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The great West African kingdom that made its mark in gold
An exhibition at the Dallas Museum of Art places the powerfully symbolic gold objects of the Asante peoples centre stage
Trevor Paglen reveals the hidden networks that rule our lives
The artist’s subjects include drones, undersea cables and a sculptural satellite in space
A fresh look at Frida Kahlo
By placing the artist’s possessions next to her portraits, the V&A seeks to reveal the woman behind the icon
Tomma Abts’ intriguing paintings contain infinite worlds
In the largest survey of her work so far, the artist explores the tensions between control and chaos
The monstrous bodies of Lee Bul
A survey of the Korean artist’s work reveals a fascination with the fragile boundary between beauty and horror
Elizabeth Price’s gestures of protest
The artist’s new video piece, installed at the Morley Gallery, draws attention to the current crisis in UK higher education
The modern mysticism of Paul Feiler
An exhibition in Hastings makes clear the abrupt shift in the St Ives artist’s style of painting
The great modern potter who made an art form of buttons
A comprehensive look at the career of Lucie Rie places the spotlight on her handcrafted buttons
Bacon and Giacometti remain as elusive as ever at the Fondation Beyeler
The Fondation Beyeler ingeniously pairs Bacon and Giacometti in a way that highlights the individuality of both artists
A brief history of the Suez Canal
An ambitious exhibition at the Institut du Monde Arabe looks at the role of the famous waterway in Egypt and beyond
The Burrell Collection’s European tapestries trace the history of an art form
William Burrell’s exceptional medieval and Renaissance tapestries now have the catalogue they deserve
The artists of Georgian Dublin deserve another look
An exhibition celebrating the Society of Artists in Ireland casts light on some lesser-known 18th-century figures
Cooking up a storm in Picasso’s kitchen
An exploration of Picasso’s passion for food sheds new light on the artist’s other appetites
Change is in the air at Riga’s first biennial
In taking change as its theme, RIBOCA covers everything from science and perception, to ecology and technology
Giuseppe Penone sees the wood for the trees in Yorkshire
The Arte Povera pioneer explores art and nature in Europe’s largest sculpture park
Memory and modernity in Chagall’s early paintings
Marc Chagall realised new worlds in his art – but he peopled them with characters from his own provincial childhood
This year’s Serpentine Pavilion is a more serious affair than usual
Frida Escobedo has created a surprisingly sombre structure for this year’s temporary pavilion
Approaching the divine at the Asian Art Museum in San Francisco
An exhibition at the Asian Art Museum asks visitors to consider what it means to represent divinity in human form
Why modernism was not the only way of being modern
A new study of art and design in the interwar years makes the case for a distinctly baroque take on modernity
How Cedric Morris fused his twin passions for plants and painting
The British artist was as devoted to cultivating flowers as he was to painting them, as this colourful exhibition reveals
Colour and chaos in the work of Albert Oehlen
The self-declared ‘post-non-figurative’ painter proves himself a master colourist in this survey at the Palazzo Grassi
The man who turned curating into an art form
Why the experimental exhibitions of Harald Szeemann still have something to teach today’s curators
The disappearing acts of Ana Mendieta
A focused exhibition of the Cuban-American artist’s films explores humanity’s complex relationship with the natural world
Twilight on the South Downs with Edward Stott
The Sussex landscape was an enduring source of inspiration for Stott, which makes Eastbourne an ideal site for a major survey of his work
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