Apollo

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

Macabre works by modernist masters hang alongside those by Cranach, Holbein and others in Oslo

The artist’s crisp depictions of male labourers, soldiers and boatsmen are in the spotlight at the Getty

The Smithsonian’s acquisition in 2023 of a collection of quilts by Black makers forms the backbone of this show

Fleshy forms, unconventional materials and religious imagery come together in the work of the Belgian artist

Boucher’s recently restored rococo masterpiece is in the spotlight at the Alte Pinakothek

The Musée Picasso celebrates Kandinsky, Kirchner and the many other artists condemned by the Nazis