Drawing on sources from Balzac to Disney, Rego’s pictures hint at narratives filled with mystery
The works produced in Germany’s interwar period reflect the turbulence of a decade marked by trauma, hope and crisis
An ancient cow’s heart and a witches’ ladder are among the intriguing objects in this exploration of magical thinking
An unreal city of the the artist’s spherical structures has sprouted at the Pirelli HangarBicocca in Milan
Throughout his career White devoted his talent to celebrating the lives of other black Americans
The artist takes the story of Cassandra and turns the doomed Trojan seer into a figure for our times
With the man-made world a strong presence in his Nocturnes, beach scenes and gardens, Whistler was no pure nature boy
A century of writing by and about artists from the Arab world is full of debates that still resonate today
After an early involvement with Abstract Expressionism the painter set out on a more spiritual path
The museum’s fifth director presided over a difficult period of its history, but left it in a better state than he found it
Portraits of men have been replaced with those of the women who first petitioned George II to set up the Foundling Hospital
The artists flags the unforeseen environmental effects of wind turbines in this award-winning film project
The displays curated by artists at this year’s event are a welcome change from the traditional biennial format
André Breton once described the pair as the ‘best and most truly Surrealist’ of British artists
Communities past and present are explored in Rossella Biscotti’s film of the excavations at Çatalhöyük
The kaleidoscopic effects in the designer’s ceramics are largely down to his love of geometry
The artist saw himself as an exotic outsider, and his voyage to the Caribbean in 1887 as a transformative experience
An inventive installation fills the Barbican’s Curve with a parade of handmade pots and hippyish characters
Boston’s Emerald Necklace is an ideal setting for the Japanese artist’s enchanting fog sculptures
The theme of humour in contemporary art yields as many unnerving moments as laughs in a show across the gallery’s two sites
The great cartoonist is publishing 40-years’ worth of dreams and nightmares – and they’re every bit as crude as you’d image
The artist brings the contradictions and absurdities of global capitalism out into the open
The museum is showing off its collection of jewels and metalwork, from neo-gothic to art nouveau
High fashion turns out to be no match for some lavish loans from the Vatican
