To mark the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death, the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum brings together – for the first time – his portrait of papal librarian, Tommaso Inghirami with another depicting an episode in his life from the Musei Vaticani. The exhibition reveals the story of the man in the red cap and how Gardner acquired the first Raphael in America.

Twelve woman who contributed to the shaping of Pre-Raphaelite art as models, artists, muses and helpmeets

A layered insight into the visual work of Needcompany, founded by Jan Lauwers and Grace Ellen Barkey in 1986. The artist Maarten Seghers joined Needcompany in 2001. The group exhibition features a selection of their recent paintings, installations, sounds, videos and objects. Special guest William Forsythe will show one of his unique “Choreographic Objects”.

The first-ever exhibition devoted to the portraits of Paul Gauguin. Spanning his early years as an artist through to his later years spent in French Polynesia, the exhibition shows how the French artist revolutionised the portrait. 

To mark the 100th anniversary of the Bauhaus reform school, Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum is showing important Bauhaus objects in dialog with contemporary art for one year. The exhibition was realized in cooperation with artist Tilo Schulz that juxtaposes 40 historical Bauhaus objects with five contemporary art works.