A display in Vienna charts the history of one of the world’s first public museums
Contemporary artists explore the fearful potential of architecture at Ikon gallery in Birmingham
The American abstract painter’s soak-stain canvases and vivid works on paper get their first showing in Germany for more than 20 years
The Met celebrates the inventiveness with which ancient Maya artists depicted the life cycles of their gods
A show in Munich explores how the German modernist captured the upheavals of his war-torn era
The British painter’s characterful figures go on show at S.M.A.K. in Ghent
The Henry Moore Institute considers how the 19th-century vogue for polychrome sculpture reflected the rapid social changes of the era
Celebrating the baroque painter’s divine gift for religious imagery
How smoke and chimneys inspired the French Cubist to take a more experimental approach to making art
The Renaissance painter’s talent for story-telling is the focus of this retrospective at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
The Polish artist’s monumental woven sculptures get the spotlight at Tate Modern
The German artist’s visceral satires of 1920s Berlin go on show in Stuttgart
The Denver Art Museum explores how Japanese women artists flew in the face of social conventions
A close friend of Victor Hugo, this painter made his own key contribution to Romanticism
The Royal Academy shines a light on the women artists who were central to the development of German Expressionism
An exhibition at Pallant House gallery explores how the South Downs have captured the imaginations of artists through the centuries
This show in Liverpool contends that the influence of the football Casuals extended far beyond the stadiums
The Musée de Cluny in Paris explores how Toulouse became the home of a new style of sculpture and architecture
The Korean sculptor’s reconstructions of the places where he has lived get their first showing in Sydney
Modern artists used time-honoured tricks to create their mind-bending works, as this show at the Met reveals
The Prado explores how Italy’s southern capital became a hotbed for creativity
The Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin shows off its vast collection of works by the founder of the Berlin School of sculpture
The surrealist artist’s playful and uncanny works are given the spotlight at MoMA
The Hayward highlights other-worldly works by 23 contemporary ceramicists