In a retrospective at Serpentine North Gallery, London, political violence lurks behind the artist’s eclectic paintings

At Perrotin, London, the artist presents an image of hope in the face of trauma

At a. SQUIRE, London, the artist’s erotic works are a hymn to the beauty of men

Building on his presentation at the Venice Biennale, the artist’s show at The Bell, Providence reflects on diasporic wisdoms

At BANK NYC, the show is most effective when it engages with haptics at a distance

At Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, a show of abandoned projects sees the artist contemplating endings

At Layr, Vienna, the artist’s silk canvases reimagine painting as a porous and philosophical practice

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

At Galerie Georges-Philippe & Nathalie Vallois, Paris, the artist makes a muse out of the simple metal post

At Bangkok Kunsthalle, a show of the Sino-Thai artist’s calligraphic abstractions invites meditations on history and impermanence

At 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, a group show about nature and technology asks visitors to listen to the trees

At Jim Thompson Art Center, Bangkok, the French-Algerian artist asks how we might mend connections and cultivate hope