The V&A’s annual festive commission is a four-metre-tall kinetic sculpture by design duo Isabel + Helen
A spectacular baroque nativity scene featuring some 200 figures is now on show at the Art Institute of Chicago
A presepio scene by the sculptor Giuseppe Sanmartino is paired with a 20-foot-tree at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Museum of Saxon Folk Art in Dresden is exploring regional festive traditions – not least the elaborate shadow plays from the town of Sebnitz
This exhibition drawn from the holdings of the Metropolitan Museum of Art features pieces by more than 70 female makers and designers
The National Gallery in London presents the first major exhibition to be dedicated to the often-overlooked artist
This exhibition at the Denver Art Museum, co-organised with the National Museum of Korea, presents 40 works dating from the 15th century to the present day
This exhibition at the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich explores the notion of the glitch in the 20th and 21st centuries
This show at the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore spans 1,750 years of Ethiopia's rich cultural and artistic history
The Musée des Arts Decoratifs in Paris explores the Dutch designer's pioneering practice
S.M.A.K. in Ghent presents the first institutional solo show outside of his native Georgia to be dedicated to the poet, critic and artist
The National (Royal Scottish Academy) in Edinburgh tells the story of printmaking from the 15th century to the present day
The Scottish painter’s first exhibition in a public gallery brings together 38 new and recent works
The Louisiana Museum of Modern Art considers the role of the artist in the age of artificial intelligence
In San Francisco the Legion of Honor pairs the painter’s masterpieces with their preparatory sketches
Working on paper allowed artists to capture life on the move and as it was lived
The Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York explores the artistic achievements of Africa in the Middle Ages through some 200 objects
The Palace of Versailles displays its impressive collection of paintings by the French painter
The Brooklyn Museum examines the medium’s relationship to subcultures and avant-garde practices
The German artist enjoyed a privileged position as the King’s Painter to Henry VIII
This show at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis captures the inventiveness of Eastern European artists during the Cold War
This exhibition at Kettle’s Yard in Cambridge delves into the work produced by the Chinese artist and the artistic communities that gathered around him
Paintings by the Italian artists are reunited at the Frick Madison in New York for the first time since their separation four centuries ago
The last in a trilogy of shows at the Petit Palais on the history of art made in Paris turns its attention to the first decades of the 20th century
