Rebecca Ward comes to the Ronchini Gallery for her first major solo exhibition. Running 12 April until 18 May, the showcase represents Ward’s broad practice and includes brand new installations and paintings.

Seeing is Believing is a show of selected works by the German photographer Jochen Lempert. Lempert’s images address the relationship between the world of nature and our man-made world.

Opening on the anniversary of the Chernobyl disaster, Liquid Land reveals the struggles and the resilience of people living in some of the world’s most polluted areas in the former Soviet Union.

Considered as a master of light and dark, the presentation compares Mario Nanni’s works with the permanent collection at Villa Panza, introducing a dialogue between classic pieces and the use of light.

Every April hundreds of designers make the annual pilgrimage to Milan for Salone del Mobile, the largest design trade fair in the world. All next week, Crane.tv are taking up residence on the Milan frontline.

Patternity presents Pattern Power/ Superstripe at the London Newcastle Project Space from 6 April. The exhibition opens a series of events that explore the powerful presence of pattern.

The Royal Academy of Arts presents Edouard Manet’s stunning portraiture. Those outside of London are offered the opportunity to view Manet’s works in HD on the big screen at a range of cinemas.

Saatchi launches a new programme of exhibitions that will continue the gallery’s 25-year-long support of emerging artists and its drive to make contemporary art as widely available as possible.

Yang Fudong is one of the most important figures of China’s contemporary art scene and independent cinema movement. His films and photographic work examine tensions between the urban and the rural.

PULSE New York returns to present 60 national and international galleries, exhibiting a mix of emerging and established artists. The fair celebrates artistic practice and a range of talent.

Cornerhouse opens Anguish and Enthusiasm: a show investigating post-revolutionary periods and exploring perspectives from Latin America, Eastern Europe, Asia and beyond.

Pop! Design Culture Fashion at The Civic celebrates poodle skirts, rockers, Mods, kitsch glamour and 1970s retro. The show uncovers a time when music, art and fashion blurred the boundaries of style.

Kunsthalle Basel’s calendar includes the first solo show by the Cuban artist Adrian Melis. In the centre of the work of the Havana-born artist are depictions of the socialist and capitalist economic system.

Air de Paris unveils their new exhibition C’est Wouf ! by M/M (Paris). Art as practised by M/M(Paris) is a cumulative affair, spreading from medium to medium in a process of endless expansion.

Lottie Davies focuses her work on stories and personal histories, embracing the tales and myths society uses to construct life, and LA Noble Gallery present…

Open End is the fourth exhibition in an ongoing series of presentations of film and video works from the Goetz Collection in Haus der Kunst. Featuring the work of 14 renowned international artists.

The online platform ART+ announces 180 of the most promising emerging artists at a critical moment, when they are poised to become established artists, chosen by 30 world-leading curators.

An international exhibition of photography, European Chronicles in Cardiff uses lens-based media to initiate debate about European social identities.

The latest exhibition to open at the New Museum in New York City captures a specific moment in time highlighting the intersection of art, pop and politics.

Refusing simply to angle his lens at those he passed in the street, Rudy Burckhardt managed to record the shapes, patterns and architecture of his locations, leaving society to weave in and out of the frames.