Contemporary Arts Trust

Works by one of Britain’s leading land artists go on display in Derby.

Featuring rarely seen portrayals of Dunkirk, the Battle of Britain and the Blitz, this exhibition explores the art of the Second World War through the remarkable collection of art dealer John Noott.

The Courtauld turns its focus onto hotel service staff painted in Paris and the south of France by the Russian émigré Chaïm Soutine, an expressionist much forgotten.

An annual competition celebrating the rich variety of British wildlife and promoting the very best in nature photography.

Explore a wealth of art from 1540 to the present in this landmark exhibition uniting two outstanding Scottish collections.

Explore the response of artists to warfare and its consequences since 9/11 in the largest exhibition of its kind in the UK.

Set to be the year’s most blockbusting show, Cézanne Portraits is a once in a lifetime chance to see a quarter of the French painter’s output. While they had many stylistic differences, Picasso and Matisse agreed on at least one thing: the influence of Cézanne. Both these giants of 20th century art described the painter from Aix-en-Provence as ‘the father of us all’.

The body – under pressure, in pieces, subject to social and political upheaval – is the focus of Polish sculptor Alina Szapocznikow’s powerful work, here given its first UK retrospective. Working through one of the most tumultuous periods in history, Alina Szapocznikow (1926-1973) explored physicality and the human figure against a backdrop of turbulence and torture.

The first exhibition worldwide to focus on the photographic dimensions of the ground-breaking American modernist opera, Four Saints in Three Acts.

In a society where money isn’t supposed to exist, what do people value, and how is that communicated? Explore these questions and more in a fascinating display in Room 69a.