From Paula Rego’s unflinching women to Ellen Harvey’s mournful, forgotten buildings, these are the best institutional shows in the UK
At MO_Space, Taguig, two artists project materiality through contrasting approaches to painting
At Kicken Berlin the artist's work explores what it meant to be a woman in the German Democratic Republic
Capturing moments of stillness and anticipation, at Workplace, London, the artist uses layers of stippled colours to conjure never-ending narratives
From a survey of Zarina’s five-decade career to Ficre Ghebreyesus’s display of ethereal paintings, these are the best exhibitions of the year
The artist’s portraits of Chinese expats at London’s Massimo De Carlo make for dissonant viewing
At Mariane Ibrahim, Chicago, the artist presents nine, large-scale portraits of Black figures that recall Gustav Klimt’s symbolist paintings
The artist’s installation, on view at the Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, draws from the legacy of the permaculture movement and the lessons of Flint
An exhibition at Seventeen, London, reflects upon the precarious world that the arts professional must negotiate
A 20-artist group show at MAXXI Gallery, Rome, draws lines between surrealism, computer simulation and new forms of algorithmic intelligence
Hauser & Wirth, New York, USA
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An exhibition of twenty works on paper uses archetypes found in European fairytales
