Palatnik’s first posthumous show at Nara Roesler to ayahuasca-inspired ceramics at Salon 94
Why did the €471m Caravaggio villa fail to sell?
Plus, artists create their own monuments at Goldsmiths CCA in London and Michael Armitage on Sane Wadu at the newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute
Exhibitions’ carbon footprints come under growing scrutiny
New reports from Artists Commit, which analyse the life cycle of a show, join an increasingly broad push for transparency and data sharing to promote a more climate-conscious sector
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From an artist couple’s colourful daring at the Museum of Arts and Design to the last chance to see Alexander Calder at the Museum of Modern Art
Damien Hirst to show his ‘tacky’ cherry blossom paintings in Japan in time for sakura season
The exhibition is due to open at Tokyo's National Art Center in March
The Year Ahead: the best exhibitions to look forward to in 2022
Plus, who will be the art market’s winners and losers?
Haroon Mirza: ‘The question I’m asking is, what kind of species are we?’
As he opens a show in New York and looks forward to his participation in the Lille3000 festival, the artist-composer discusses his interest in energy and power in their many forms
Three exhibitions to see in New York this weekend
From the last chance to see Etal Adnan at the Guggenheim to a dynamic group exhibition at Nicola Vassell
Boris Johnson accused of corruption after backing exhibition proposed by a Conservative party donor
Former Tory Vice Chairman David Brownlow provided funds for a controversial makeover of Johnson's flat at 11 Downing Street
Van Gogh back on the road: major exhibitions coming in 2022
With shows in London, Vienna, four American cities and of course Amsterdam—I choose the highlight of the year
Museums plan for a busy year despite Covid-19 uncertainty
Will 2022 see a return to normal for exhibition schedules? Or will surging cases mean plans have to be torn up again? We asked museum directors and head curators how confident they are for the year ahead