Exhibitions
Brut force and influence: Jean Dubuffet's enduring impact on contemporary art
First UK survey in 50 years examines the artist's relationship with Art Brut and Brutalism, finding a fitting home at London's Barbican
How flower arranging became an art form thanks to Constance Spry’s unique view of the natural world
An exhibition at London’s Garden Museum pays a floral tribute to one of the 20th century’s most colourful and influential florists
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From a historical group show of works from 1960s Italy to David Harrison's trans pagan goats
Rarely seen paintings by Nina Hamnett, fringe member of the Bloomsbury Group, to go on show at Charleston
The artist, who was most famous as a model and a memoirist, specialised in portraits of working people and her artistic circle
New discoveries about Van Gogh’s olive grove paintings revealed in upcoming Dallas and Amsterdam exhibitions
In Provence, Vincent loved the gnarled trees with a passion that rivalled his beloved sunflowers
From Pompeii to post-colonial sculpture, San Francisco’s Legion of Honor pulls off a successful double-feature for its reopening
A solo show by Wangechi Mutu comments on the museum’s history, while an exceptional archaeological presentation gives antiquity a fresh feel
Amateur hour turns to golden hour for forgotten Brazilian photo club with New York show
The Museum of Modern Art will present rarely-seen work by the mid-century collective Foto-Cine Clube Bandeirante
Top shows to see in New York during Frieze week
From Eva Hesse and Hannah Wilke at Acquavella Galleries to Deana Lawson at the Guggenheim
MoMA trustee Lonti Ebers to open huge arts centre in Brooklyn this summer
The Amant Foundation in East Williamsburg will combine exhibition and studio spaces for resident artists
Met's next Costume Institute show is an exploration of the emotional hues of American fashion
The two-part exhibition invokes the upheaval of the past year and will be accompanied by an "intimate" gala this September and then a more expansive benefit next May
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Charles Gaines's Plexiglas grids at Hauser and Wirth to Rafał Zajko's frozen urine sculptures at PUBLIC
Return to La La Land: art is back in California
Plus, artists' album covers, and Grace Jones in the Work of the Week
V&A restores casts of warriors that adorned ancient Iranian palace for once-in-a-lifetime display
New exhibition on 5,000 years of Iranian civilisation will feature museum's rarely seen replicas of life-sized friezes from King Darius’s “very excellent” palace
The Big Review | Made in LA 2020: A Version
The Los Angeles biennial has been installed but unvisited for six months due to Covid-19 restrictions. Does it still capture our present moment?
Rocket man: Uli Sigg on how he began collecting art while working in North Korea
“There will be some protests,” predicts the Swiss collector ahead of a Kunstmuseum Bern show of works from both sides of the Korean border
Three exhibitions to see in London this weekend
From Gretchen Andrew's search engine-hacking assemblages to Haroun Hayward's painterly meditations on rave culture
Kusama-rama: Yayoi exhibitions open in London, New York and Berlin
We take a deep dive into the Japanese artist's polka dots, pumpkins and infinity rooms as major shows open at Tate Modern, Gropius Bau and the New York Botanical Garden
German parliament’s “emergency brake” closes Kusama show, threatens Gallery Weekend
Measures to counter the third wave of the pandemic force museums in high-incidence areas to close
'Hurrah, it’s leprosy!' How a conservator and a historian are decoding the grisly tales in Canterbury Cathedral’s stained-glass windows
New research for British Museum exhibition means panels depicting St Thomas Becket's healing miracles will be correctly reassembled after centuries in the wrong order
Rembrandt’s work joins with art by Black and Indigenous artists at the National Gallery of Canada this spring
A major Old Master show will keep a contemporary perspective with new commissions and acquisitions
Researchers discover trove of works by major African Modernists in rural Scotland
Paintings and drawings have been reattributed to some of the continent's most famous 20th-century names
Olafur Eliasson floods museum and removes wall, opening it 24-hours-a-day to ‘insects, bats or birds’
Site-specific installation called Life opened this week at the Fondation Beyeler near Basel in Switzerland and can be visited at all hours
Sumptuous contemporary ceramics awaken Baroque palace in Berlin
The richly decorated Schloss Köpenick serves as backdrop to a show of works by three artists whose motifs encompass the natural world and Greek legends
After staunch criticism, Science Museum defends oil company Shell’s sponsorship of its climate exhibition
Director Ian Blatchford says that the Science Museum Group "retains editorial control" over London show
Alice Channer: 'I weaponise glamour… I see clothes as a kind of armour that can change and mutate'
As a host of new shows open in the UK, the artist reflects on her use of diverse materials and multifarious processes to reflect the shifting nature of bodies
Egon Schiele’s images of newborns and recently discovered drawings by his friend Erwin Osen go on show in Vienna
The exhibition at the Leopold Museum includes Osen's sketches of electrotherapy patients, which were recently found in an attic