Exhibition Reviews

Marking the centenary of the artist's birth, a retrospective at MMCA Deoksugung presents a survey of his most influential paintings and abstract sculptures

At P420, Bologna, the artist’s canny combination of materials fuels dark leaps of imagination

Characterized by a series of micro-shows, this year’s exhibition approaches postwar US imperialism through a multiplicity of lenses 

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

An exhibition at the Smart Art Museum, Chicago, questions the role of the market and the possibility of pure aesthetics in single-coloured works

At Moderna Museet, Stockholm, the artist’s solo exhibition shows just how much her work has been absorbed into our collective imagination

A major retrospective at M+, Hong Kong recounts the artist’s seven-decade career in her own words

At Peres Projects, Berlin, the artist’s new series dispels the limiting stereotype that women’s identities are based on the home

Paired with sculptures from the Nasher’s permanent collection, the artist’s new work explores the vulnerability of the body

From Sung Hwan Kim's solo show at Barakat Contemporary, Seoul, to a retrospective of General Idea at National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

From Howardena Pindell’s harrowing retrospective at Kettle’s Yard, Cambridge, to Garrett Bradley’s moving debut at Lisson Gallery, London

A small retrospective at Centre Pompidou, Paris, strikes a balance between the artist’s unique brand of expressionist figuration and her activism

From a show of Ukrainian women artists at Fridman Gallery, New York to Kaari Upson's first posthumous exhibition at Sprüth Magers, Los Angeles, here are the best shows of the year

At Azkuna Zentroa, Bilbao, a group exhibition is cast as a ‘constellation’ of Bruce Baillie’s influence

At PROA21 in Buenos Aires, the artist showcases a series of new films which convey the lifeforce that permeates the cities where he lives and the communities that build them up

Featuring more than 50 years of work, the artist’s survey at Kunsthalle St. Annen, Lübeck, builds on his idiosyncratic system of shapes and symbols

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

At Gianni Manhattan, Vienna, the artist evokes painful memories of childhood cruelty

In his first solo show in Los Angeles since 1984, at Parrasch Heijnen, the artist shows paper and canvas works that draw from global influences

An ambitious group show at Michael Werner Gallery, London, curated by Andrew Bonacina, invites us to examine the possibilities of human representation through the works of 28 artists