Exhibition Reviews

The eighth edition makes novel use of cacophony, disorientation and deferred gratification

At MOCA Toronto, a triennial explores the cultural milieu of a city increasingly troubled by gentrification and real-estate development

In a new show at Emalin, London, the artist invites viewers to reassess their own preconceptions about what constitutes art

Project Native Informant in London showcases feature-length films that illustrate the artist’s successful transition from a pornographic to dystopian cyberpunk aesthetic

The artist’s exhibition at Blum, Los Angeles, traces four decades of gestural painting that’s neither purely abstract nor figurative

Two videos at Gladstone Gallery, Seoul displace their viewers into the role of aides to the algorithm

The artist transforms The Modern Institute in Glasgow into a studio and living room decorated with references to his peers and heroes 

A Cape Town retrospective showcases the diverse accomplishments of an artist whose Ndebele-inspired graphical style led to collaborations with BMW and Comme Des Garçons

At Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, the artist offers a bitter comment on the way that the ongoing violence in Ukraine has been normalized over time

Her pseudo-sacred sculptures at Lisson Gallery create a bricolage of Christo-medieval relics, high fashion and doomsday aesthetics

Inspired by Virginia Woolf, the artist’s prints at Herald Street in London explore themes of life, death and the allure of possessions throughout history

At Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, the artist’s sculptures using his own hair highlight the intricate dance between roots and routes

At Print Center New York, the artist weaves histories, mythologies, politics and ecologies into intricate, interconnected cosmologies

At Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, a sprawling group exhibition explores relationships between the German Democratic Republic and socialist states in the Global South

At the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles, the late artist’s conceptual practice exists in the polarity between obsessive documentation and rigorous anti-interpretation

The 2024 edition faces the challenges of past iterations while overcoming their many pitfalls with an impressive and beautiful showcase

An exceptional retrospective at WIELS, Brussels, showcases how the late artist meticulously documented his life’s journey by carefully observing his surroundings

Despite a lackluster inaugural exhibition, Hampi Art Labs shows promise as a revitalizing institution in the region

At The Common Guild in Glasgow, the artist’s sculptures combine traditional female reclining nudes with tools of service labor

At Zurich’s Haus Konstruktiv, the artist reanimates a past work to make sense of Germany’s present