Exhibitions
Why artist Eileen Agar’s 'womb magic' speaks to our times
While a major retrospective of her work has just opened at the Whitechapel Gallery, her idea of a “feminine type of imagination” can be found in a range of exhibitions across London
Nevada Museum of Art launches year-long focus on Land Art in the high desert
The museum has also announced the forthcoming programming for its triennial Art and Environment Conference
Hannah Wilke’s work laid bare at the Pulitzer Art Foundation
Nearly 120 works by the pioneering feminist artist who used her body as a central focus of her work are on view in St Louis
From a huge Janus to a giant worm: seven site-specific sculptures spring up along the English coast
The Waterfronts commissions, by artists such as Michael Rakowitz and Katrina Palmer, have been created in collaboration with organisations like Turner Contemporary and the Folkestone Triennial
‘For every Malcolm, you need a Martin’: England rugby player Maro Itoje presents exhibition on Black histories missing from UK curriculum
Sports star says he aims to ‘show a fuller picture’ of African history with London gallery show
Kenyan caves and ancient Mesopotamian boats: Venice Architecture Biennale proposes solutions to impending global housing crisis
Hashim Sarkis's central exhibition touches on the fate of the planet at a time of climate change and Covid-19
First the Louvre's pyramid, now the actual Pyramids—JR to create show-stopping project in Egypt
Street artist hints he might make a photo collage at the 4,500-year-old Unesco World Heritage Site as part of exhibition organised by Art D’Egypte
Stuck in a loop: curator Helen Molesworth organises group exhibition Feedback at The School in Kinderhook
Inspired by an audio piece by Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller, and her own memories of high school, the show looks at the repeating cycles of American history and culture
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From 5,000 years of Iranian art and culture to Black female resistance and the domestic sphere
Viking-age treasure: new insights into life 1,000 years ago
Plus, new proposals for the Fourth Plinth in London and Nike Air Force 1s
Tino Sehgal to unveil open air 'live encounters' piece in the gardens of Blenheim Palace
Thirty participants will enact "moments of connection" in the setting of the 18th-century Oxfordshire stately home
Our critic's choice of London Gallery Weekend shows: Central
It's not just blue-chip galleries that have made our list of top exhibitions to see in central London where the city-wide event kicks off on 4 June
Our critics' choice of London Gallery Weekend: East
Much like the area itself, the galleries of east London are presenting an eclectic mix of exhibitions, so our critics have joined forces and picked some of their favourites
Meet Jade Montserrat, the Black artist who took on the British art establishment
As her first major solo show opens at Bosse & Baum during London Gallery Weekend, we speak to the artist about her art, her activism and what it was like growing up in rural Yorkshire
The David and Goliath of art collections team up—London’s National Gallery loans nine works to Southampton
Maverick museum chief Kenneth Clark helped shape the Southampton City Art Gallery's collection
Acclaimed Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Zanele Muholi shows end at Tate next week—but both are coming back
After runs punctuated by Covid-related delays, the exhibitions at Tate Modern and Tate Britain will return after their international tours
'Art is our spiritual oxygen': new shows to see in London and New York
We discuss Matthew Barney, Igshaan Adams, Eileen Agar and Louise Bourgeois
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Matthew Barney's American survivalist film to Emma Stern's "porn-adjacent" virtual avatars
Veronica Ryan: ‘I don’t know anyone who makes art for art’s sake’
After a period away from the spotlight, the British sculptor has a cluster of exhibitions due to open later this year
Finding Nero: reputation of misunderstood Roman emperor is revisited for major London show
“Almost every single thing we think we know about him is wrong,” says the curator of a new exhibition at the British Museum
Best shows for... discovering the next hot name
From gabber-inspired altarpieces to repurposed Brazilian matchboxes—here are four of the best emerging artists showing during London Gallery Weekend
Best shows for... photography fans
Zoom in on these exhibitions by some of today's most revered artists, underrated historical figures and chroniclers of contemporary culture
Best shows for... art history nerds
Tear yourself away from museums and libraries for one weekend to catch a rare revival of Jean Dubuffet’s “living painting” performance and Takis’s first European show since his death in 2019
Best shows for... families with children
Commercial galleries are getting down with the kids and welcoming little ones during London Gallery Weekend
‘Colonial history is international history’: Rijksmuseum reflects on slavery’s legacy in new show
The exhibition will offer new insights into the experiences of slaves as well as the role of Dutch trading companies
Hug a museum: the best exhibitions to see around the UK as restrictions ease
From Rodin's plaster casts and Barbara Hepworth's bronzes, to flower arranging, disco dancing and the notorious Nero
Off with her head! Infrared technology shows how a 15th-century French king used a paintbrush to replace one wife with another
Francis I of Brittany had his first wife painted over in a medieval prayer book before giving it to his new spouse, research at Cambridge's Fitzwilliam Museum shows
Sweeping survey to reveal the many sides of Barbara Hepworth
The British artist's celebrated sculptures, as well drawings, paintings and fabric designs, go on show at the Hepworth Wakefield
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Julie Curtiss's hairy take on Seurat to Kapwani Kiwanga's dense and diasporic fibre installations
‘No duds’: James Barnor’s photographs capture the rapidly changing societies of Ghana and the UK
A new exhibition at the Serpentine Galleries in London spans the two homes of the British-Ghanian photographer during the second half of the 20th century