Kandis Williams

At Galerie Hubert Winter, Vienna, the artist draws a line from the plantation to the stage

David Breslin and Adrienne Edwards’s biennial documents the power of the individual imagination within imperfect nation-state borders

From Lorraine O'Grady's storied retrospective at the Brooklyn Museum to Ben Sakoguchi's presentation of his seminal work Chinatown (2014) at Bel Ami, Los Angeles, these are the best shows in the US of 2021

From Deana Lawson's cosmic portraiture at the Guggenheim to Christina Quarles splayed out figures at MCA Chicago, these are the must-see shows in America right now

At the Institute of Contemporary Art at Virginia Commonwealth University, the artist presents a site-responsive project that looks at the fraught history of post-slavery labour practices across the Virginia countryside

At Luma Westbau, Zurich, the artist-run imprint's first institutional exhibition envisions theory as a means of community-building