The National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., celebrates the past masters of making art that goes over your head

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

Akhenaten’s sun-worshipping cult is the focus of this exhibition at the Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek in Copenhagen

The Met shines a light on the Danish Golden Age

From early experimental woodcuts to modern silkscreen printing, the Albertina Museum examines the evolution of the medium

The Hepworth Wakefield considers how ceramic arts have evolved over the last century

The late American painter captured everyday life with a sense of irony and humour

The Antwerp-born painter had a gift for marrying northern and southern traditions

Works from the Hispanic Society in New York get their first outing in the United Kingdom

The Cleveland Museum of Art considers how the invention of new chalks and pastels encouraged artists to experiment

A rare opportunity to view the complete set of woodcuts from Dürer’s ‘Great Passion’ in the UK

The multimedia artist brings comedy to grave matters in a four-part presentation at the Whitney in New York

This exhibition in Los Angeles considers how Forti challenged the boundaries between visual art and dance

The Victorian painter’s idyllic landscapes return to the county that inspired them

The mysterious Roman religion is the focus of this exhibition at the Archäologisches Museum in Frankfurt

These small textile works at the Pergamonmuseum were among some of the most valuable objects in the Ottoman Empire

The German artist drew on her extensive travels through African countries to create works of rare intimacy and power

The Glasgow-based artist explores ideas of home and belonging at Dundee Contemporary Arts

With dazzling and unprecedented loans, the Louvre charts 17 centuries of Uzbekistan’s rich history

The America sociologist challenged the status quo with his radical infographics