UK Reviews

At the Barbican Art Gallery, London, a dual presentation shows two artists confronting the traumas of their times

At Champ Lacombe, London, a series of poems printed on chiffon lingers in the joy and violence of contemporary life

At Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, the artist presents the beauty of myth as a way to address sorrow and shame

At Auto Italia, London, the artist’s work interrogates Iran’s recent political history 

At Perrotin, London, the artist presents an image of hope in the face of trauma

At a. SQUIRE, London, the artist’s erotic works are a hymn to the beauty of men

At South Parade, London, the artist’s sculptures evoke states of fragility whilst addressing personal and societal trauma

At Leeds Art Gallery, the artist obliquely references his own diasporic family history whilst resisting the exploitation of identity

A group exhibition at Mazzoleni, London, captures the movement’s playful challenge to art world conventions

At Gagosian Davies Street, London, the artist’s seriocomic images probe the experiences of Black Americans

In concurrent solo exhibitions at Spike Island, Bristol, the artists explore the representation of Black British life

A group exhibition at Rose Easton, London, celebrates one of the human body’s most versatile organs

A powerful exhibition at Autograph, London, proves the late photographer’s significance

At Pace Gallery, London, the artist’s compositions of organic material highlight the importance of collaboration

At GRIMM Gallery, London, the artist depicts everyday objects to highlight the insidious presence of colonialist legacies

In a joint exhibition at Emalin, London, the artists’ films and photographs attest to the impact of state censorship and regulation

In an impressive survey at Thaddaeus Ropac, London, the artist’s often-ambiguous paintings stimulate new ways of seeing

In an exhibition with no artworks at Chisenhale Gallery, London, the artist subverts conventions of display

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

Dedicated to 100 years of surreal landscapes, this baggy group show at The Hepworth Wakefield hides its best works