Critic's Guides

From a bold architectural intervention in New York to a group exhibition in Los Angeles on the science of sex

From an exhibition that positions paintings as ‘Popstars’ in Tokyo to the inaugural group show of a new curatorial collective in Dubai

From a characteristically tongue-in-cheek Yoko Ono exhibition to a group show on the ‘Imaginary Institution of India’

From a long overdue retrospective of Chantal Akerman to a group show celebrating the centenary of the Surrealist Manifesto

From Larry Stanton’s exploration of virility, tenderness, and the AIDS crisis, to Lucy McKenzie’s immersive murals and installations blending mass cultural imagery and objects

From Smita Sen’s work on embodied grief to a group show at a former Green Book destination, here’s what to see now in Miami

From the ongoing photographic series of Barbara Probst to Jenna Bliss’s first US institutional show, here’s what to see in America this December

From The 15th Baltic Triennial at the Contemporary Art Centre, Vilnius, to the textile practice of Hamid Zénati, discover the best shows this month

From Marcel Odenbach’s eclectic collages at Galerie Gisela Capitain, Cologne, to Monica Majoli’s portraits of queer tenderness at Kunstverein Düsseldorf

From grave rubbings by Scott Covert to sculpted ‘boats’ by Raine Bedsole, discover the shows on view during Prospect.6

From an exhibition championing interspecies collaboration to an artist-run restaurant pop-up, here’s what not to miss in Italy this November

From Sam Lipp’s campy paintings at Bonny Poon/Conditions, to Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill’s imaginative arachnids at COOPER COLE, here’s what to see during Art Toronto

From Steve McQueen’s Dia exhibitions to Tau Lewis’ first solo museum show, here is what to see this October

From Kathrin Sonntag and Gabriele Münter’s cross-generational lens to Danielle Mckinney’s portraits of stillness, here are the best shows to see in Europe this October

From Chris Ofili’s portraits of Othello at David Zwirner to Barbara Crane’s double-exposed casino signs at Centre Pompidou

From Melanie Kitti’s fragmented frescoes to Ahmed Umar’s critique of African souvenir clichés: what not to miss in Norway this autumn

From Tarek Lakhrissi’s exploration of eroticism’s liberating potential at Nicoletti to an exhibition of rarely-seen Jack Whitten works at Hauser & Wirth

From Liliana Porter’s new commission at Dia Bridgehampton, New York, to Hugh Hayden’s explorations into childhood, here are the latest exhibitions across the US

From Marlene Dumas’s melancholic paintings to Gary Hume’s precise depictions of flora and fauna, here’s what not to miss this autumn

From Lynn Hershman Leeson’s explorations of surveillance to Judy Chicago’s major survey at LUMA Foundation, Arles, here is what to see this season