Salvador Dalí: The Image Disappears
The Art Institute of Chicago considers the contradictory impulses that governed the Spanish surrealist during the 1930s
Thomas Demand: The Stutter of History
The German artist’s unsettling images examine the uncanny relationship between visual culture and collective memory
Porcelain from Versailles: Vases for a King and Queen
Two ornamental sets of vases owned by Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette of France go on show at the Getty Center in Los Angeles
Action, Gesture, Paint: Women Artists and Global Abstraction 1940-70
The Whitechapel Gallery brings together 150 paintings by 81 international women artists
Alice Neel: Hot Off the Griddle
The painter’s characterful portraits shine a light on marginalised individuals in 20th-century New York
In the studio with… Kathryn Maple
The weird lighting in the artist’s studio sometimes makes her feel like she’s in tropical fish tank, but her dog Mary makes sure she gets out for walks every day
Dana Schutz: Between Us
The Louisiana Museum of Art offers a rare opportunity to see works spanning the entirety of the American artist’s career
Lygia Pape: Tecelares
A series of rarely exhibited woodblock prints by the late Brazilian artist go on show at the Art Institute of Chicago
Vermeer
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam brings together more than 28 masterpieces in the biggest ever presentation of the painter’s work
Labyrinth: Knossos, Myth & Reality
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford unearths the mysteries of the Bronze Age civilisation in Crete
A Passion for Collecting Manuscripts
The Getty Center presents highlights from its magnificent collection of medieval manuscripts
Looking Up: Studies for Ceilings, 1550–1800
The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., celebrates the past masters of making art that goes over your head
Gauri Gill
The New Delhi-based photographer’s intimate and playful portraits of contemporary life in India go on show at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art
Amarna: City of the Sun God
Akhenaten’s sun-worshipping cult is the focus of this exhibition at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen
Beyond the Light: Identity and Place in Nineteenth-Century Danish Art
The Met shines a light on the Danish Golden Age
Dürer, Munch, Miró – The Great Masters of Printmaking
From early experimental woodcuts to modern silkscreen printing, the Albertina Museum examines the evolution of the medium
The Art of the Potter: Ceramics and Sculpture from 1930s to Now
The Hepworth Wakefield considers how ceramic arts have evolved over the last century
Wayne Thiebaud
The late American painter captured everyday life with a sense of irony and humour
In the studio with… Every Ocean Hughes
The interdisciplinary artist tries to find a balance between isolation and connection – and once tried to make friends with an imaginary pelican
Theodoor Rombouts: Virtuoso of Flemish Caravaggism
The Antwerp-born painter had a gift for marrying northern and southern traditions
Spain and the Hispanic World
Works from the Hispanic Society in New York get their first outing in the United Kingdom
Nineteenth-Century French Drawings from the Cleveland Museum of Art
The Cleveland Museum of Art considers how the invention of new chalks and pastels encouraged artists to experiment
Illustrating the World: Woodcuts in the Age of Dürer
A rare opportunity to view the complete set of woodcuts from Dürer’s ‘Great Passion’ in the UK
In the studio with… Anthony Daley
The Jamaican-British artist has a penchant for picking up other people’s rubbish and falls in love with the collectors who come to see his work
The many faces of Mary Magdalene