The little-known Turner prize nominee’s first big show impresses with theatrical, lifesize figures full of human drama

How a raging egotist became a master of harmony and restraint

The French-Algerian artist’s installation at Tate Britain pays heartfelt homage to the film-makers of her parents’ homeland, but is more history lesson than cinematic experience

Mired in controversy, boycotts and creative whitewashing, at the 61st edition only a few great artists could cut through the noise

The monumental first UK exhibition of the Spanish baroque painter at the National Gallery never ceases to astound

Founded 125 years ago to bring great art to the East End, the gallery plays it safe with an opaque solo show that seems determined to keep you guessing

The schoolboy pretended he was a Russian gangster. In London Falling, Patrick Radden Keefe documents how that fantasy came up against brutal reality

Objects and images of long life prompt the question: how should we live well in old age?

The painter fuses recollections of post-Windrush life in the Midlands with the lush Caribbean homeland he never knew

The National Gallery’s exhibition reveals how the Leonardo-like painter turned science into art with his enigmatic horse paintings

At 91, the artist who paints the world with a childlike sense of fun becomes the first female painter to have a solo exhibition at the RA

The artist’s tortured, trailblazing work is gathered in a major retrospective

In this show, nothing is new except the Instagrammability factor

There is a dilemma at the heart of art’s fascination with these restless creatures: a draughtsman can never let them take wing

Britain’s first show of the artist in nearly 30 years reveals his mastery of light and detail in calm, captivating seascapes

A retrospective of the Welsh artist takes a stance against biography in favour of method

The Courtauld’s riveting, revelatory and deeply researched show of ten lost female painters looks afresh at the golden age of British landscape art

The photographer’s stark pictures of ordinary Americans are big, beautiful – and blank

The patron saint penetrated is the subject of a powerful reappraisal at the National Gallery

Knife-Woman, the first major biography of the sculptor, fails to capture her furious genius