A radical and beautiful collection of nudes by some of the world’s most recognised artists including Man Ray, Tracey Emin, Robert Mapplethorpe, Louise Bourgeois, Eric Fischl and more. Opens 4 May. more

In Firmament IV, London born and based Gormley, creator of the iconic Angel of the North in Gateshead, has produced a substantial sculptural installation that responds to the architectural limits of the gallery. From 7 May – 3 July. more

Madden creates fantastical and infinitely complex 3D constructions using images he has sliced from books, magazines and encyclopaedias. Opens 19 May. more

This new series of Henson’s brooding and ambiguous photographs will be opened by Edmund Capon, Director of the Art Gallery of New South Wales on 6 May. more

WorldWide Optimism comes from this New Zealand artist’s continual interest in social environs in the digital age and the endless flow of information, combined with the investigation of use of colour as an economic tool. Until May 15. more

There are ‘no limits’ in the work of this jeweller who studied in Munich under Otto Kunzil and won the prestigious Françoise van den Bosch Prize in 2010.  Opens 13 May- 2 June. more

This colourful new body of work incorporates fragments of text, short sentences as well as longer passages in an idiosyncratic fusion that is somewhere between McCahon's religious ferocity and the humility of a hand written note.  Until 29 May. more

Among some of the great things in this year’s programme is the author of Seven Days in the Art World. 15 May. more

The Beauty of Distance: Songs of Survival in a Precarious Age, takes place at leading cultural institutions, contemporary art spaces and heritage sites with 166 artists from 36 different countries taking part. Opens 12 May. more