Francis Alÿs

From Francis Alÿs’s audiovisual playground to Babeworld’s burnout, here are the most captivating exhibitions to see this month

The artist's short films document how children from across the world navigate their environment through play

At Empty Gallery, Hong Kong, a group show reinscribes readings of contemporary art through traditional Chinese aesthetic

A three-part exhibition at CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco, draws on the ensemble form and musical score to deliver a vision of cacophonous community

Elvia Wilk on the artist’s understated and poignant series ‘Children’s Games’ (1999-ongoing)

The artist’s first large exhibition in China at Rockbund Art Museum, Shanghai, captures how hope and disappointment can co-exist in the same frame

With President Xi and the China International Import Expo in town, taking stock of ‘progress’ seemed both a timely and complicated endeavour

An exhibition at Pinchuk Art Centre, Kyiv, timed to coincide with the Yalta European Strategy conference, reminds of the corruptibility of culture

Francis Alÿs, Untitled, 1994; Filippino Lippi, Allegoria dell’Amore (Allegory of Love), c.1500

In the aftermath of the EU referendum, the UK government must work harder than ever to support artists and their institutions

To celebrate frieze’s quarter century, the editors choose 25 key artworks: one for each year of the magazine’s existence

Etel Adnan, Francis Alÿs, Megan Rooney and more: a guide to the best current shows in the capital

Various venues, Turkey

Manège de Sury, Mons, Belgium

Lulu, Mexico City, Mexico

Various venues, Biel/Bienne, Switzerland

Tate Modern, London, UK

De Appel Boys' School, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

A celebration of the over-looked, the under-appreciated and the disappeared

In staging large-scale participatory events, artists are creating new narratives for our cultural landscape