At SMAC Gallery, Cape Town, the artist’s ethereal paintings hover between accident and intention

At the Barbican Art Gallery, London, a dual presentation shows two artists confronting the traumas of their times

At Galerie La Patinoire Royale Bach, Brussels, the artist confronts apartheid and colonial plundering

From a cancelled Whitney ISP performance to mass arrests at art schools, it’s clear that free speech is under threat

As the museum opens its vast new space in east London, the deputy director discusses how the institution is evolving to become more accessible 

From Stephanie Comilang’s genre-defying filmic portrait of the pearl industry to Sakiya’s satirical reimagining of the seat of US power