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Show at the Barnes Foundation charts Henri Rousseau's rise from mockery to acclaim

The Philadelphia survey shows that there was more to this “naive” artist

Sound and vision: artists take to the decks for Peter Doig’s Serpentine show

The painter’s latest exhibition includes a vintage sound system, through which Doig and a roster of his famous friends, including Brian Eno and David Byrne, will play their favourite tracks

Wayne Thiebaud’s first UK show reveals the hidden depths of his deceptively simple paintings

At the Courtauld Gallery, the artist's pastel-coloured works are clearly shown to be still lifes with bite

Glimpsing the future: William Kentridge opera has its New York premiere in Brooklyn

The South African artist’s 2019 "Waiting for the Sibyl"—originally conceived as a companion piece to Alexander Calder’s “ballet without dancers”—grapples with life’s uncertainty

The rooms where the magic happened: National Gallery of Ireland exhibition explores Picasso’s studios

This intimate show examines the spaces where Picasso's art was made and how the works were put together

Neo-Impressionism makes its thoroughly Modernist point at National Gallery in London

An exhibition featuring 58 works from the Kröller-Müller Museum in the Netherlands aims to raise profile of underappreciated movement

A whale of a tale: new exhibition chronicles the US’s first oil addiction

The Mystic Seaport Museum's new show uses blubber hooks, whale foetuses, scrimshaw and a giant mural to recount how the whale oil industry fueled capitalism's expansion

Whitney Museum of American Art invites visitors to take in the river view

Mary Heilmann’s fifth-floor installation creates a calm space of refuge amidst the frenetic pace of Frieze week

Tefaf New York wish list: objects and treasures to suit every collector’s taste

A bronze Osiris, a late sculpture by Lee Bontecou and Magritte’s first collage to feature his bowler-hatted man are among the finds at this year’s fair

Rising from the ashes: as Los Angeles rebuilds after the wildfires, a Del Vaz Projects exhibition features subversive new ecologies

The exhibition includes work by three artists who are united by a shared invocation of alchemical transformation

Brafa turns 70, plus new fairs in Cyprus and Texas—a quick look at art fairs in 2025

Vima, the first international contemporary art fair in Cyprus, opens in the spring, while Untitled Art expands to Houston

Santa Fe, Bukhara and Liverpool: the most interesting biennials to visit in 2025

Plus, full listings of the biennials, triennials and festivals taking place throughout the year

Posthumous triumph for Japanese Pop maximalist Keiichi Tanaami at ICA Miami

The artist and former Playboy Japan art director, who died in August, has his first solo show in the US

Late Dutch maverick artist Jacqueline de Jong honoured in first US solo show

The artist died in June this year after more than 60 years creating work that was both political and colourful

Breathless in Bordeaux: exhibition examines the process of breathing as a political and poetic act

A show at the city’s contemporary art museum comprises installations and works that aim to stimulate all the senses

Art fairspreview

An Art Basel Paris wish list with something to suit every collector’s taste

Before the fair opens later this week, must-see highlights include an iconic film-maker’s erotic sketches and a pivotal Ana Mendieta work

Back to his roots: Ukrainian Museum in New York offers another angle on Peter Hujar

Show shines a light on lesser-known early images by the celebrated photographer

New York show celebrates the inner lives of Toshiko Takaezu’s ceramics

The Hawaiian artist’s retrospective at the Noguchi Museum takes a multi-sensory approach to her singular sculptures

Tefafpreview

Tefaf Maastricht: the wish list

An ancient sculpture of Dionysus, a pivotal Van Gogh and a coral lace Magdalene are among this year’s gems

Forthcoming survey of work by John Craxton spotlights artist's love for Greece

'Poster boy' for the neo-Classical movement who disappeared under the radar eschewed fame for a place in the sun

Step inside the green and complicated world of Frank Walter at London's Garden Museum

Immersive elements of the show re-create the personal paradise of one of Antigua’s most influential and enigmatic cultural figures

Bruegel, Marvel and warrior women: the inventiveness of Nicole Eisenman

The French-born artist’s retrospective at the Whitechapel Gallery captures her diverse influences

Five generations of Brueghels are brought together for the first time

New show will examine the political and economic conditions that shaped the family’s fortunes

Bookspreview

Our picks for the autumn: new art books out soon

Jacqueline Riding, our books editor, selects some of the tempting titles scheduled for publication in the coming months

Sea change: how a trip to the Riviera with Renoir changed Monet's painting

A summer blockbuster at Monaco's Grimaldi Forum will examine a pivotal moment in the Impressionist's career