The etchings and sculptures on show at Hauser & Wirth Somerset are at their most powerful when we stop trying to understand them
With his Gazing Balls, Koons has created a body of work that appeals to the brain as well as the eyes
'Towards Night' at the Towner brings together over 60 artists, but the story it tells is Hammick's alone
Georgia O'Keeffe's commitment to what she called 'the Great American Thing' inspired her engagement with place
‘Spreading Canvas: Eighteenth-Century British Marine Painting’ at the Yale Center for British Art is a voyage of discovery
An exhibition celebrating the 500th anniversary of Ariosto's epic Italian poem is as rich as the book itself
Conrad Shawcross's 'Optic Cloak' in Greenwich is sympathetic to both its natural and social context. Can the wider redevelopment of the area follow suit?
The National Gallery has opened its revamped East Building with a celebration of the woman who put some of the USA's most influential contemporary artists on the map
A deeply felt study of the importance of museums stresses how central objects are to their function and future
Despite the difficulties of exhibiting sound and film, the audio-visual works on display here command our full attention
'The breadth of the Atlantic, with all its waves, is as nothing'
It's a mixed bag this year, with Anthea Hamilton coming out on top. But whatever you make of the work, Tate is no longer the place to show it
The novelist's account of the two artists contributes little to discussion of their achievements
A modest exhibition at the Scottish National Gallery makes clear the big impact Daubigny had on modern art
Phaidon is revisiting its pioneering artists' monographs with a series of 'Classics' that reaffirms the importance of art publishing, and how it's changed
James King's biography of the artist is illuminating, but tends to overstate the link between Penrose's Surrealist art and his surreal personal life
Picabia seemed to sense the edginess of every decade in which he lived – and reinvented his art to reflect it
Bit by bit, the former military site in New York Harbor is being transformed into a cultural destination
Elpida Hadzi-Vasileva has used animal fat, intestines, and testicles in her work – not to shock, but to reveal the beauty in things that would normally disgust us
Edmund Clark's eye-opening exhibition will make you think again about the impact and ethics of counter-terrorism and state control
The Dulwich Picture Gallery finally spotlights this British modernist, whose work owes much to Renaissance traditions
But Mexico's new museum will need to demonstrate greater curatorial independence if it's to flourish in the long-term
Public collections need eloquent and passionate defenders if they are to thrive in today's tough climate
It's been 20 years since Taipei's National Palace Museum loaned works to the US – now's the chance to see their Chinese treasures
