At White Cube Mason’s Yard, London, the artist’s paintings introduce an unexpected strain of feeling into the tradition of optical art

The free public display returns to The English Garden, with artists including Assemble, Elmgreen & Dragset, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith and Erwin Wurm

The inaugural Bukhara Biennial pairs artists with artisans and embeds works throughout the city’s historic centre, creating charming moments of local engagement

At Kunst Museum Winterthur, the artist retools industrial debris and art-historical fragments into sculpture

Glide among circuit gays and dolls with McKenzie Wark, swaying to Juliana Huxtable, as she urges you to put down your phone and listen

Megan Nolan revisits the artist’s I Love You, reflecting on how the phrase can be, at once, freighted with meaning and emptied of it

On the eve of her major survey at Seoul’s Leeum Museum, the artist reflects on a career shaped by absurdity, desire and disillusionment

Drawing on 25 years of personal data, Paul Chan has built a digital double – and now it’s on the brink of a breakdown

From a debut novel by Stephanie Wambugu to Maggie Nelson’s analysis of Taylor Swift and Sylvia Plath, the frieze team recommend the new books they’re most excited about

As museums embrace performance by queer artists, performers and curators debate the trade-offs of recognition

At Michael Werner Gallery, London, a new exhibition explores the author’s world. Its curator – a long-time admirer – discusses her character and the show’s conception