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The legacy of the Baghdad Modern Art Group is explored in first major US show

The Art Newspaper

All Manner of Experiments: Legacies of the Baghdad Modern Art Group, organised by the specialists Nada Shabout and Tiffany Floyd together with the museum’s chief curator, Lauren Cornell, unites 64 works of painting, sculpture and drawings by 30 artists including Dia al-Azzawi and Mohammed Ghani Hikmat.

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After 50 years, Milan’s new Modern art museum opens

The Art Newspaper

Palazzo Citterio, part of the new Grande Brera cultural complex, is set to be inaugurated on 7 December

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Modern Art Oxford gallery gets a £2m revamp

The Art Newspaper

The new space's inaugural show is dedicated to the pioneering Cuban artist Belkis Ayón

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New York's Center for Italian Modern Art to close permanently

The Art Newspaper

The Soho space will close its doors for good on 22 June

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How Van Gogh’s ‘Bedroom’ paved the way to Modern art

The Art Newspaper

Tate’s show on Expressionism reminds us that Vincent was “the father of us all”

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After 20 years without a permanent home, Warsaw’s Museum of Modern Art will open this month

The Art Newspaper

The museum is preparing to open a major new building in the heart of the Polish capital

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Remembering Colin Renfrew, a lover of Modern art who revolutionised archaeology

The Art Newspaper

His championing of radiocarbon dating and other new scientific approaches demonstrated the untenability of the conventional explanation for cultural change