Barbara Hammer

Assistant editor Cassie Packard on confronting the toxicity that permeates our environments, bodies and lifestyles

Other highlights include Arika’s return with a five-day programme in Glasgow and an exciting lineup of shows in London

Jennifer Higgie on how the mirror’s mass production changed the course of art history – and liberated women artists

From a critical reimagining of Alfred Hitchcock’s ‘Rear Window’ to a research project on the role of photography in the Irish civil rights movement, these are the best shows to stream

The prolific artist championed filmmaking through the lens of feminist theory and queer politics

An exhibition at KOW, Madrid, reveals Hammer’s early explorations, marked by a persistent sense of fragmentation and search for freedom

At New York’s Metrograph, a diverse film programme addresses a ‘central problem’ of feminist filmmaking

Company Gallery and The Leslie-Lohman Museum, New York

From re-examined positions, to explorations of gender and energy: a roundup of the best shows across the city