Brilliant Exiles: American Women in Paris, 1900–1939
The National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C., shows that the French capital was the place to be for forward-thinking American women
Niki de Saint Phalle: Rebellion and Joy
The first survey of the French-American artist Niki de Saint Phalle opens at the Nelson-Atkins Museum in Kansas City
Expressionists: Kandinsky, Münter and the Blue Rider
The spiritual side of space, colour and light preoccupied the modernist artists who gathered in Munich before the First World War
Olympism: Modern Invention, Ancient Legacy
The Louvre looks at the ancient history that inspired a French aristocrat to create a modern form of the Olympic Games
Former Uffizi director Eike Schmidt runs for mayor of Florence
Plus: Christie’s withdraws four Greek vases from auction and strike at National Museums Liverpool is set to continue
Phoenix Kingdoms: The Last Splendor of China’s Bronze Age
More than 150 masterpieces of ancient Chinese craftsmanship go on show at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
Caspar David Friedrich: Infinite Landscapes
The father of German Romantic art gets a major survey to mark the 250th anniversary of his birth
The Last Caravaggio
This shadowy depiction of Saint Ursula, thought to be Caravaggio’s last work, demonstrates that the artist’s mastery never left him
Willem de Kooning and Italy
An exhibition in Venice suggests that the Abstract Expressionist’s visits to Rome changed his art for ever
In the studio with… Ibrahim Mahama
When he’s not using stadiums to realise his visions, the artist welcomes all manner of visitors, from school kids to tuk-tuk drivers, in his studio-cum-gallery in northern Ghana
The week in art news – Marlborough Gallery to close after nearly 80 years
Plus: Endeavor, the owner of Frieze, goes private for $13bn; and Kim Conaty is the Whitney’s new chief curator
The Birth of Department Stores: Fashion, Design, Toys, Advertising, 1852–1925
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs explores Paris’s department store boom and the rise of the bourgeoisie
Jean Cocteau: The Juggler’s Revenge
The Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice is celebrating the artist’s infinite variety through an exhibition of drawings, photographs, films, jewellery and more
Yinka Shonibare: Suspended States
The British-Nigerian artist is exhibiting new and old works at the Serpentine, in his first institutional show in London in two decades
Hippolyte Bayard: A Persistent Pioneer
An unfairly neglected 19th-century innovator gets the exposure he deserves at the Getty Center
Acquisitions of the Month: March 2024
A Poussin Last Supper and a rare oil painting by Remedios Varo are among the most exciting works to have entered public collections over the last month
In the studio with… Tammy Nguyen
The American artist and academic gets up at 5.30am and finds inspiration in moths, dinosaurs and Dante when working in her barn in Connecticut
Idris Khan: Repeat After Me
The British artist’s first solo museum exhibition in the United States includes characteristically layered works that dwell on the themes of memory and emotion
Hidden Faces: Covered Portraits of the Renaissance
The practice of concealing portraits behind sliding covers or in puzzle-laden boxes is being unpacked in an unusual exhibition at the Met
Camille Claudel
The Getty Center is celebrating one of the most precociously gifted sculptors of the late 19th century
The Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles: Exchanges between China and France in the 17th and 18th Centuries
Beijing’s Palace Museum explores 200 years of diplomacy through more than 150 artworks and objects
Nicholas Cullinan appointed director of the British Museum
The director of the National Portrait Gallery will take up his post at the troubled museum in the summer
The week in art news – the Met hires its first head of provenance
Plus: Denver Art Museum returns 11 more artefacts to Cambodia, Thailand and Vietnam and some Damien Hirst sculptures may be more recently made than they seem
Wilhelm Sasnal: Painting as Prop
The Polish artist’s paintings inspired by famous works and made for an upcoming film get star billing at the Stedelijk in Amsterdam
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