The capital of the Shang Dynasty is home to the country’s earliest surviving written records
The artist brings his scrapyard sculpture to the Hayward gallery
Gardens have long been seen as symbols of freedom and paradise, as this display in Stockholm makes clear
The Art Institute of Chicago considers the contradictory impulses that governed the Spanish surrealist during the 1930s
The German artist’s unsettling images examine the uncanny relationship between visual culture and collective memory
Two ornamental sets of vases owned by Louis XVI and Marie-Antoinette of France go on show at the Getty Center in Los Angeles
The Whitechapel Gallery brings together 150 paintings by 81 international women artists
The painter’s characterful portraits shine a light on marginalised individuals in 20th-century New York
The Louisiana Museum of Art offers a rare opportunity to see works spanning the entirety of the American artist’s career
A series of rarely exhibited woodblock prints by the late Brazilian artist go on show at the Art Institute of Chicago
The Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam brings together more than 28 masterpieces in the biggest ever presentation of the painter’s work
The Ashmolean Museum in Oxford unearths the mysteries of the Bronze Age civilisation in Crete
The Getty Center presents highlights from its magnificent collection of medieval manuscripts
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
