Apollo

Works by Fernand Léger and the artists he influenced form the basis of a riotously colourful show in Luxembourg

The Albertina puts the British artist’s debt to Old Masters and Christian iconography in the spotlight

The American painter’s wit is on display in this retrospective in San Francisco, which includes several copies of works by his favourite artists

In private, the French writer was a skilled draughtsman of Gothic castles and fantastical creatures

Earthenware, gold jewellery, stone carvings and other gems from Korea reign supreme at the Royal Palace in Dresden

Though often thought of as a shy character, Munch painted a wide network of friends and peers, as this show in London attests

Humans have long depicted the sea in wildly different ways, as this show at the Sainsbury Centre makes clear

The Buffalo AKG celebrates a restlessly experimental artist who was at the heart of New York’s avant-garde in the 1970s and ’80s

In Madrid, the Thyssen-Bornemisza goes in search of the painters who inspired Marcel Proust and his magnum opus

The Hepworth Wakefield celebrates the British ceramicist whose pots take cues from jazz to achieve a sense of spontaneity

The Albertina draws on its outstanding collection and calls in some loans to show how the Old Masters made the most of working on tinted paper

As one of Europe’s greatest living painters turns 80, the Stedelijk and Van Gogh museums in Amsterdam split a show of his work between them

Tate Modern celebrates the brief but influential life and work of the Australian-born performance artist, musician, fashion icon and muse

Later Chinese bronzes were much more than pale imitations of ancient works, as this exhibition at the Met shows