Propagazioni: Giuseppe Penone at Sèvres
The Arte Povera pioneer’s first experiments in porcelain go on display at the Frick in New York
Hidden Masterpieces
A rare chance to see highlights from John Soane’s vast collection of drawings in London
Milton Avery
The Wadsworth Atheneum shows that the American painter’s subtlety of line and originality of palette set him apart from his peers
Renoir: Rococo Revival
The Städel Museum explores the Impressionist’s debt to the paintings of Watteau and Fragonard
Frédéric Bruly Bouabré: World Unbound
The Ivorian artist and inventor of the first writing system for the Bété people is celebrated in a show at MoMA
Trajal Harrell
The American choreographer presents three projects in his residency at the Kunsthalle Zürich
Rachel Jones: say cheeeeese
The artist pursues her interest in teeth and the mouths that contain them at the Chisenhale in London
Camille Norment
The artist, who explores sound as a metaphor for social discord, is taking over Dia’s two galleries in Chelsea, New York
Jean-Frédéric Schnyder
The Kunsthalle Bern pays homage to the Swiss painter best known for his crisp still lifes
Picasso: Painting the Blue Period
The Phillips Collection shines a light on the artist’s early years in Paris and Barcelona
Swedish Grace
The Nationalmuseum in Stockholm explores how the Roaring Twenties played out in Sweden
Flesh and Bones: The Art of Anatomy
A show at the Getty makes it clear that anatomical illustration has always toed a fine line between art and science
Carlo Crivelli: Shadows on the Sky
The quattrocento master who delighted in visual trickery finally gets his first solo show in the UK
Jacques-Louis David: Radical Draftsman
The Met shines a light on the artist’s meticulous preparatory drawings for his revolutionary paintings
Faith Ringgold: American People
The pioneering artist and activist gets her first major museum retrospective at the New Museum in New York
The world of Stonehenge
The British Museum shines a light on the mysteries surrounding the famous stone circle and the society that built it
Viva Venezia! The Invention of Venice in the 19th Century
The Belvedere in Vienna explores how Austrian artists were drawn to the charms of La Serenissima under Habsburg rule
Revolusi! Indonesia Independent
The Rijksmuseum shines a light on the heady years of the Indonesian revolution in the 1940s
Life and Afterlife in Ancient Egypt
New galleries at the Art Institute of Chicago span more than 3,000 years of art in Egypt
Holbein: Capturing Character
The Morgan hosts this wide-ranging survey of the German Renaissance Master
Audubon’s Birds of America
The National Museum of Scotland looks at the life of this American naturalist who transformed ornithological illustration
Body Vessel Clay: Black Women, Ceramics and Contemporary Art
This survey in London explores how six artists have reimagined the art of ceramics over the last 70 years
Charles Ray: Figure Ground
The Met’s survey of the provocative American sculptor who has worked in many genres and mediums
Traitor, Survivor, Icon: The Legacy of La Malinche
The Indigenous interpreter (and consort) of Hernán Cortés is a highly controversial figure, as this show in Denver makes clear
The many faces of Mary Magdalene