The best art eludes easy interpretation

Finding historical perspectives on current upheavals in the Arab world

London's studio-space crisis

A new biopic on the late Indian modernist, F.N. Souza

How artists have explored transgender identity

Dressing up, ballet, music videos and mutant dance

Presenting documentary stories using techniques from fictional narrative cinema, these films aim to tell a greater truth than conventional reportage could offer

Better understood as a popular modernist collective, Test Dept made records pulsing with panic and were one of the last examples of post-punk

Each approach is valid and necessary, but none alone is sufficient – especially in places undergoing rapid transition

The re-invigorated relationship between design and craft

Hauser & Wirth, Bruton, UK

Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK

Lisson Gallery, London, UK

Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK

Brian Dillon considers the 'monstrous homunculi' of Enrico David

Cell Project Space, London, UK

Why enthusiasm, not scholarship, motivates artists

Language as virus and failing machines

Elizabeth Price’s new two-screen, HD video installation, K

The French artist Nathalie du Pasquier recollects the people, images and places that have shaped her career

Drifting, dreaming and drowned worlds

Public monuments, Islamic State and contesting the story of the past by Marina Warner

Art history meets domestic life in the paintings of Jonas Wood

Since the start of the Greek debt crisis in 2010, austerity measures have had a profound impact on life in the country. From biennials to occupations, Ben Davis and Ara H. Merjian reflect on how the art scene in Athens has responded

Spike Island, Bristol, UK

Temple Bar Gallery, Dublin, UK

Malmö Konsthall, Sweden

Manège de Sury, Mons, Belgium

LISZT, Berlin, Germany

Koç University Research Center for Anatolian Civilizations, Istanbul, Turkey

Various venues, Arles, France

Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA

Regen Projects, Los Angeles, UK

CULT, San Francisco, USA

Tanya Bonakdar, New York, USA

Park Avenue Armory, New York, USA

Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal, Canada

Nomas Foundation, Rome, Italy

Zero ..., Milan, Italy

Long Museum West Bund, Shanghai, China

Galleria Continua & Tang Contemporary Art, Beijing, China

Govett-Brewster Art Gallery/Len Lye Centre, New Plymouth, New Zealand

Alchemy, travel and the essay

Abraham Cruzvillegas talks to Jace Clayton about his approach to art-making and his philosophy of autoconstrucción

Q: What should stay the same? A: Nature.