An arresting and endearing retrospective of the trailblazing performance artist that you will want to see again and again

A retrospective of Ono’s pioneering and provocative work shows that she is not quite the artist you might have imagined

This curatorial triumph highlights the measured artificiality of the German Romantic artist who made work that still mesmerises

Andy Warhol the colourist stars in a stand-out exhibition that offers fresh perspectives on curating the world's most familiar artist

An array of artefacts show how cultural cross-pollination thrived across centuries and continents under Byzantine rule

The long-delayed London survey is a revelatory tour de force that charts the twists and turns of the Canadian-American artist's 50-year career

The past, playfulness and power of words are threaded throughout the Pop artist’s retrospective of more than 200 works

The hugely popular English artist has, in this retrospective, set out his case as a chronicler of the British psyche

A powerful retrospective of the New York-born artist that is all too timely in its examination of racism in American culture

Bold pairings of paintings by the contemporary German artist with those of the Old Masters are both provocative and elegiac

A baffling show in which Pablo Picasso’s works become accessories for the British designer Paul Smith’s decorations

Oblique views of London, Caribbean memories and poetic etchings highlight the itinerant artist’s flair for reinvention

A less-is-more approach to the biggest ever exhibition of the Dutch Old Master’s paintings makes this blockbuster a triumph

The show takes a "maniacal and majestic" triptych as its departure point, before using a skilful combination of works and personal effects to provide a deep understanding of the German artist

The painter’s masterpieces show that his influences stretched beyond Venice and at times touch on the miraculous.

New York's Just Above Midtown gallery launched the careers of numerous artists of colour, and this five-star exhibition about it is a celebration of the power of art

While her New York peers were fighting over the future of abstraction, Alice Neel was urgently capturing life

The American artist was a brilliant colourist who pushed figuration to its limits but never went the way of “the abstract boys”. Plus, what the other critics said about the show

The Los Angeles artist’s exploration of the Black experience in the US can be poignant, humorous and unsettling, as evidenced in her solo show at the Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago

The climate theme of this year’s exhibition rings hollow

An intoxicating summer exhibition focuses on five abstract artists—Megan Rooney, Sam Gilliam, Steven Parrino, Niele Toroni and Katharina Grosse. But the chromatic emphasis denies broader interpretations of their work

This unrepeatable show, spread across the Palazzo Strozzi and Museo Nazionale del Bargello, reflects the Florentine master’s journey from late Gothic elegance to classical sensuality

A show shaped by refugees and immigrants who made new lives on British shores has a war-stained resonance with today

Each work in the Harlem-born artist’s biggest retrospective to date deserves equal attention

The Canadian artist’s paintings are full of puns and wordplay, but also possess a bodily power

The German painter has made a clear mark with his brutal expression and upended motifs. But what is his legacy?

Probing the legacies of colonialism, Armitage's seductive paintings on East African bark cloth root themselves in a non-European Modernist tradition

He is a global brand, but can a museum show lend Brian Donnelly’s art any credibility?

This urgent and timely show of the Spanish master's works on paper illuminates the artist’s dim view of humanity and his extraordinary imagination

An important show reflects a New York collective’s chronicles of Black life amid pervasive discrimination in the 1960s and 1970s