Francis Alÿs

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From Francis Alÿs’s audiovisual playground to Babeworld’s burnout, here are the most captivating exhibitions to see this month

BY frieze |

The artist's short films document how children from across the world navigate their environment through play

BY Nevan Spier |

At Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, a group show reinscribes readings of contemporary art through traditional Chinese aesthetic

BY Stephanie Bailey |

A three-part exhibition at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, draws on the ensemble form and musical score to deliver a vision of cacophonous community

BY Tausif Noor |

Elvia Wilk on the artist’s understated and poignant series ‘Children’s Games’ (1999-ongoing)

BY Elvia Wilk |

The artist’s first large exhibition in China at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, captures how hope and disappointment can co-exist in the same frame

BY Cristina Sanchez-Kozyreva |

With President Xi and the China International Import Expo in town, taking stock of ‘progress’ seemed both a timely and complicated endeavour

BY Amy Sherlock |

An exhibition at Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv, timed to coincide with the Yalta European Strategy conference, reminds of the corruptibility of culture

BY Mitch Speed |

Francis Alÿs, Untitled, 1994; Filippino Lippi, Allegoria dell’Amore (Allegory of Love), c.1500

BY Daniel Sinsel |

In the aftermath of the EU referendum, the UK government must work harder than ever to support artists and their institutions

 

BY Sally Tallant |

To celebrate frieze’s quarter century, the editors choose 25 key artworks: one for each year of the magazine’s existence

Etel Adnan, Francis Alÿs, Megan Rooney and more: a guide to the best current shows in the capital

BY Izabella Scott |

Various venues, Turkey

BY Kirsty Bell |

Manège de Sury, Mons, Belgium

BY Laura Herman |

Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico

BY Daniel Garza-Usabiaga |

Various venues, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

BY Barbara Casavecchia |

Tate Modern, London, UK

BY Brian Dillon |

De Appel Boys' School, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

BY Douglas Heingartner |

A celebration of the over-looked, the under-appreciated and the disappeared

In staging large-scale participatory events, artists are creating new narratives for our cultural landscape

BY Nancy Spector |