The Art Newspaper's pick of the top shows to see around the world this month

Ruth Patir’s videos starring animated ancient sculptures include a protest scene filmed steps from the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, where her show opens 11 March

Nearly 60 works from the Torlonia Collection, including striking depictions of animals and people, will feature in exhibitions in Chicago, Fort Worth and Montreal

The Austrian artist tragically died aged 28 but left behind 400 paintings and thousands of works on paper, a selection of which are going on show at the Leopold Museum

The show at the National Portrait Gallery will explore how this master of loneliness was in fact surrounded by people—and how he could see “behind everyone’s mask”

Medardo Rosso: Inventing Modern Sculpture offers a comprehensive survey of an artist whose influence is matched only by his remarkably persistent anonymity

Work of the late Scottish artist—known for his “concrete“ poetry, Little Sparta garden and prickly personality—to go on show in Edinburgh

The sketch reproduces a long-lost painting of the public garden outside the Yellow House

New York just closed an exhibition on Sienese art and London is about to open another. But there is also plenty of activity in Siena itself, with a museum renovation and research shedding new light on some famous works

Two solo shows at the Hayward Gallery in London do not always hit the mark, but both contain moments of rebellious joy

The rock star’s Staffordshire-style figurines, on show at the Museum Voorlinden, tell the story of the devil and have helped Cave make sense of his own life—and personal tragedy—in a way that his songs cannot

The Zanzibar-born cultural activist has been a supporter of Black artists since the 1980s

Transhistorical shows, often pairing Old Masters with contemporary art, are frequently critical successes but the commercial benefits are less obvious

The artist’s close network of creative mavericks were integral to the indelible mark he left on London's cultural life

As Birmingham’s peasant woman painting goes on loan to Charleston, we explore the question of its provenance

The London institution’s new show features a variety of works that emphasise the wonder and critical importance of dirt

While most museum shows in the PST Art: Art & Science Collide event closed at the end of 2024, more than two dozen are still open. Here are the best of the bunch, which explore themes from gender non-conformity to human ingenuity

Shows at the Smithsonian American Art Museum and the Denver Art Museum explore personal and professional struggle of those who were incarcerated during the Second World War

The 12th edition of the International will be structured around roughly 25 figures, both real and fictional, from a 19th-century saloon owner to the Indigenous author N. Scott Momaday

From ancient Peruvian pottery and mid-century Modern ceramics, to reimagined Old Masters, an invented queer cowboy movie and more

The picture shows the ward where the artist slept after mutilating his ear—I witnessed the room’s tragic demolition

In The Mood For Love features experimental paintings that the British artist made made during and immediately after his time at London’s Royal College of Art (RCA)

Curated by Aram Moshayedi, “One Hundred Percent” includes works by Kelly Akashi, Kathryn Andrews, Paul McCarthy, Diana Thater and others impacted by the fires

An AR experience in Central Park and a show at The Shed bring the sprawling Land art installation in Central Park back to life

Climate Clock will see a permanent public art trail installed in the city of Oulu

The queer, Indigenous artist hopes the work will reach more Native Americans

The site will be used for an installation by the Pakistani architect Yasmeen Lari during this year’s architecture exhibition before opening officially

Conservators at London's Courtauld Institute used x-ray and infrared images to reveal the previously unseen works

Shows at Mehrangarh Fort in Jodhpur and City Palace in Jaipur demonstrate fresh power dynamics in the sector

Specialists and curators on what gathering Thames paintings from around the world revealed