Critics Guide

From Cinga Samson’s ghostly figures to Sam Hutchinson’s reckoning with millennium aesthetics 

From Nerhol’s impressionistic abstractions to Cai Guo-Qiang’s AI generated firework explosions

From Marguerite Humeau’s post-apocalyptic world of insects to Michael E. Smith’s unsettling assemblages 

From Rhea Dillon’s Toni Morrison-inspired solo show to a group exhibition of contemporary painting, Louisa Elderton picks her highlights from the German capital

From the science fiction of N.K. Jemisin to the final essays of Janet Malcolm, members of the frieze team select the books they’re most excited about this season

From Sofia Mascate’s whimsical reimagining of Diego Velázquez at BPA Space to Reinhard Mucha’s major retrospective at K20 and K21

From Tai Shani’s inaugural exhibition at Gathering, a new art space in Soho, to Christopher Kulendran Thomas’s first institutional outing at ICA

From Lorraine O’Grady’s photocollages from the 1990s at Alexander Gray Associates to Kiyan Williams’s deep-fried American Flags at Lyles & King, these are the must-see shows

From Jumana Manna's solo exhibition at M HKA, Antwerp, to a retrospective of the late artist Chiara Fumai at Centro Pecci, Prato, these are the institutional shows not to miss in the Schengen area 

The Rhineland’s new art season kicks off with DC Open

From Faith Wilding’s animistic deities to Pierre Guyotat’s orgiastic drawings, the frieze editors review their favourite shows in LA