UK Reviews

From an exhibition of Zineb Sedira’s maritime works at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, to Anne Imhof’s labyrinthine locker room at Sprüth Magers, London

From Forrest Bess's weathered paintings to Claye Bowler's personal and collective history of trans experience, here are the must-see shows across the UK right now 

An exhibition at De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-Sea, unites the artist’s maritime works, exploring narratives of migration, power and trade  

At Sprüth Magers, London, the artist transforms the galleries into a labyrinthine changing room dripping with anticipation of future performances

At Alison Jacques, London, the Turner Prize-nominated artist recasts Caribbean flora and quotidian objects as symbols of interconnectedness and care

From Somaya Critchlow’s alluring female figures at Maximillian William, London, to William Kentridge’s monumental retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts

At Maximillian William, London, the artist’s glamorous figures render viewers more than mere witnesses

An elegant retrospective at The Photographers’ Gallery, London, has striking contemporary resonance in a country that remains profoundly unequal

At Newport Street Gallery, London, the artist performatively burnt thousands of his own works 

At Hepworth Wakefield, the artist’s light-sensitive paintings are an ongoing work in progress

An enthralling retrospective at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, gathers 40 years worth of works in a diverse range of mediums

At Graves Gallery, Sheffield, the artist positions the home as a critical site of cultural preservation and exchange

At Maureen Paley, the artist uses the archive to reckon with women’s history in the UK

From South Korean pop ephemera to Marina Abramović's transitional states of being

From Lou Lou Sainsbury’s London debut at Gasworks to Ishiuchi Miyako’s photographs of Frida Kahlo’s belongings at Stills Centre of Photography, Edinburgh

The artist’s first show at White Cube, London, contains new paintings full of narratively ambiguous scenes derived from popular culture

At New Art Projects, London, the artist evokes visceral experiences of growing up queer in Britain under Section 28

At Gasworks, London, the artist explores the possibilities that come with rejecting forms imposed by outsiders and creating our own

At Stills Centre of Photography, Edinburgh, the artist holds the spirits of her absent subjects in the gallery, forcing us to commune with their stories

The artist and DJ’s first solo show at Tramway, Glasgow, is a stunning exploration of West African music