Critic’s Guide

From a group exhibition exploring online culture to Zahra Malkani’s reflections on regional river systems

From James Lomax’s reflections on freedom and imprisonment to Laila Majid and Louis Blue Newby’s exploration into online culture

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

From Catalina Schliebener Muñoz’s twisted takes on fairy tales to Will Stovall’s defamiliarized worlds, here’s what to see in North America 

From Heidi Bucher's latex skinnings at Mendes Wood DM to Elen Braga's horse-themed tapestries, here are five shows not to miss in the Belgium capital during Art Brussels

From Nina Canell's seven tonnes of mollusc shells at Berlinische Galerie to a leftist-philanthropic flower show at Isabella Bortolozzi, Claire Koron Elat previews the essential exhibitions opening in the German capital

From Meriem Bennani’s supernatural film at Renaissance Society to Devan Shimoyama’s transformative paintings and sculptures at Kavi Gupta, these are the must-see shows in Chicago

UK-based critic Alice Rawsthorn, curator Helen Nisbet and museum director Martin Clark on what they’re looking forward to in the year ahead