Art

The Tate Britain is exploring the work of Anthony Caro, including "Sun Feast." (John Riddy Via Bloomberg News)

A selection of major national

and international art

exhibitions:

RECENTLY OPENED

"Double Consciousness: Black Conceptual Art Since 1970," the first survey of African American involvement in this major contemporary movement, at the Contemporary Arts Museum Houston. Through April 17.

"Turks: A Journey of a Thousand Years," a landmark exhibition on the cultural riches of the Turkic-speaking peoples, at the Royal Academy in London. Through April 15.

"Anthony Caro," the first full-scale retrospective of Britain's senior abstract sculptor, runs at the Tate Britain in London. Through April 17.

"Cy Twombly: Fifty Years of Works on Paper," surveying work by American abstraction's celebrated scribbler, is at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Through May 8.

"Joseph Beuys: Actions, Vitrines, Environments," a major survey of Germany's influential performance and installation artist, at the Tate Modern in London. Through May 2.

FEBRUARY

10 -- "Africa Remix: Contemporary Art of a Continent," a massive show of current African art making, opens at the Hayward Gallery in London before moving to the Pompidou Center in Paris. Through April 17.

11 -- "Tim Hawkinson," the first museum survey of the strange mechanical contraptions of this American sculptor, opens at the Whitney Museum of American Art in New York. Through May 29. (At the Los Angeles County Museum of Art June 26 through Sept. 5.)

12 -- "The Gates," a project in which environmental artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude unfurl 7,500 saffron-colored fabric panels above pathways in Central Park, launches in New York. Through Feb. 27.

"Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye," a group show exploring contemporary travel and leisure, opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago. Through June 5.