Reviews from around the world

A group exhibition at blank projects, Cape Town, brings together artists whose work experiments with the materiality of the earth

‘Still Alive’ registers the inequity inherent in the world while imagining a trajectory to a future unburdened by rigid categories of identity

The collective’s retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada extends from foundational mail art to hard-hitting installations about HIV/AIDS

A group show at Times Museum, Guangzhou, traces waterways in Southeast Asia and the cultures, communities and survival strategies forged in their wake

A group show at Singapore Art Museum’s new outpost invites viewers to discern the flows of capital in contemporary life and imagine more humane systems

A joint exhibition at Jhaveri Contemporary, Mumbai, opens a cross-generational discourse, connecting the two artist’s interests in light and momentary experience

Opening at a time when severe flooding north of the city, the exhibition uneasily aligns with a state of national emergency

At Green Art Gallery, Dubai, the Iranian artist Nazgol Ansarinia reimagines the city’s urban decay in various shades of blue

Organised across five venues, the fourth iteration of the event seeks to place Indigenous cultures and practices front and centre

The newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute presents the first-ever survey of the autodidact’s long painting career

At Hakanto Contemporary, Antananarivo, a group show attempts to portray a Malagasy identity through figurative and conceptual work

Curated by Jeppe Ugelvig and Poppy Dongxue Wu, the group show at Bejing’s X Museum, questions identity, community and controversial impact of the global fashion industry

At Travesía Cuatro, Mexico City, the two artists illuminate the three-storey gallery space with projected video animations and magic lanterns

A survey at Chishang Art Centre, Taiwan, positions the artist’s tenderly crafted landscapes alongside his lesser-known depictions of handsome young men

At Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, the artist presents a video that addresses the issue of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa

At Galería Curro, Guadalajara, the artist presents an immersive installation featuring neon sculptures and photographs visualizing the malleability of time

At Lehmann Maupin, Seoul, the artist presents a suite of hand-sewn paintings affectionately depicting day-to-day domesticities and family life

At SESC Sorocaba, Brazil, the third edition of the Frestas Triennial of Arts respond to the debates around decolonialization that have dominated the discourse in Latin America for the past two decades

At Komaba Museum, Tokyo, a retrospective showcases the late postwar artist and theorist’s dedication to transforming polarized media representations