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

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

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

The America sociologist challenged the status quo with his radical infographics

The National Galley of Victoria in Melbourne explores how contemporary artists represent many manners of movement

The Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection in Berlin considers how F.W. Murnau looked to art history to create his groundbreaking horror film

The Museum of Applied Arts in Vienna revels in the history of festive occasions

The Hamburger Kunsthalle considers how the trope of the seductress has long cast its spell over the history of Western art

The Dutch lawyer Olfert de Vrij painted ships as a hobby – but they caught the eye of Prussian royalty

A behind-the-scenes look at the creative process behind the celebrated filmmaker’s first stop-motion animation film

A display of Chinese miniatures explores the diverse cultural and social uses of these small-scale sculptures

A display in Vienna charts the history of one of the world’s first public museums

Contemporary artists explore the fearful potential of architecture at Ikon gallery in Birmingham

The American abstract painter’s soak-stain canvases and vivid works on paper get their first showing in Germany for more than 20 years

The Met celebrates the inventiveness with which ancient Maya artists depicted the life cycles of their gods