Hermann Scherer: Grooves and Edges
This show in Basel reveals how the Swiss Expressionist’s late forays into working with wood gave him greater freedom in his final years
Mapping Fiction
To mark the centenary of the publication of ‘Ulysses’, the Huntington explores how novelists have mapped out their fictional worlds
Tauba Auerbach — S v Z
SFMOMA hosts the first museum survey of the San Francisco-born artist, whose work explores the poetry of logical systems
Beauty and Style: The History of Fashion Photography
The Hermitage in St Petersburg trains a spotlight on how fashion photography has kept reinventing itself since the 1930s
Bridget Riley: Pleasures of Sight
The Lightbox celebrates the pioneering Op artist’s 90th birthday with this wide-ranging retrospective
Rita Angus: New Zealand Modernist
A major survey at Te Papa in Wellington reveals how the artist’s crisp style transformed painting in New Zealand
Josef Hoffmann: Progress Through Beauty
Vienna’s Museum of Applied Arts presents the largest survey to date of the pioneering modernist designer and architect
Kamoda Shōji: The Art of Change
The Minneapolis Institute of Art presents the first major museum survey of the celebrated ceramicist outside Japan
Life with Art: Benton End and the East Anglian School of Painting and Drawing
At Firstsite in Colchester, students and teachers from the influential art school established by Cedric Morris are reunited through their works
Art of Ancient Greece, Rome and the Byzantine Empire
Spanning the beginnings of Greek art and the fall of Constantinople, these galleries at the MFA Boston are reopening after a major renovation
Baroque Brilliance: Drawings and Prints by Giovanni Benedetto Castiglione
The Kunsthaus Zürich takes a close look at the Genoese virtuoso’s fluent draughtsmanship and innovative prints
Mixpantli: Space, Time and the Indigenous Origins of Mexico
This display of maps, mirrors and other objects at LACMA marks the 500th anniversary of the fall of Tenochtitlan
Hue & Cry: French Printmaking and the Debate over Colors
The Clark Art Institute explores the 19th-century disdain for colour printmaking and its reclamation by artists of the fin-de-siècle
Inspiring Walt Disney: The Animation of French Decorative Arts
The Met Fifth Avenue delves into the art-historical inspirations for Disney’s magical creations
Life Between Islands: Caribbean-British Art 1950s–Now
From the arrival of the Windrush generation to the present day, this show at Tate Britain explores how Caribbean-British artists have made their mark
Anna Dorothea Therbusch: A Berlin Woman Artist of the Age of Enlightenment
The artist’s portraits of rulers, writers and scientists, on show at the Gemäldegalerie, make for a lively chronicle of the German Enlightenment
Five Hundred Arhats of Changnyeongsa Temple
A group of ancient stone figures representing disciples of the Buddha, never before seen outside Korea, goes on display in Sydney
North Sea Crossings
A display at the Bodleian in Oxford explores how the literary cultures of England and the Netherlands were closely intertwined
Lubaina Himid
A major survey of the Turner Prize-winner who was a leading figure in the Black British arts movement in the 1980s
Ray Johnson ℅
A survey of the collagist and creator of the New York Correspondence School of artists who exchanged ‘mail art’
La Surprise: Watteau in Los Angeles
The Getty’s recent acquisition ‘La Surprise’ is joined by other works by Watteau in collections in Los Angeles
Amy Winehouse
Ten years after her death, the Design Museum celebrates the life and music of the much-loved singer
Seeing London through Frank Auerbach’s eyes