A group show at Somerset House reveals how contemporary artists are challenging stereotypical depictions of Black femininity

A close look at one of the artist’s most famous paintings provides an intimate insight into her practice

The French photographer created a haunting record of vanishing city

The experience of migration is at the heart of the Vietnamese-American artist’s installation commissioned by the Dallas Museum of Art

Modern Art Oxford’s summer programme brings together performance, dance, installation art and music from artists from around the world

The Getty Villa in Los Angeles gives visitors an inside view of the restoration of an ancient bronze statue

The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin marks the sculptor’s birthday with a number of works that match her years

The Art Institute of Chicago takes viewers on a journey into a world of Surreal imagination

The Royal Scottish Academy in Edinburgh stages the largest solo exhibition of the artist’s work to date

Modern and contemporary artists challenge romanticised visions of the American West

The British artist’s larger-than-life figures stand face to face with historical monuments

The Italian artist painted the poor with empathy and emotional depth

The artist’s monumental mural goes on show alongside the altarpiece that inspired it

The Tate Modern explores how photographers are reflecting on the continent’s rich heritage and imagining its future

New discoveries from south India are among the highlights of the Met’s survey of the spread of Buddhism

The Metropolitan Museum of Art explores the ancient craft through a Native American perspective

The Royal Academy in London offers an insight into the Swiss firm’s design process

The Art Institute of Chicago explores the stories behind supernatural characters

How the modern painter found in inspiration in classical Spanish artistic traditions

Kettle’s Yard explores the historical life and contemporary significance of this rich tradition

The Spanish artist fills the Hamburger Bahnhof with her fleshy sculptural forms

An impressive collection of works on paper drawn from the Cleveland Museum of Art’s collections explores humankind’s relationship to nature