UK Reviews

Two exhibitions at Modern Art Oxford and Camden Arts Centre, London, examine the impermanence of power

The artist’s first solo exhibition at David Zwirner, London, absorbs us into single, intimate moments

Salena Barry selects her top picks – from Nicola L.’s kinky, penetrable sculptures at Alison Jacques to Jeff Wall’s monumental photographs at White Cube

Sam Moore selects their top picks – from William Brickel’s contorted bodies at The Artist Room to Garrett Pruter’s reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘The Birds’ at Trafalgar Avenue 

A group exhibition of works by Clémentine Bruno, Mara Fortunatović, Eva Gold and Bella Riza at London’s Nicoletti Contemporary wrestles with ideas of loss, absence and yearning

The artist’s latest show, at Corvi-Mora, London, depicts unidentifiable men stripped of their social identities

At Cristea Roberts Gallery, London, the artist confronts the representation of Black figures in Western art history, erasing the white nobility

Jonathan Watkins’s triumphant swansong, after 23-years at the helm of Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, is the kind of historical show normally reserved for big public institutions

From an unexpected exhibition of works by a Renaissance oddball at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, to Ming Smith’s first UK solo show at Pippy Houldsworth, London

Two major exhibitions at Kunstmuseum Basel and Hayward Gallery unravel the artist’s vulnerabilities through text, textile and the human figure

‘Surrealism Beyond Borders’ is a comprehensive overview of one of the 20th century’s most influential movements

A major exhibition at London’s V&A makes a beautiful show of the rich realm of menswear but misses some fundamental basics

A new exhibition at Goldsmiths CCA, London, invites 47 artists to propose solutions to that reliably problematic artform, the monument

From a groundbreaking group exhibition of Black ceramicists to Rachel Jones’s suite of colourful, new paintings

At The Approach, London, the artist’s latest series dissects classical Hollywood headshots and film stills, leaving only the ghostly outlines of absent stars

The artist’s inaugural show at Simon Lee, London, draws from the annals of cinema history – from Rainer Werner Fassbinder to Chantal Akerman

An intimate new exhibition at London’s Two Temple Place explores how Black female artists – from Ladi Kwali to Shawanda Corbett – have reimagined one of the world’s oldest art forms

At New Art Gallery Walsall, a founding member of BLK Art Group depicts the near future through the anxieties of the present

From Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley’s interactive exploration of Black trans allyship to Lubaina Himid’s overdue retrospective at Tate Modern

‘She Keeps Me Damn Alive’ at Arebyte Gallery, London, is a digital game tasking visitors to protect Black trans lives against a monster feeding on marginalized groups