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

First major survey in Shanghai of late artist’s work includes giant spider on loan from Tate

The artist’s exhibition at the Pérez Art Museum Miami is an intense, immersive experience

Works from the 3,000-strong collection have already travelled to Mexico, Ecuador and Brazil and in 2019, Fontanals-Cisneros plans to “cross even more uncharted waters”

Exhibition at Dresden's Kunsthalle im Lipsiusbau reveals how women in the Eastern Bloc were often more radical than the men

Half of movable works by Renaissance master included in St Petersburg show

With an exhibition at ICA Miami, we speak to the artist about his innovative work, from transparent cubes to sensuous colour installations

A 200-year survey of work from the region suggests a common mystique

Exhibition at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Miami includes test plates for the artist's most famous work, The Dinner Party

Scientists and artists replicated the Renaissance design, inking and printing process

From a tribute to the feminist stalwart Judy Chicago at the ICA to a reunion of the AfriCOBRA artist at MoCA

Nauman's early artistic quandaries seem to have manifested larger cultural anxieties that have never really abated

Get caught up in Tomás Saraceno’s webs at the Palais de Tokyo and listen to Sophie Calle’s dead cat tribute featuring Bono and Pharrell Williams

How artists fight persecution is explored with the artist and author of the Hare with Amber Eyes and Krzysztof Gil, who describes the chilling history of "Roma hunting". Produced in association with Bonhams, auctioneers since 1793.

Martha Rosler's timeless protest art and a Sol LeWitt double feature

The Turner Prize winner examines how editorial decisions at the newspaper affect the representation of black people in its pages–with alarming results

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

Exhibition of 120 works will reveal a shared fascination with nature, bold use of colour and experimentation with perspective

UK retrospective freeze-frames often ephemeral works from the 1980s and 1990s

Celebrate Thanksgiving with Luigi Valadier’s luxurious tableware, James Rosenquist’s Americana and a family-friendly show on Corduroy the bear

Exhibitions on the history of Syria and on Arab revolutions in the Arab world tread a fine line

Works by Dineo Seshee Bopape and Klaus Weber go on show in the revamped 19th-century neoclassical complex

Group exhibition at UK's Nottingham Contemporary looks at activist movements across the world from the late 19th century to the present day

The painting, which took the artist less than an hour to paint, was restored for the National Portrait Gallery's exhibition opening in London this week

From portraits to robes to jewelry, Peabody Essex Museum explores the intricate trappings of female power and influence

Survey exhibition of "degenerate" German artist at Zentrum Paul Klee includes works being exhibited for first time

The show includes male and female examples for historic accuracy, its lead curator says

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

Shows in Oaxaca de Juárez forge cross-cultural connections