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French ceramicists embraced japonisme with open arms, as an exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art demonstrates

An exhibition in Basel shows how the Russian-born German artist Walter Spies helped shape the art of Bali after moving to the island in the 1920s

The American artist grapples with history, politics and the natural world through large-scale hyperrealist drawings in Vienna

At the Museum Rietberg, an exhibition of objects looted by the British after they invaded Benin City in 1897 asks difficult questions about restitution – but also celebrates the historic kingdom’s rich artistic heritage

An exhibition at the Nelson-Atkins Museum shows how early photographers staged scenes with drama, humour and an eye for composition

The German Romantic artist created much of his most impressive work in Dresden, where the 250th anniversary of his birth is being celebrated through an exhibition of his paintings and drawings

The Basque sculptor’s country home near San Sebastián is marking the centenary of his birth in style

Both artists were close to the French dealers and publishers who created a home for their personal art collection at the Fondation Maeght in the south of France

Expressive modernist figures by the French sculptor populate the site of an abandoned lead mine in Marseille

Grotesque portraits and sculptures by the American artist take up residence on the idyllic Greek island of Hydra

Eschewing the metal or stone normally used for outdoor art, the artist presents woven works for Socrates Sculpture Park in New York

At Storm King Art Center, ceramics the artist made during Covid-19 lockdowns form the basis of a new series of bright, bold metal sculptures

Figures of deities fused from several traditions and the artist’s personal cosmology are reimagined at a monumental scale at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

An army of lifesize figures are scattered across some 300 acres of the landscaped grounds at Houghton Hall in Norfolk

Forty years after the calling of the miner’s strike, Milton Rogovin’s photographs of Scottish miners shows how much the UK’s industrial landscape has changed

At Fruitmarket Gallery, the artist takes a defunct railway built by the British in Ghana in the 1920s as his starting point

As part of its bicentenary celebrations, the National Gallery in London has sent a painting by Vermeer to Edinburgh to keep another work by the artist company

The Scottish conceptual artist who is not afraid to make fun of the art world has an 80th birthday show at Modern One