Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550–1800

The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., celebrates the past masters of making art that goes over your head

27 Jan 2023

Gauri Gill

The New Delhi-based photographer’s intimate and playful portraits of contemporary life in India go on show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art

26 Jan 2023

Amarna: City of the Sun God

Akhenaten’s sun-worshipping cult is the focus of this exhibition at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen

26 Jan 2023

Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art

The Met shines a light on the Danish Golden Age

20 Jan 2023

Dürer, Munch, Miró – The Great Masters of Printmaking

From early experimental woodcuts to modern silkscreen printing, the Albertina Museum examines the evolution of the medium

20 Jan 2023

The Art of the Potter: Ceramics and Sculpture from 1930s to Now

The Hepworth Wakefield considers how ceramic arts have evolved over the last century

20 Jan 2023

Wayne Thiebaud

The late American painter captured everyday life with a sense of irony and humour

20 Jan 2023
Every Ocean Hughes

In the studio with… Every Ocean Hughes

The interdisciplinary artist tries to find a balance between isolation and connection – and once tried to make friends with an imaginary pelican

16 Jan 2023

Theodoor Rombouts: Virtuoso of Flemish Caravaggism

The Antwerp-born painter had a gift for marrying northern and southern traditions

13 Jan 2023

Spain and the Hispanic World

Works from the Hispanic Society in New York get their first outing in the United Kingdom

13 Jan 2023

Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art

The Cleveland Museum of Art considers how the invention of new chalks and pastels encouraged artists to experiment

13 Jan 2023

Illustrating the World: Woodcuts in the Age of Dürer

A rare opportunity to view the complete set of woodcuts from Dürer’s ‘Great Passion’ in the UK

13 Jan 2023
Anthony Daley studio

In the studio with… Anthony Daley

The Jamaican-British artist has a penchant for picking up other people’s rubbish and falls in love with the collectors who come to see his work

10 Jan 2023

Every Ocean Hughes: Alive Side

The multimedia artist brings comedy to grave matters in a four-part presentation at the Whitney in New York

6 Jan 2023

Simone Forti

This exhibition in Los Angeles considers how Forti challenged the boundaries between visual art and dance

6 Jan 2023

Benjamin Williams Leader: A Homecoming

The Victorian painter’s idyllic landscapes return to the county that inspired them

6 Jan 2023

The Mystery of Mithras: Exploring the Heart of a Roman cult

The mysterious Roman religion is the focus of this exhibition at the Archäologisches Museum in Frankfurt

6 Jan 2023

Acquisitions of the Month: December 2022

A donation of 220 works by Philip Guston from the artist’s daughter and a portrait of one of Louis XV’s most controversial aides are among this month’s highlights

6 Jan 2023
Uwe Wittwer studio

In the studio with… Uwe Wittwer

The Swiss artist maintains a strict working schedule to make the most of the daylight hours and keeps the writings of W.G. Sebald and Patti Smith close to hand

20 Dec 2022

Embroidered Garden: Ottoman Textiles from the Borg Collection

These small textile works at the Pergamonmuseum were among some of the most valuable objects in the Ottoman Empire

16 Dec 2022
African Vision (detail; 1998), Ruth Baumgarte.

Ruth Baumgarte. Africa: Visions of Light and Colour

The German artist drew on her extensive travels through African countries to create works of rare intimacy and power

16 Dec 2022

Matthew Arthur Williams: Soon Come

The Glasgow-based artist explores ideas of home and belonging at Dundee Contemporary Arts

16 Dec 2022
Sanjar and the Old Woman (detail), from the Makhzan al-asrâr. Photo: © BnF

The Splendours of Uzbekistan’s Oases

With dazzling and unprecedented loans, the Louvre charts 17 centuries of Uzbekistan’s rich history

16 Dec 2022

Deconstructing Power: W.E.B Du Bois at the 1900 World’s Fair

The America sociologist challenged the status quo with his radical infographics

9 Dec 2022