Two new books offer a deeper insight into the works of H.R. Giger, who died in May

Museum für Gegenwartskunst

Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe

Museum Ludwig, Cologne

Staging Martin Kippenberger’s turbulent biography

Helga Wretman’s Fitness for Artists TV revives the surprisingly long history of art and exercise

Kunsthalle Bern

The director Milo Rau and his theatrical hyper-allegories

Kunsthaus Bregenz

Kunsthalle Zürich

In a show at Badischer Kunstverein, the artist emerges in the wake of feminist performance art pioneers with a different method

50 years of Fluxus in Wiesbaden: How collector Michael Berger turned the movement’s ‘anti-art’ philosophy into museums for toilets and tat

Kunstmuseum

Kasper König is retiring after more than a decade as director of Museum Ludwig. He spoke to Jörg Scheller about his farewell exhibition, Mesut Özil’s football shirt and the erotics of museums.

Kunstmuseum Bern

Württembergischer Kunstverein