Reviews

An exhibition at Kunstverein Braunschweig explores the life of the first African philosopher in Germany and an overlooked chapter in the country’s history

A retrospective at Taxispalais Kunsthalle, Innsbruck, shows that the artist was bold both in her combinations of typefaces and in her political statements

The artist’s bracing performances demonstrate that institutions – and perception itself – can never be neutral

At Braunsfelder, Cologne, a series of painted rubber plants speaks to our need for calmness

Tender yet brutal, Deacon's work melds violence and merriment at the NGV, Melbourne

A new exhibition at Turner Contemporary, Margate, proposes a backyard narrative of the US civil rights movement

The artist’s online project enacts a daily fantasy of revenge – or reparation – for the Western history of institutional racism and colonialism

The artist’s exhibition at Galerie Imane Farès, Paris, shows the multiple faces of resistance

The Turner prize winner's exhibition at Grazer Kunstverein shows how fate can always be challenged

‘Love, Desire, Death’ at the National Gallery, London, brings together six late works that pose questions about our current world

At Friends Indeed, San Francisco, the artist mines European and indigenous American sources to form a new abstract language

The artist’s new works at La Virreina, Barcelona, predict that the culture industry will never be automated

The late US photographer challenges perceptions of African Americans in a two-part series

At Capitain Petzel, Berlin, the artist pays homage to writers such as Jane Austen and James Joyce

The artist’s current exhibition at Weiss Berlin is a nuanced critique of the notion of Black masculinity

‘FIVE’, an online exhibition curated by artist Nina Chanel Abney, assembles moving-image works around ‘anxiety, stillness, isolation, escapism and fear’ 

A retrospective of the Japanese artist's work at Louisiana Museum, Humlebæk, sheds new light on his merging of the biological and the artificial

A pop-up DIY exhibition across 400 homes became an unexpectedly timely evocation of resilience and loss

An online presentation organized by Julie Ault and Martin Beck documents the artists’ friendship and creative exchanges 

The artist’s online game, ‘Screen Talk’, satirizes the bad politics and fake news muddling responses to COVID-19