Reviews

Across the programme, animals are at the centre of the drama

A report from the inaugural Biennale Warszawa

A new film documenting the destruction of an east London community centre drills into the deformation of Muslim subjects by the state

From colonization to industrialization, the exhibition tackles complex local issues with international ambition 

‘IF THE SNAKE’ shows a world caught in limbo – or hell  

In the first show dedicated to the artist’s portraits, a narcissistic personality emerges

A report from this year’s MeetDocs Eastern Ukrainian Film Festival in Kharkiv

The artist’s fantastical sculptures and bas reliefs, on view at Lisson, New York, combine prehistoric creatures with oil barons and kings

Drones, 1980s synth-pop and a giant chess board turn the show into a game whose rules are never quite clear

In the third edition of the biennial, progressive politics and BP sponsorship underscore the tensions between discourse and direct action 

In the Dream House grapples with the ‘bad PR’ of an abusive queer relationship

An exhibition at Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, London, unveils the surrealist undercurrents of 1960s pop 

The ‘lost’ record captures the saxophonist at a time when he was thinking that albums could aspire to be something grander than a string of loosely woven tunes

The studio’s first exhibition in Europe explores the politics of shapeshifting

In a new show, Sze pairs precision with nods to disassembly or messy composition

His ‘brutalist dollhouses’ invite viewers into the void ‘in the friendliest manner’ 

At the Turbine Hall, the artist turns the Victoria Memorial inside out, populating her counter-monument with memories of colonial violence

At the Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, the artists’ first US museum survey traces their slick, satirical and sentimental practice

Works by the legendary New York gallerist and early champion of Abstract Expressionism go on show in London

Is this a show about the artist’s youth or is it about something bigger – landscape?