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.

The first exhibition to map the connections between French and British artists, patrons and art dealers.

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.

Ilya and Emilia Kabakov are Russian-born conceptual artists.

There’s a chance to ramble through the geopolitical realm this autumn as the UK’s most scenic gallery brings conflict, radical thought and harsh realities to a landscaped Yorkshire dale. A fascinating juxtaposition is in store.