Irving Penn
Some 175 photographs spanning Irving Penn’s seven-decade career go on show at the de Young Museum in San Francisco
Soufiane Ababri
For Ababri’s first major exhibition in the UK, the Barbican’s Curve gallery is filled with works that reflect on queer life and love
In the studio with… Woody De Othello
The San Franciscan painter and ceramicist uses jazz, podcasts and Bay Area nature to help him create fantastical anthropomorphic works out of clay
Four things to see: Mosaics
In honour of the centenary of Eduardo Paolozzi’s birth, we look at four works that convey the dazzling variety of forms mosaics have taken throughout history
Beyond TEFAF – the shows to see in and around Maastricht this month
Among the exhibitions that can be seen in a day trip from the fair are Frans Hals in Amsterdam, Immanuel Kant in Bonn and Sung Hwan Kim in Eindhoven
The week in art news – a looted Ethiopian shield is withdrawn from auction
Plus: The Palestinian artist Fathi Ghaben has died after being unable to leave Gaza for medical treatment
Weaving Abstraction in Ancient and Modern Art
The Met is pairing ancient Andean weaving with textiles by 20th-century women artists to explore the ties that bind them.
Roy Lichtenstein: A Centennial Exhibition
Some 100 irreverent works by the Pop art pioneer go on show at the Albertina in Vienna.
Tropical Modernism: Architecture and Independence
The V&A is shining a light on a mid-century architectural movement that fused modernist aesthetics with post-colonial sensibilities
Dan Flavin: Dedications in Lights
The artist’s installations created from fluorescent tubes are lighting up the Kunstmuseum in Basel.
Four things to see: Women and medicine
In tribute to Rebecca Lee Crumpler, the trailblazing African American who qualified as a doctor 160 years ago today, we look at four works that celebrate the women who have shaped medicine over the years
The week in art news – Birmingham Council to axe entire arts budget by 2026
Plus: The V&A gets another chance to keep its 12th-century walrus ivory carving
In the studio with… Outi Pieski
The artist works from her home in the wilds of northern Finland, where she sews textile pieces beside a wood-burning stove to the sound of Sami radio
On the Backs of Camels
The Weltmuseum Wien makes its contribution to the International Year of the Camel with an exhibition that celebrates the mammalian family in its all forms
Blood: Medieval/Modern
Medieval Christianity went all out for blood and what it represented. The Getty Center presents some macabre objects of devotion and some modern responses in kind
The Harlem Renaissance and Transatlantic Modernism
The Met presents art by figures from the African American-led movement and puts it at the heart of 20th-century modernism
Exteriors – Annie Ernaux and Photography
The Maison Européenne de la photographie finds the writer looking outwards and pairs her observations with images from its own collection
Four things to see: Seascapes
To mark Winslow Homer’s birthday, we look at four very different marine scenes from across the ages – including one by the Boston-born painter himself
Arts Council England retreats after freedom of expression row
Plus: Mick Moon (1937–2024), and a round-up of the week’s most important museum appointments
Elon Musk flies Jeff Koons to the Moon
Jeff Koons launched 125 sculptures into orbit on a SpaceX rocket this week. Perhaps they’ll hang out with the Pop art that went on a lunar holiday in 1969
Surrealism in Belgium
The Bozar shows that Belgian Surrealists were not just following in the footsteps of their French contemporaries
Jeffrey Gibson: no simple word for time
The artist is the first to tackle a daunting question posed by the Sainsbury Centre in a series four of exhibitions: What is truth?
Antoni Tàpies: The Practice of Art
The artist’s centenary exhibition moves to Madrid and demonstrates that his Surreal and cerebral works are as modern as ever
Viktor & Rolf: Fashion Statements
The Dutch design duo known for combining high fashion with pure absurdity are the subject of a full-scale survey in Munich
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