The museum’s artistic director and chief curator discusses engaging local artists and the city as a vital connector between Mainland China and the world

At the Nicoletta Fiorucci Foundation, Venice, the artist and collaborators create a mesmerizing exhibition – part immersive Gesamtkunstwerk, part speculative archaeological site

The filmmaker on his new BBC series, the enigma of AI, and the need to imagine a genuinely new future

From Foday Mannah’s crime debut to Ishion Hutchinson’s new essays, our editors pick the best reads for every kind of escape

At Platform China, Beijing, the artist’s domestic tableaux lend the genre of ‘queer intimism’ a quietly unsettling emotional charge

The former Tate curator discusses her bold vision for the new non-profit, launching with works by Rachel Whiteread and Rose Wylie

Carlo Ratti’s exhibition trades blue-sky idealism for technological pragmatism, confronting the realities of inevitable and escalating climate change

The artist’s camp, playful sculptures and performances – now at Focal Point Gallery – offer a spirited, surreal attempt to preserve the past

At the Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, the artist’s largest exhibition yet features miraculous paintings and drawings that will leave you feeling uplifted 

Other highlights include Fashion Neurosis, a podcast merging psychoanalysis with clothes, and the latest album from Good Sad Happy Bad

A spectre of danger permeates the works in this impressive survey at the Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 

Other highlights include Arika’s return with a five-day programme in Glasgow and an exciting lineup of shows in London

A packed survey at the National Portrait Gallery in London reveals an artist who was the architect of his own myth

On the courage and vulnerability of the painter’s diverse subjects – from ancient deities to modern martyrs – ahead of her show at Frith Street Gallery in London

On the eve of the Games, the city’s sports-related cultural offerings prove artists and athletes have more in common than we think 

At 798CUBE, Beijing, the artist presents marvels of engineering with lives of their own

Highlights also include Benjamin Mullinkosson’s club kids from Chengdu and intimate gallery sessions in Glaswegian living rooms

Our tips include a suite of raw meat paintings by Zhao Gang and a trip into the monstrous world of Jenkin Van Zyl 

The artist has turned Punta della Dogana in Venice into a world of autonomous AI installations and isolated marine creatures

Adriano Pedrosa’s biennial raises essential questions about representation in the art world, but unfortunately, it feels disjointed