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

We round-up the biggest shows opening each month

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

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

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

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

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

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

Artist responses to the 1937 bombing in the Basque Country include René Iché's disturbing sculpture and a piece by protégé of Henri Matisse

An exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin explores the "secessions" in three key European cities

Native American artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith has been transforming the contemporary art canon for decades with multilayered works that address cultural misconceptions with humour

The Estorick Collection of Modern Italian Art will display the 50 works by the Italian artist held in the Magnani-Rocca collection

From Okwui Enwezor’s final project to an Indigenous-inspired Liverpool Biennial, here are some key dates for your exhibition calendars

We take a look at the most exciting shows around the world this year

One of just two women to join Britain’s answer to Cubism and Futurism, Saunders opted for isolation after the movement fizzled out

From Cezanne's love of Provence at Tate Modern to cracking the Ancient Egyptian code at the British Museum

Some of the top titles scheduled for the autumn

Surrealist artists, especially women, are gaining renewed institutional and market traction

From Pipilotti Rist's psychedelic survey to Jaishri Abichandani's 'Flower-Headed Children'

Exhibitions will focus on Paula Rego, Lubaina Himid, Yayoi Kusama and Sophie Taeuber-Arp as well as a major survey of Philip Guston

Rarely seen works show how the modern master combined text and image

Major survey at Palazzo Reale will include his "most difficult" works as well as early pieces that inspired the Surrealists

Paris exhibition includes furniture by Eileen Gray, sculptures by Constantin Brancusi and photographs by Man Ray

The exhibition, which includes a preliminary drawings for the Sistine Chapel ceiling, will also travel to the J. Paul Getty Museum in Los Angeles

As the largest edition of the biennial expands into an abandoned factory, we also roundup new festivals sprouting up around the world

The artist is best known as Leonardo’s teacher, but an exhibition at the National Gallery of Art in Washington aims to highlight his own technical accomplishment and inventiveness

Although her greatest work was painted in St Ives, the artist is little known in the UK—but a survey at the Royal Academy of Arts hopes to change that

The aluminium sculptures are based on 1960s archival drawings with three being realised for the first time

The Hong Kong artist brings his explicit retro-pop videos to London's Camden Arts Centre and Mayfair

The experimental Greek artist will show works from the 1950s to the early 2000s, including a rarely seen kinetic pendulum sculpture