From Trajan’s Column to Michelangelo’s David, the V&A’s reopened Cast Courts house thrilling full-size replicas of the world’s artistic wonders
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Thomas Gainsborough, National Portrait Gallery
Gainsborough was mesmerised by his daughters, and so are we
Fernand Léger, Tate Liverpool
Tate Liverpool’s Fernand Léger show reveals a jovial French provincial with fluctuating styles and a taste for bulky girls
Andy Warhol — From A to B and Back Again, Whitney Museum, New York
Think you know Warhol? Think again. The first American retrospective in 30 years reveals a depth to the artist beyond the soup cans and screen prints, says Waldemar Januszczak
Klimt and Schiele, Royal Academy
They were both miserabilists, but one of them also excelled at rage
Jamie Reid, Humber Street Gallery, Hull
Jamie Reid designed Sex Pistols covers. A new show reveals he’s still a rebel — at 71
Lorenzo Lotto, National Gallery; William Dobson, Tate Britain
The National brings us a portrait show of rare humour and delight: this Renaissance man was a wandering star
Ribera: Art of Violence, Dulwich Picture Gallery
From flayings to slayings, Jusepe de Ribera’s brutal baroque pictures are thrillingly gory
Islamic art at the British Museum
The BM wants the objects in its big new Islamic galleries to tell stories. Not all of them have enough to say
Edward Burne-Jones, Tate Britain
Tate’s Edward Burne-Jones is a good show about a bad artist. Enough cod-medieval silliness now