Jala Wahid

From Elizabeth Price’s exploration of Glaswegian carpets at the Hunterian Art Gallery to Ayo Akingbade’s solo show at Chisenhale Gallery, London

From Nan Goldin’s canonical photography at Moderna Museet, Stockholm, to Yayoi Kusama’s bold palette at M+, Hong Kong, here are five institutional exhibitions not to be missed

At Baltic, Gateshead, the artist’s first solo institutional exhibition examines the pernicious effects of Britain’s oil interests in the Kurdistan Region

At Sophie Tappeiner, Vienna, the artist highlights the ways in which Kurdish culture is expressed at the intersection of myth and reality

Artists, curators and gallerists may not be able to stop war, but we can tell those who rake its profits that the arts are not open for their business

From Shahmaran, Queen of Snakes, to Star Trek: First Contact: the London-based artist explains her favourite images

Seventeen, London, UK