The Nine Top Exhibitions of 2023—and One Absolute Turkey

In terms of exhibitions, I doubt that there will be many better years in my lifetime than 2023. Among my highlights are some of the best shows I have ever seen—and there are many that narrowly missed the cut. Equally, I am not sure I will often be as dismayed as I was by my turkey of the year.

Faith Ringgold: Black is Beautiful, Musée Picasso, Paris

Slightly abridged from the 2022 New York show but still transcendent. The presence of Ringgold’s gut-wrenching Civil Rights tour de force, American People Series #20: Die (1967) in Paris, where Picasso painted the work that inspired it, Guernica (1937), encapsulated the exhibition’s emotional power.

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