The first president of the Third Republic was a divisive figure, but there’s no arguing with his taste in chinoiserie
The artist’s abstract works were informed not only by mystical thinking but also by the shapes and colours of the natural world
At Hepworth Wakefield, the perceptive Scottish painter presents motherhood and other forms of care from a variety of angles
Visitors can see work by more than 1,000 craftspeople from around the world – and get stuck in themselves at workshops and open studios
At the Barbican, imperious, often monumental statues by Huma Bhabha are paired with the figures of Alberto Giacometti to unsettling effect
In Berlin, a delicate watercolour by Paul Klee is the focus of a display exploring what the work meant to Walter Benjamin
This show at the Met celebrates more than two centuries of Black apparel – and remembers the hardships endured by even the nattiest of dressers
Work by Gerhard Richter and a soundscape by Arvo Pärt are accompanied by more than 700 years of German and Estonian art
Covering the past 15 years of the artist’s career, this show unites film with kinetic sculpture and live performance to explore the power of light and sound
A chance to see some 100 paintings, drawings and watercolours John Singer Sargent made during his formative years in France – including the infamous ‘Madame X’
Home is where the heart is for Do Ho Suh, whose large-scale sculptures, installations, drawings and videos are on display in a major survey at Tate Modern
Blurry effects have served all kinds of artists very well over the years, as this show at the Musée de l’Orangerie makes clear
Some 150 works by such luminaries as Ed Rossbach, Yayoi Kusama and Ruth Asawa put a different spin on the history of abstract art
Fifteen works of art depicting Apartheid-era South Africa in photography, prints and a painting go on display at the Minneapolis Institute of Art
Paintings by one of the great chroniclers of communist and post-Soviet Albania are displayed alongside site-specific works by the younger, Georgian artist Thea Djordjazde
The National Galleries of Scotland pull out all the stops in exploring the life and times of the Stuart king
Filling the rotunda of the Guggenheim in New York, this survey of the protean American artist captures his verve, bite and intellectual range
One of the most distinctive Japanese artists of the 20th century gets a survey in Paris, the city that shaped his art and worldview in the 1930s
The American minimalist has always been fascinated by sound, and is now bringing her string-instrument sculptures to the Met’s rooftop
Dozens of instantly arresting photographs taken around the world in the last year go on display in this annual show at Somerset House
The portraitist gets her first solo show in New York, featuring striking paintings of cowboys, farmers, beauty queens and Michelle Obama
Some 50 sculptures of heads, busts and bodies by the German artist are on display alongside 100 works on paper, revealing fresh insights into his process
A chance to see how the Second World War transformed American attitudes towards art, design and fashion
The National Gallery continues its bicentenary celebrations with two vast, dramatic charcoal-on-paper drawings that are rarely on display
