From Simone Fattal’s ceramics in response to the archaeological site of Pompeii to Elyse Pignolet’s critique of imperialist visual practices in Los Angeles, here are a selection of exhibitions everybody should be talking about

From Ruth Novaczek's fragmentary films at Kunstverein Gartenhaus, Vienna, to Rosa Barba's Ludwig Mies van der Rohe inspired installation at the Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, here are five shows not to be missed. 

From Rosemary Mayer's long-deserved survey at Swiss Institute, New York, to the 17th edition of MOMENTA in Montreal, Canada, these are the best shows in the Americas

What to see this weekend – from the frustrated sexuality of Jack O’Brien’s sculpture in London to Martha Jungwirth’s energetic abstractions in Paris 

From Cynthia Daignault’s new body of work at Kasmin Gallery, New York, to Monika Baer’s first Swiss institutional show in 30 years at Kunsthalle Bern, these are must-see painting shows this season

From Mark Bradford's inauguration of Hauser & Wirth’s Menorca outpost to the first major retrospective dedicated to Pia Arke in Denmark, here are a selection of European shows not to miss this September

From Paula Rego’s unflinching women to Ellen Harvey’s mournful, forgotten buildings, these are the best institutional shows in the UK

From Karla Black at Fruitmarket to Cauleen Smith at Los Angeles Museum of Art, here are Frieze’s must-see shows

From an exhibition celebrating the life and career of filmmaker Bill Gunn at Artists Space to Wade Guyton’s latest solo outing at Matthew Marks, Los Angeles, these are the must-see shows in the US this month

From Yael Bartana's expansive solo exhibition at the Jewish Museum Berlin to a group exhibition that depicts the oddities of aquatic life, here are our must see shows in the Schengen

From a major retrospective by Karla Black in Edinburgh to a photographic investigation into the fatalities of the Irish revolution in County Cork, here are our must see shows

From Dara McGrath's testament to the Irish War of Independence at Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, to Cauleen Smith's 'immersive, kaleidoscopic' solo exhibition at Los Angeles County Museum of Art, here are Frieze's must see shows

From Deana Lawson's cosmic portraiture at the Guggenheim to Christina Quarles splayed out figures at MCA Chicago, these are the must-see shows in America right now

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From Lydia Ourahmane lockdown-inspired exhibition at Triangle – Astérides to Marcin Dudek's deconstruction of his football firm past at Harlan Levey Projects, here's what not to miss 

From Kobby Adi's industrial mise en scène to Emma Talbot's exploration of collective mourning, here are our editor's picks

From Kayode Ojo's synthetic opulence at Sweetwater, Berlin, to Jef Geys’s playful iconoclasm at Kunsthalle Bern

From Nina Katchadourian's first survey at Pace Gallery to Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill's probings of the Indigenous economics of tobacco at the Museum of Modern Art, these are the must-see shows in New York

From Pakui Hardware's medical examination room in Gateshead to a London show by New York collective and label CFGNY, here are our editor's picks 

From Darrel Ellis's family photographs in New York to Pakui Hardware's medical examination room in Gateshead, here are our editors' picks