Patrons sometimes spent more on the cases of these small marvels than on the paintings themselves – and this exhibition suggests it was worth every penny
The Danish painter’s eerie interiors are joined by portraits, landscapes and depictions of musicians
This exhibition in Brussels reveals how Renaissance artists tried to capture the full range of human physiognomy – sometimes in a single painting
The Musée des Arts Décoratifs recreates the sights, sounds and smells of a wealthy family’s domestic life in pre-Revolutionary Paris
Though the Neo-Impressionist is best known for his Parisian scenes, the Courtauld provides a refreshingly different view
This exhibition at the Frick reveals how the English painter’s portraits are a visual encyclopaedia of Georgian taste
The Palazzo Barberini puts on a survey of the sculptor’s mastery of the baroque and close ties to the Papacy
Blenheim Palace marks the tercentenary of its architect’s death by exploring his grand designs, success as a playwright and tempestuous relationships
The Rijksmuseum celebrates the profound influence that Ovid’s epic poem has had on artists over the last two millennia
Satirical prints and drawings that range from the cheeky to the downright revolutionary go on display at the Albertina in Vienna
The Cincinnati Art Museum unveils some 40 small, colourful works – from courtly scenes to mythological paintings – that depict states of longing
The warrior class that dominated Japan for centuries have long been a fixture in pop culture – but what were they really like?
The Bard Graduate Center in New York celebrates the many talents of 19th-century France’s most prodigious architect
Portraits, landscapes and lively scenes of bathers from the painter’s late period go on show at the Fondation Beyeler
The Courtauld Gallery presents an alternative history of British landscape painting in the 18th and 19th centuries
Dive headlong into an under-appreciated aspect of the artist’s oeuvre at the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art in Denmark
The Museum of Fine Arts in Houston explores how the Mexican artist became a pop-culture phenomenon and influenced generations of artists around the world
The Legion of Honor in San Francisco explores how the Veneto region rivalled Florence and Rome as an artistic hub during the Renaissance
The Centre Pompidou-Metz presents works from across the sculptor’s career, from terracotta dancers to imposing large-scale ‘environments’
The Cleveland Museum of Art puts on a remarkable display of work produced in the Himalayan foothills between the 17th and 19th centuries
The Nasjonalmuseet in Oslo celebrates the art of imitation as practised by Norwegian artists in all kinds of media
Two centuries after Hawaiian royals visited the British Museum, an exhibition of some 150 objects charts the history of two nations
Contemporary artists offer fresh perspectives on myth-making about the American West at the Amon Carter Museum in Fort Worth
A baroque masterpiece leaves Rome for the Morgan Library & Museum in New York to hang alongside works by Arcimboldo and Annibale Carracci
