From flayings to slayings, Jusepe de Ribera’s brutal baroque pictures are thrillingly gory

The BM wants the objects in its big new Islamic galleries to tell stories. Not all of them have enough to say

Tate’s Edward Burne-Jones is a good show about a bad artist. Enough cod-medieval silliness now

By exhibiting the works of famous artists in the context of their relationships, the Barbican is rewriting the history of modern art

The graffiti artist’s Sotheby’s stunt aimed to skewer the market’s money fixation. It backfired

Kerry James Marshall sells to the black A-list, but pokes fun at his big‑bucks status, and Mantegna and Bellini go head to head — who comes out on top?

Oceania is a valuable, beautiful show at the Royal Academy, while the 2018 Turner prize is soul-crushingly awful

The Courtauld’s extraordinary gems are undersold in the National’s new show

Looming outside, airy inside, Dundee’s V&A outpost is an adventurous space for a rousing display of Scottish design

An exploration of magic and witchcraft is spooky but hardly scholarly