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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’

20 Oct 2014

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

19 Oct 2014

First Look: ‘ZERO: Countdown to Tomorrow’ at the Guggenheim New York

The Guggenheim celebrates the ZERO Group and those they inspired

7 Oct 2014

First Look: ‘Egon Schiele – Jenny Saville’ at the Kunsthaus Zürich

Curator Oliver Wick discusses staging an encounter between Schiele and Saville

5 Oct 2014

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

28 Sep 2014

First Look: ‘Rubens and his Legacy’ at BOZAR, Brussels

Without Rubens no rococo, no romanticism, no orientalism. Perhaps even no Impressionism.

25 Sep 2014

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

22 Sep 2014

First Look: ‘Haunted Screens: German Cinema in the 1920s’ at LACMA

The challenges and opportunities of curating a gallery exhibition about film

18 Sep 2014

First Look at the Unseen Photo Fair in Amsterdam

Image makers not image takers: Amsterdam’s photo fair is full of surprises

17 Sep 2014

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: ‘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…

6 Sep 2014

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

4 Sep 2014

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

1 Sep 2014

First Look: ‘Portraiture Now’ at the National Portrait Gallery, Washington

How is identity staged, constructed and explored in contemporary portraiture?

22 Aug 2014

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

16 Aug 2014

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

9 Aug 2014

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

23 Jul 2014

First Look: ‘Discovering Tutankhamun’ at the Ashmolean Museum

The Ashmolean Museum will offer a new perspective on a famous archaeological find this summer

20 Jul 2014

First Look: ‘Lichtbilder’ at the Städel Museum

The Städel Museum was the first museum to exhibit photographs. This year, it revisits its archive

7 Jul 2014

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

1 Jul 2014

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

29 Jun 2014

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

19 Jun 2014

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

16 Jun 2014