Two exhibitions to be held at the Rijksmuseum this year will provide a cohesive overview of Rembrandt’s life and work

From the dazzling dresses of Dior at the V&A to the grim reality of how architecture can affect your health at the Wellcome Collection

From Pierre Bonnard's colours-turned-up-to-11 at Tate Modern to Bill Viola's dust up with Michelangelo at the Royal Academy of Arts

From Grace Wales Bonner's group show at the Serpentine Sackler Gallery to a last chance to see Christian Marclay's The Clock at Tate Modern

From Condo’s gathering of 52 galleries to a last chance to take a dip into Elmgreen & Dragset’s world at the Whitechapel Gallery

Major Leonardo and Rembrandt anniversaries mean a wealth of shows focusing on the Old Masters, but Tintoretto, the Bauhaus or even Bill Viola could be dark horses

In 2018, curators turned into sleuths to track down works that belonged to some of history’s greatest—but often flawed—collectors

The people, places and things that had a year to remember—or to forget

The upper panel in the Accademia Carrara in Bergamo was only recently re-attributed to the Italian Renaissance master

From Thomas Gainsborough's family portraits—including his pet dogs—at the National Portrait Gallery to "sexual warfare" at Goldsmiths CCA

From the treasures of an Assyrian king at the British Museum to Lorenzo Lotto’s insightful portraits at the National Gallery

From the erotic drawings of Klimt and Schiele at the Royal Academy to a last chance to see two hard-hitting shows by Mika Rottenberg and Hannah Perry

Among the works on show are an exploration of the steel industry and its workers, a film about Jean Genet and the Black Panthers, and a close look at military bases and satellites

From the idealistic beauty of Edward Burne-Jones to the dystopian nightmares of Cold War Steve

“Miniature retrospective” at the Ashmolean will focus on recent works, such as the US artist’s Gazing Ball series

From a “once in a lifetime” show of Henry Walpole's reunited treasures to a final chance to see a Michael Jackson thriller at the National Portrait Gallery

From Anni Albers' textile masterclass at Tate Modern, to an exploration of artist couples at the Barbican

Exhibition to include works made using signature pyrotechnic technique inspired by Renaissance flora in the Florence museum’s collection

British photographer’s largest exhibition to date will inaugurate space opened by culture magazine Elephant

Exhibition at The Store X includes works by 21 artists made in the 21st century

From key video pieces courtesy of the New Museum to 17th-century depictions of martyred saints à la Ribera

The UK artist’s solo show at Somerset House remembers a collaborator after his suicide, and also explores how we process grief and trauma

Our selection of works is guaranteed to have you showing some emotion

Show of early works by the US photographer will coincide with first Kader Attia survey in the UK

Heat-sensitive floor work and crying room part of “stealth” piece pushing positive aspects of migration

Hanging scroll by the shunga master will be displayed in the British Museum’s revamped Japanese galleries

A new show at the Louisiana museum in Denmark gathers 200 different takes on earth’s nearest neighbour

João Ribas has stepped down following censorship row around Robert Mapplethorpe show

From a show on humour at the South London Gallery's new Fire Station space, to Samuel Courtauld’s Impressionists at the National Gallery

First major UK exhibition of Spanish artist aims to show how his brutal realism was informed by classicism