Previews
First Look: ‘Portraiture Now’ at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington
How is identity staged, constructed and explored in contemporary portraiture?
First Look: ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ at the Cantor Arts Center
A new exhibition at Stanford University looks at the changing face of the devil in art
First Look: ‘East of the Wallace Line’ at the Yale University Art Museum
A new exhibition of Indo-Pacific art traces the visual and cultural links between eastern Indonesia and western New Guinea
First Look: ‘Disobedient Objects’ at the V&A
From graffiti writers to puppets, the V&A looks the ingenious objects used as tools for social change
First Look: ‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ at the Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean Museum will offer a new perspective on a famous archaeological find this summer
First Look: ‘Lichtbilder’ at the Städel Museum
The Städel Museum was the first museum to exhibit photographs. This year, it revisits its archive
First Look: From Rococo to Revolution at the Getty Center
French 18th-century drawings from private Los Angeles collections go on display at the Getty
First Look: Barbara Hepworth at Abbot Hall
From Wakefield, to Cornwall, to Greece, Barbara Hepworth was deeply inspired by the landscapes she chose to live and work in
First Look: Fame and Friendship at Waddesdon Manor
Eight versions of Roubiliac’s portrait bust of Alexander Pope have been brought together at Waddesdon Manor
First Look: ‘Making Colour’ at the National Gallery, London
A new exhibition at the National Gallery goes back to basics, to tell the story of the colours and pigments that have shaped art history
First Look: ‘The Pure, Simple and Natural’ at the Uffizi Gallery
The curators introduce an exhibition exploring the taste for naturalism in Italian art
First Look: ‘British And German Art After 1945’ at the Sprengel Museum Hannover
A curator’s introduction to the Sprengel Museum’s upcoming exhibition
First Look: ‘British Folk Art’ at Tate Britain
Tate Britain has looked outside the traditional art-historical canon for its latest show, celebrating folk art in the UK
First Look: ‘Style and Perfection’, Hendrick Goltzius at the Städel Museum
Martin Sonnabend introduces a new exhibition of Dutch Mannerist prints
First Look: Georges Seurat at the Kröller-Müller Museum
A new display of Georges Seurat’s paintings and drawings opens in the Netherlands this week
First Look: ‘Mondrian and Colour’ at Turner Contemporary
The exhibition is the first to consider in depth the significance of colour to Piet Mondrian’s early career
First Look: ‘Degas / Cassatt’ at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
The curator’s introduction to the latest exhibition at the National Gallery of Art, Washington
First Look: ‘Comics Unmasked’ at the British Library
They’re rebellious, experimental and internationally influential: it’s time Britain celebrated its comics
First Look: ‘To Egypt! The Travels of Max Slevogt and Paul Klee’ in Dresden
An introduction from the curators
First Look: ‘Roads of Arabia’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
This landmark exhibition examines the cultural impact of ancient trade routes in the Arabian Peninsula
First Look: ‘Goya and the Altamira Family’ at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
‘Goya and the Altamira Family’ reunites five family portraits by Goya and his collaborator Agustín Esteve
First Look: ‘Somewhat Abstract’ at Nottingham Contemporary
Alex Farquharson tells us more about the exhibition, the artists, and the unexpected origins of the show’s title
First Look: Titian at the Scottish National Gallery
The curator’s introduction to ‘Titian and the Golden Age of Venetian Art’
First Look: ‘The Treasure of Naples’ at the Musée Maillol
Exceptional items from the city of Naples will go on display this week at the Musée Maillol
The many faces of Mary Magdalene