Opera: Passion, Power and Politics
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The history of opera told through more than 300 exquisite objects – from costume designs to iconic paintings
30 Sep 2017 - 25 Feb 2018
SOFTER: Jenny Holzer at Blenheim Palace
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Holzer is the fourth artist to fill the palace’s beautiful 18th-century interiors and grounds with contemporary art
28 Sep - 31 Dec 2017
Anni Albers: Touching Vision
Guggenheim Bilbao
Anni Albers was a pioneer of contemporary textile art, and her experimental work deserves to be more widely known
6 Oct 2017 - 14 Jan 2018
Entangled: Two Views on Contemporary Canadian Painting
Vancouver Art Gallery
Two competing approaches to contemporary Canadian painting have emerged in recent decades: now they share a stage
30 Sep 2017 - 1 Jan 2018
Basic Instincts
Foundling Museum, London
The first major Joseph Highmore exhibition for 50 years explores the disruptive social commentary at the centre of his art
29 Sep 2017 - 7 Jan 2018
Photographs by Hill & Adamson
Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Edinburgh
How two Scots changed photography
27 May - 1 Oct 2017
Frank Lloyd Wright at 150
Museum of Modern Art, New York
In honour of the architect’s 150th birthday, this comprehensive exhibition traces the development of his pioneering practice
12 Jun - 1 Oct 2017
The Sacred Stone of the Maori
Musée du quai Branly, Paris
Discover the historical and spiritual significance of jade to the Maori people through a selection of sculptures and carvings
23 May - 1 Oct 2017
Thomas Hart Benton and the Navy
Chrysler Museum of Art, Virginia
A series of paintings produced during WWII reveal Benton’s personal experience of the conflict and the lasting effect it would have on his work
19 May - 24 Sep 2017
Queer British Art 1861–1967
Tate Britain, London
The first exhibition dedicated to queer British art features work by John Singer Sargent, Duncan Grant and David Hockney
5 Apr - 1 Oct 2017