CFCCA, Market Buildings, 13 Thomas Street, Manchester M4 1EU

Clemens Wilhelm: SIMULACRA

Clemens Wilhelm, SIMULACRA, 2014

Clemens Wilhelm engages with the game of fakes, copies and mechanical reproductions that is making society increasing synthetic. The exhibition is reviewed by Dominika Mackiewicz.

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Tintype Project Space, 107 Essex Road, London N1 2SL

Holly Slingsby: Behind the Curtain

Behind the Curtain

The Book of Exodus; sixteenth century triumphal processions; shamanism and medieval frescoes are all chewed up and spat out in the artist’s own, distinctive visual language. Holly Slingsby's Behind the Curtain is reviewed by Helena Haimes.

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Whitechapel Gallery, 77-82 Whitechapel High St, London E1 7QX

Peter Liversidge: Notes on Protesting

 Notes on Protesting performed at Whitechapel Gallery, 10 May 2014

A mass of small children holding placards and voicing aspects of their lives they want to change: Cathy Wade reviews Peter Liversidge's Notes on Protesting.

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Bosse & Baum, Copeland Park Industrial Estate, 133 Copeland Road, Peckham, SE15 3SN

Chloe Dewe Mathews: Congregation

Congregation

Chloe Dewe Mathews presents ‘Congregation’, a video installation exploring collective religious experience - specifically, the nature of expressive worship in south London’s African churches.

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The Hepworth Wakefield, Gallery Walk Wakefield, West Yorkshire WF1 5AW

Lynda Benglis

Installation shot of the Lynda Benglis exhibition at The Hepworth Wakefield

The survey of Benglis’ work at The Hepworth Wakefield has material process at its core and charts her career through New York, New Mexico, Ahmedabad in India and Kastellorizo in Greece. Review by Rebecca Senior

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The Tetley, Hunslet Road, Leeds LS10 1JQ

Painting in Time

Claire Ashley, 'Limes and Bricks Suck Pink Your Tasteless Hunk' (2012) and 'Another Tasteless Hunk' (2013)

Whilst we have become accustomed to the idea of painting masked as sculpture or made through performance, the current exhibition at The Tetley investigates the relationship between time and contemporary painting, staking a claim for painting as a time-based medium. Review by Matthew Hearn

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LONG MUSEUM, No.210, Lane 2255, Luoshan Road, Shanghai.

Xu Zhen: Solo Exhibition

EUROPEAN THOUSAND-ARMS CLASSICAL SCULPTURE

On the occasion of the first anniversary of its inauguration, the Long Museum (West Bund Branch) will host the grand opening of Xu Zhen Solo Exhibition on March 28, 2015. Xu Zhen is an iconic, leading figure within the realm of contemporary Chinese art, and moreover he is the most sought-after international contemporary artist currently. Surveying art ancient and new, the artist marshals Chinese and Western cultures and fuses the quintessence of both. Through his meticulous treatment and distinctive integration of global knowledge and information, he generates an infinite degree of creativity.

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Chisenhale Gallery, 64 Chisenhale Road, London E3

Ahmet Öğüt: Happy Together: Collaborators Collaborating

Installation view, Chisenhale Gallery, 2015. Commissioned and produced by Chisenhale Gallery as part of How to work together.

David Price responds to Happy Together: Collaborators Collaborating. Taking the form of an opening event, a filmed central discussion event, and finally the presentation of the film which forms an exhibition, the project does not lend itself to straightforward explanations.

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Centrala, Unit 4 Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, B5 5RT Birmingham and Redbridge Central Library, Clements Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 1EA

They Are Here: I’ll bring you flowers: The Story So Far…

I'll Bring You Flowers: The Story So Far, Installation view at Centrala, Birmingham

An unexpected collision between art and life occurred when artists They Are Here, recognised a classified advert as a poetic act: a work fully formed and awaiting a response. Cathy Wade reviews.

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narrative projects, 110 New Cavendish Street London, Fitzrovia W1W 6XR

Taus Makhacheva: Vababai Vadadai!

 Super Taus

Turning a critical yet humorous eye to her own Russian culture, Taus Makhacheva presents a series of sculptural and film works at Narrative Projects exploring language and history. Review by Katherine Jackson.

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