You know Rembrandt, Watteau and Monet, reads the introduction at the start of Maestras: Women Masters 1500-1900 at the Arp Museum on the River Rhine. But, it asks, do you also know Fede Galizia, Anne Vallayer-Coster or Marie Bracquemond? You'll see a few of their paintings in this show. As well as work by Giovanna Garzoni, Rachel Ruysch and Helene Funke too. And they're fantastic pictures, some of them, works that make you go "wow". But will you have learned any more about the artists by the time you've been round, will you know much about them? Perhaps a little bit. But the presentation here is really rather strange. The wall captions only give the picture title, the artist and dates, and the detail of where it's on loan from. There's no discussion of subject matter, context, technique, style or the artist's background at all. An audio guide does provide further information on some pictures and their creators, but the English commentary is delivere
October's another big month for new exhibitions, with Titian, Rembrandt and Goya among the artists on the agenda in mainland Europe. In London, though, the Royal Academy is staying British with a look at the final 12 years of the career of John Constable, from 1825 to 1837. Late Constable is characterised by expressive brushwork and features paintings and sketches of the British countryside and studies of the weather, in locations such as Hampstead Heath and Brighton seafront. On from October 30 to February 13. At the National Gallery, Poussin and the Dance is intended to show the French painter in a new light, illustrating how he tackled the challenges of capturing movement and bodily expression. Running from October 9 to January 2, it includes not only the Wallace Collection's A Dance to the Music of Time but also more than 20 paintings and drawings from public and private collections around Europe and the US. The show moves to the Getty Center in Los Angeles in February