Gagosian Gallery, 17-19 Davies Street, London W1K 3DE

Thomas Ruff: nature morte

nature morte at Gagosian Gallery, Davies St, London. 6 August - 26 September, 2015

In his exhibition at Gagosian, Ruff transforms discarded vernacular photography into high-contrast digital negatives. Review by Aris Kourkoumelis.

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The NewBridge Project, Norham House, 12 New Bridge St West, Newcastle upon Tyne, NE1 8AW

Do we need to grow up?

Do we need to grow up?, Installation View

'Do we need to grow up?' forms part of The NewBridge Project’s 5th birthday – it will critically consider and celebrate the nature of artist-led communities and workspaces.

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Plymouth Arts Centre, 38 Looe Street, Plymouth PL4 0EB

Carl Slater: Crowd.Control

Carl Slater, Crowd.Control, installation view at Plymouth Arts Centre, 2015

Following a three-month residency at Plymouth Arts Centre the intriguing exhibition 'Crowd.Control' presents artist Carl Slater’s research into Plymouth’s former rave scene. Review by Edith Doove

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Baró Galeria, Jardins: Rua da Consolação, 3417 Sao Paulo

Christian Boltanski: Heartbeats

Christian Boltanski, Heartbeats, installation view at Baró Galeria, 2015

When experiencing ‘Heartbeats’, the installation by French artist Christian Boltanski currently at Baró Galeria, a certain anxiety takes the chest. In the centre of the room, a flashing incandescent lamp synchronises with thudding beats, illuminating sixty-one blackboards of different sizes hung on the painted grey walls. Review by Thais Gouveia

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Bllomberg Space, 50 Finsbury Square, London EC2A 1HD

David Blandy, HERCULES: ROUGH CUT

HERCULES : ROUGH CUT (installation view), David Blandy, 2015

‘HERCULES: ROUGH CUT’ is a linguistic bombardment of distorted pictorial puzzles. Phoebe V. Bradford reviews David Blandy's exhibition at Bloomberg Space.

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White Cube Bermondsey, 144-152 Bermondsey St, London SE1 3TQ

Imi Knoebel

Ort-Rosa

This long overdue exhibition (the first ever in London) makes clear Knoebel’s relevance to contemporary modes of image production, perspective and display. Joseph Constable reviews.

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South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH

Thomas Hirschhorn: In-Between

Thomas Hirschhorn, In-Between, installation view at the South London Gallery, 2015

Cardboard, tape, bits of paper and old industrial parts are strewn along the walls and litter the gallery floor. In an age of swift gentrification and drone warfare the dilapidated room resembles a contemporary ruin. Katherine Jackson reviews Thomas Hirschhorn: In-Between.

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Curro & Poncho, Torre CUBE Blvd. Puerta de Hierro 5210 - PB Zapopan, Jalisco, México

Andrea Galvani: Landscape as a Brain

Landscape as a Brain, Installation View

Curro y Poncho present 'Landscape as a Brain: Mimesis de un anti-monumento' — a retrospective of projects produced by artist Andrea Galvani between 2005 and 2015.

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Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier, Museumsplatz 1, 1070 Vienna, Austria

Pauline Boudry/Renate Lorenz: LOVING, REPEATING

Toxic, Performance: Ginger Brooks Takahashi and Werner Hirsch

As part of Future Light - the visual art element of the Vienna Biennale 2015 - Pauline Boudry and Renate Lorenz present an atmospheric time-reflective installation, made up of sculpture and video-based works.

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Islington Mill, James Street, Salford M3 5HW

Maurice Carlin: Performance Publishing

Maurice Carlin, 'Performance Publishing: Regent Trading Estate', Installation view, 2015

Maurice Carlin’s ‘Performance Publishing’ is a work that was originally installed in this former storage warehouse near Manchester’s Islington Mill in 2013. It consists of 136 CMYK scale prints that map the space’s floor, produced over three months using Carlin’s own relief technique derived from ancient Chinese stone rubbings, and all streamed live on a webcam. Review by Helena Haimes

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