A retrospective in Helsinki cements the erotic artist’s legacy but fails to connect the dots of his complicated life story
At Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, the artist’s enveloping installation is at once archaic yet futuristic
From Vojtěch Kovařík's monumental depictions of Hercules at Mendes Wood DM, Brussels to Birke Gorm's dishevelled jute mannequins at the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
Featuring a quintet of Italian artists, a group show at Mai 36, Zurich, makes the case for more unsettled and uncomfortable aesthetic forms
For her first solo show dedicated to ceramics, the artist creates a mosaic of free-wheeling motifs from rudimentary forms
At Mendes Wood DM, Brussels, the artist shares a more nuanced and melancholic vision of Hercules, one of art history’s most triumphant figures
At the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna, the artist’s recent works explore the politics of human production and consumption
A major retrospective of the artist’s hard-to-define work evidences her shapeshifting nature
A mid-career survey at S.M.A.K., Ghent, posits a new spiritual museology in which we connect to art beyond just representation
From a group show on the psychological and philosophical dimensions of combat in Turin, to Isa Melsheimer’s enchanted ceramics in Vienna
Imbued with cultural history, the artist’s ceramic sculptures embody near-magical properties that hint at a dystopic future
From Ann Veronica Janssens’s architectural intervention at Pirelli HangarBicocca to David Cronenberg’s collaboration with Fondazione Prada
A group show at Castello di Rivoli explores the cultural impact of conflict via the works of artists who have witnessed it
At Campoli Presti, Paris, the artist’s delicate installations respond to texts by two of the 20th-century's most celebrated authors
The artist's retrospective at Kunsthalle Düsseldorf sees him retreat into childhood pastimes in the face of a changing world
At Fotomuseum Winterthur, ‘Aphasia’ addresses the barriers that the dominance of the French language imposes on civic participation
From Bekhbaatar Enkhtur’s sleeping wax figure at Matèria, Rome, to Cindy Sherman’s baroque selfies in tapestry form at Aarhus Art Museum
At Noah Klink, Berlin, the artist’s dog paintings are disarmingly joyful depictions of human-animal relationships
At M HKA, Museum of Contemporary Art Antwerp, the artist’s career retrospective takes influence from Gloria E. Anzaldúa and James Joyce
At Matèria, Rome, the artist’s beeswax sculpture of a key figure in Buddhism reflects a significant moment in Mongolian history