Art, design and architecture: what to see in autumn 2015

Ai Weiwei hits Britain, Turner goes to Glasgow, the Celts invade the British Museum – and Damien Hirst has a crack at curating with the opening of his own £25m gallery

From the stately dome of the US Capitol in Washington DC to the rugged concrete columns of a recently built cowshed in Somerset, the influence of Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio persists across centuries and continents, his lasting legacy often found in the most unlikely places. Organised by the Royal Institute of British Architects, which owns the vast majority of Palladio’s surviving drawings, this exhibition will shine a spotlight on how Palladian style began and proliferated, bringing together a fascinating range of models and pattern books that influenced the design of buildings from New Delhi to St Petersburg. Oliver Wainwright

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