Exhibitions
Berlin What's on
12 May-21 Aug. The Berliner Festspiele presents the complete interdisciplinary oeuvre of the renowned visual artist, filmmaker and director William Kentridge.
The exhibition at the Martin-Gropius-...
Barcelona What's on
Making Africa: A Continent of Contemporary Design
23 March-28 Aug. Exhibition showcasing the work of over 120 African artists and designers, part of a wide-ranging research project steered by German curator Amelie Klein, assisted by the influential N...
Amsterdam What's on
23 April-2 Oct. The Stedelijk Museum shows paintings created since 2012 by the young New York artist Avery Singer, whose dramatic work recalls vintage computer graphics.
Singer makes her large-sca...
Madrid What's on
From Caravaggio to Bernini, masterpieces of the Italian 17th century
7 June-16 Oct. The Royal Palace of Madrid presents an exhibition of Italian 17th-century art comprising some 70 paintings, from the national collection, on loan from palaces, convents and embassies....
Brussels What's on
16 March 2016-16 March 2020. Major exhibition of works by Pieter Bruegel the Elder, the 16th-century Flemish Renaissance painter best known for his landscapes and scenes of peasant life.
The show...
Berlin What's on
12 April-7 Aug. Exhibition of around 300 sculptures and ceramics relating to the Maya people, a Mesoamerican civilisation and one of the oldest cultures in the world.
Central to the exhibition is...
Vienna What's on
Pioneers of Post-War Modern Art
13 May-5 March 2017. The mumok dedicates an exhibition to two important figures involved in building up the museum's collection of post-war art: Werner Hofmann and Viktor Matejka.
Hofmann (1928-20...
Madrid What's on
6 April-15 Aug. The Reina Sofia holds a retrospective dedicated to the Cuban artist Wifredo Lam (1902-1982) whose work is currently undergoing a reappraisal in the international art world.
Lam gai...
Madrid What's on
Rémy Zaugg: The Question of Perception
31 March-28 Aug. The Reina Sofia presents Spain's first exhibition dedicated to Swiss conceptual artist Rémy Zaugg (1943-2005). In addition to his art, Zaugg was an influential critic and observer of...
Paris What's on
The open-air studio: Impressionists in Normandy
18 March-25 July. The advent of plein-air painting coupled with tourism in the 19th century made Normandy an attractive destination for artists as well as their wealthy clientele.
The region offer...
Vienna What's on
18 March-19 June. The Albertina presents the first comprehensive retrospective dedicated to the woodcuts of leading German contemporary artist Anselm Kiefer.
The exhibition comprises some 35 monum...
London What's on
21 April-14 Aug. Exhibition dedicated to the artistic and historical legacy of Sicily, an island described by the British Museum as a "cultural centre of the ancient and mediaeval world."
Sicily's...
Amsterdam What's on
18 March-5 June. American studio photographer Mike Disfarmer (1884-1959) only began to gain international recognition two decades after his death but today he is considered a master of classic America...
Paris What's on
Paula Modersohn-Becker: An Intensely Artistic Eye
8 April-21 Aug. German painter Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) is the subject of an exhibition comprising almost 100 of her avant-garde paintings and drawings. The exhibition examines the dynamic b...
Barcelona What's on
20 April-17 July. The work of self-taught photographer Toni Catany (1942-2013) has been labelled variously as “classical”, “traditional”, “neopictorialist” and “nostalgic”. The Mallorcan photographer...
Amsterdam What's on
Living in the Amsterdam School
9 April-28 Aug. The Stedelijk showcases the furniture and interior designs of the Amsterdam School, an acclaimed anti-rationalist movement between the two world wars. The Amsterdam School was known in...
Berlin What's on
Günter Brus – Zones of Disruption
12 March-6 June. Exhibition dedicated to the controversial work of Günter Brus, the contemporary Austrian painter, performance artist, experimental filmmaker and writer.
Born in 1938, Brus was the...
Barcelona What's on
11 March-19 June. This exhibition of masterpieces from the Phillips Collection in Washington features 62 paintings from the important US museum of modern and contemporary art. The show is dedicated...
Dublin What's on
Leonardo da Vinci: Ten Drawings from the Royal Collection
4 May-17 July. As the title suggests, ten drawings by Leonardo da Vinci on loan from the Royal Collection in London are presented at Ireland's National Gallery in Dublin. Exhibition organisers say the...
Copenhagen What's on
Eye Attack: Op Art and Kinetic Art 1950-1970
4 Feb-5 June. Louisiana presents the first major presentation of Op Art and Kinetic Art in Scandinavia for more than 50 years.
The two movements are interlinked: Op Art is centred around abstract...
