Exhibitions
Art Institute of Chicago explores ‘complex terrain’ of Pan-African art
A new show examines what the term means and celebrates foundational Black liberation movements
‘A message of love to the world’: Yayoi Kusama unveils new infinity room for sprawling Melbourne show
It will join a record-breaking nine other immersive rooms in the National Gallery of Victoria's retrospective on the Japanese artist, spanning eight decades
Pérez Art Museum Miami presents artistic introduction to the little-known Candomblé religion
Exhibition comprises works referencing an African diasporic religion that originated in Brazil
The Big Review: Matisse | Invitation to the Voyage at the Fondation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel ★★★★½
Sprawling survey of the Modernist master, comprising more than 70 works, is a celebration of a remarkable six-decade career
‘Send us everything’: how six students brought together more than 100 Van Gogh works just a few years after his death
Their astonishing 1896 exhibition is now being celebrated by the Groninger Museum in the Netherlands
Miami exhibition explores Harlem Renaissance artist William H. Johnson’s final series of paintings
Artist’s portraits of people like Harriet Tubman and Mahatma Gandhi are a tribute to the many figures who battled discrimination
‘I never pursued the big four or five galleries, they always scared me’: Joan Snyder on her first blue-chip show, roses, and the glass ceiling
The American artist is having her first solo exhibition at the London outpost of Thaddaeus Ropac gallery, which now represents her
‘One of a kind’: Barbican and Fondation Giacometti to collaborate on 2025 exhibition series
Historic pieces by the acclaimed Swiss sculptor Giacometti will be brought together with works by three leading contemporary artists at the Brutalist London venue
‘Everything had a huge impression on me’: Rachel Feinstein on her latest exhibition, inspired by her childhood in Miami
The artist’s solo show at The Bass in Miami Beach includes new commissions reflecting her nostalgia for the city in the 1970s and 80s
Twelve must-see exhibitions in South Florida during Miami Art Week
From ambitious new projects by Andrea Chung, Rachel Feinstein, Marguerite Humeau and José Parlá to shows devoted to the revered and recently deceased artists Jacqueline de Jong and Keiichi Tanaami
Window of opportunity: the artists who worked in retail display
A show in Basel explores the art of window dressing, with works by artists from Andy Warhol to Marina Abramović at the Tinguely Museum and across the city
Visual love poem: Robert Frank’s handmade photobook for his future wife goes on show
The work, made while the young photographer was in Paris, will be exhibited at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Exquisitely crafted objects once housed in science museums are the focus of an exhibition in Venice
Show at the Museo di Palazzo Grimani in Venice will include artefacts from the George Loudon collection amongst other curiosities
Scientific wonders from Versailles, which once delighted kings, to go on show in London
The Science Museum exhibition will explore the French monarchy’s fascination with scientific observation and experimentation under Louis XIV and XV
The dangerous art of Hamad Butt makes a comeback at the Irish Museum of Modern Art
Pioneering works by the British-Pakistani artist who died young are being restaged in Dublin before travelling to London
US artist transforms former Confederate monument into heartfelt symbol
With a gesture of love, Raúl de Nieves has altered a New Orleans space once described as ‘the most racist’ in the city
Art and technology shows in London and Los Angeles, a restored 17th-century cosmic atlas—podcast
Curators at Tate and Los Angeles County Museum of Art discuss the ways in which technology has shaped artists’ work, plus a chat about the “mesmerising” Harmonia Macrocosmica
Snug as a bug: conservation work reveals beetle in Gauguin cat painting
The painting, which has just gone on display at Amsterdam’s Van Gogh Museum, was previously hidden away in a private collection for over a century
Inside Manhattan’s most exclusive street art gallery
Since 2017, Wall Street trader Peter Tuchman has organised exhibitions of finance-themed works by street artists in a somewhat unlikely location
December's must-see exhibitions: Hamad Butt, art in nature and Warhol's window dressing
The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month
From care worker to the National Galleries Scotland: Everlyn Nicodemus finally enjoys recognition
The Tanzania-born artist's retrospective features works kept in storage for four decades
Venice Biennale reveals 2024 visitor figures
Overall visits were down on 2022, but organisers report an uptick in attendees from underrepresented groups
Nan Goldin supported by protesters as she pleads for Gaza at Berlin opening
In an impassioned speech at the Neue Nationalgalerie, the artist accused Germany of gagging artists and conflating anti-Zionism with antisemitism
Caravaggio portrait, unseen for decades, goes on view in Rome
The portrait of Maffeo Barberini was first attributed to Caravaggio 60 years ago, but had not been publicly displayed until now
Denzil Forrester finds freedom in music
Dancing with the Grenada-born artist after the opening of his New York show proves to be a salve
Barbara Walker's show at the Whitworth makes me feel proud to be Black British
The British artist's first major survey exhibition in Manchester is worth leaving the London-centric art bubble for
The $6.2m banana, Frank Auerbach remembered, Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s photographs of addiction in South Africa—podcast
Exploring this week’s New York auctions, which included Maurizio Cattelan’s now-infamous fruit, plus a tribute to the late German-British artist Auerbach and a chat with Sobekwa about a work from his powerful series, on view at the UK’s Sainsbury Centre
'Two ex-art students just getting on with it': Radiohead’s Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood to have first museum show next summer
Donwood reveals the thinking behind the band’s album covers over the past 30 years—and why he gave up trying to paint a portrait of the band
Van Gogh was not fantasising when he painted mountain landscapes with ‘The Two Holes’
A pair of pictures with this bizarre geological feature have been brought together at London’s National Gallery, on loan from New York
After an embattled edition, the Kochi-Muziris Biennale announces next show
Nikhil Chopra and the collective HH Art Spaces will curate the next instalment of the prestigious Indian exhibition, scheduled to open in December 2025