An exhibition of the Russian artist's work at the Louisiana Museum in Denmark will include examples of his obsessively painted single face series
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The Musée d’Orsay hopes the restoration of ‘A Burial at Ornans’—once a Salon scandal, now a pride of the Paris museum—will unlock some of its secrets and reveal the painting to be even bigger and bolder than it appears now
Notre-Dame may have started out as a Gothic cathedral, but over the centuries it has morphed into a civic emblem and leading tourist attraction—it has also become a reliable muse for painters, photographers and more
Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum is returning the favour and lending one of its works after showing the Frick’s Vermeers in its blockbuster exhibition last year
Featuring 82 works by 26 artists, this New York show tells the story of the short-lived style and its main protagonists
The exhibition across three venues in the Netherlands will include new findings and the artist's restored masterpiece, Saint Luke Painting the Madonna
An exhibition at the London museum, organised with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, brings together masterpieces by the likes of Duccio and Simone
Whether you're looking for a culture hit while taking in the Olympics or strolling along the Seine on a weekend break, make sure not to miss out on these masterpieces in the City of Light
As the palace grounds host Olympic and Paralympic equine events, an exhibition of horse works by the likes of Leonardo, Rubens and Géricault will grace the interiors
The Renaissance marble structure, which is still used to baptise newborns, has been returned to its original splendour—thanks to porcupine quills and 3-D printers
New show will bring to life the story of the mixed-race Caribbean artist who mentored Ingres and Rousseau
From Precious Okoyomon's nightmarish animatronic bear to a global survey of Black figurative painting, sci-fi chairs and Dan Flavin
The Belgian artist’s four large wall paintings reference a lost 1990 work of his called 'The Orphan', and will remain in place for a year
British Museum show focuses on the final three decades of the Italian master’s life
Sandra Gamarra Heshiki references 17th-century European paintings in her investigations of Spain’s colonial past and its ongoing repercussions
Show focuses on the golden age of collecting between France and China in the 17th and 18th centuries
The exhibition in Beijing of 17th- and 18th-century objects from the Forbidden City and the Palace of Versailles will look at how artisans on opposite sides of the world influenced each other
The German artist defied easy categorisation but exhibitions at MoMA and the Städel Museum aim to shine a light on the importance of her work
This curatorial triumph highlights the measured artificiality of the German Romantic artist who made work that still mesmerises
A new exhibition will explore the Belgian artist’s later works, including his little-known ballet, as part of Belgium’s year-long commemoration of the 75th anniversary of his death
Touring show seeks to 'de-exoticise' the predominant narrative
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Exhibition at the Irish Museum of Modern Art draws parallels between the geopolitical shifts after the First World War and what the artists of new nations were making
The exhibition at the Queen’s Gallery will display rarely shown drawings, while the Städel Museum survey will show what might be the artist’s oldest known painting
The artist’s portraits will be shown at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston alongside the clothes worn by his glamorous subjects
Two exhibitions, in Boston and Baltimore, celebrate the overlooked women artists who were working in Europe from the 15th century onwards
The septuagenarian artist, best known for her large-scale wire rope installations, has experienced a resurgence of attention from institutions and curators in recent years
Cooper Hewitt in New York celebrates the creator of vibrant mid-century Modern textiles
An exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie in Berlin explores the "secessions" in three key European cities