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First Look: Caspar Wolf at the Kunstmuseum Basel
A new exhibition celebrates the work of Caspar Wolf and ‘the wild, uncivilised world of the mountains’
First Look: ‘Canaletto: Bernardo Bellotto Paints Europe’ at the Alte Pinakothek
A new exhibition in Munich explores Bernardo Bellotto’s legacy, and examines his famously detailed work
First Look: ‘ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow’ at the Guggenheim New York
The Guggenheim celebrates the ZERO Group and those they inspired
First Look: ‘Egon Schiele – Jenny Saville’ at the Kunsthaus Zürich
Curator Oliver Wick discusses staging an encounter between Schiele and Saville
First Look: ‘Hokusai (1760–1849)’ at the Grand Palais
Laure Dalon, curator of ‘Hokusai’, talks about the artist’s Manga, his poetic late works, and the curatorial problems posed by fragile pieces
First Look: ‘Rubens and his Legacy’ at BOZAR, Brussels
Without Rubens no rococo, no romanticism, no orientalism. Perhaps even no Impressionism.
First Look: ‘Assyria to Iberia’ at the Metropolitan Museum
The roots of global communication – which has profoundly shaped the modern world – lie deep in our ancient past
First Look: ‘Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s’ at LACMA
The challenges and opportunities of curating a gallery exhibition about film
First Look at the Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam
Image makers not image takers: Amsterdam’s photo fair is full of surprises
First Look: Constable at the V&A, London
A new exhibition promises ‘a journey through the training…of the young artist to his most acclaimed exhibition pieces’
First Look: ‘Perugino, Master of Raphael’ at the Musée Jacquemart-André
Perugino takes centre stage in Paris
First Look: ‘Sculpture Victorious: Art in an Age of Invention’ at the Yale Center for British Art
Martina Droth, curator of ‘Sculpture Victorious’, discusses historical perspective, images of power, and a seven foot tall majolica elephant…
First Look: ‘The EY Exhibition: Late Turner – Painting Set Free’ at Tate Britain
Curator David Blayney Brown discusses setting Turner free from reductive critical stereotypes
First Look: ‘Gustave Courbet’ at the Beyeler Foundation
The curator’s introduction to a new exhibition of Courbet’s work, opening in September at the Beyeler Foundation
First Look: ‘Portraiture Now’ at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington
How is identity staged, constructed and explored in contemporary portraiture?
First Look: ‘Sympathy for the Devil’ at the Cantor Arts Center
A new exhibition at Stanford University looks at the changing face of the devil in art
First Look: ‘East of the Wallace Line’ at the Yale University Art Museum
A new exhibition of Indo-Pacific art traces the visual and cultural links between eastern Indonesia and western New Guinea
First Look: ‘Disobedient Objects’ at the V&A
From graffiti writers to puppets, the V&A looks the ingenious objects used as tools for social change
First Look: ‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ at the Ashmolean Museum
The Ashmolean Museum will offer a new perspective on a famous archaeological find this summer
First Look: ‘Lichtbilder’ at the Städel Museum
The Städel Museum was the first museum to exhibit photographs. This year, it revisits its archive
First Look: From Rococo to Revolution at the Getty Center
French 18th-century drawings from private Los Angeles collections go on display at the Getty
First Look: Barbara Hepworth at Abbot Hall
From Wakefield, to Cornwall, to Greece, Barbara Hepworth was deeply inspired by the landscapes she chose to live and work in
First Look: Fame and Friendship at Waddesdon Manor
Eight versions of Roubiliac’s portrait bust of Alexander Pope have been brought together at Waddesdon Manor
First Look: ‘Making Colour’ at the National Gallery, London
A new exhibition at the National Gallery goes back to basics, to tell the story of the colours and pigments that have shaped art history
Crafting value in Venice