Tramway, 25 Albert Drive, Glasgow G41 2PE

Laura Aldridge: California wow!

Laura Aldridge, California wow! installation view at Tramway (2015)

In ‘California wow!’ Aldridge’s artistic process takes centre stage, and the colossal Tramway 2 gallery gives the artist space to draw from all areas of her practice to fully immerse us into her world. Review by Laura Campbell

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Modern Art Oxford, 30 Pembroke Street, Oxford OX1 1BP

Jeremy Deller - William Morris / Andy Warhol Study day

Love is Enough: William Morris and Andy Warhol Study Day This afternoon of talks and presentations drew out some of the themes and ideas from the Love is Enough. Presentations ranged from discussions of Warhol’s early years to the production of Morris’ tapestries and different conceptions of Utopia.

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SculptureCenter, 44-19 Purves Street, Long Island City, New York 11101

Araya Rasdjarmrearnsook

Village and Elsewhere: Jeff Koons’ Untitled, Cindy Sherman’s Untitled, and Thai Villagers, 2011

In presenting the overarching themes behind Rasdjarmrearnsook’s oeuvre, this retrospective ultimately succeeds in letting the artist speak for herself, and concedes how cryptic and culturally specific her work can often seem. Review by Arthur Ivan Bravo

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Cubitt, 8 Angel Mews, London N1 9HH

Rachel Reupke: Letter of Complaint

Rachel Reupke, Letter of Complaint, February 2015, Installation view, Cubitt Gallery,

Reupke continues to explore the malleable properties of stock image photography in her new film installation, ‘Letters of Complaint’. Fascinated by their flatness, emotional emptiness, and a lack of substance, Reupke investigates how stock footage can be manipulated, given potential context and exposed as fragile or unnerving. The exhibition is reviewed by Philomena Epps.

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Tenderpixel, 8-10 Cecil Court, London WC2N 4HE

M/Other Tongue

The Perfect Sound

This group exhibition draws the viewer into unknown territories, inviting them to explore language in all its varied permutations. Review by Maru Rojas

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Cell Project Space, 258 Cambridge Heath Road, London E2 9DA

Natalie Dray: DRAY

Installation view, DRAY

For the casual visitor, it is difficult to tell exactly where factory fabrication ends and handcraft begins. Marianne Templeton reviews Natalie Dray: DRAY at Cell Project Space.

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Carlos/Ishikawa, Unit 4, 88 Mile End Road, London E1 4UN

Steve Bishop: Standard Ballad

Standard Ballad, installation view

David Price reviews Steve Bishop's new exhibition, wherein furnishings function like 'post-maker readymades', whose authorial foundations have been untethered and released.

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IMT Gallery, Unit 2/210 Cambridge Heath Road, London, E2 9NQ UK

Luke McCreadie: Ref

Fragment Dolphin (film still)

Revolving around his 'In Hinterland' project, Luke McCreadie's latest solo show at IMT Gallery continues the artist's construction of an apocalyptic narrative.

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Dark Arts International, Justo Sierra 71, Col. Centro Mexico DF

Under A Thawing Lake

Under a Thawing Lake, Installation View

'Under a Thawing Lake’ is a group show featuring eighteen artists brought together by the collective Dark Arts International. In an exhibition which runs simultaneous to Mexico City's Material Art Fair, the collective explore alternative platforms for the exhibition and contextualisation of artworks in contrast to the art fair's inherently commercial nature.

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Workplace Gallery, The Old Post Office 19/21 West Street, Gateshead NE8 1AD

EXHIBITION

EXHIBITION, installation view at Workplace Gallery (2015)

EXHIBITION delves into the structures, exchanges and mechanisms that manifest in the gallery space, and refreshingly, the main recourse is not bloated theory, but humour. Review by Thomas Hopkin

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Cooper Gallery, Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, 13 Perth Road, Dundee DD1 4HT

Men Gather, in Speech…

Abri de Swardt, I'll never wear sunglasses again, 2014, 10:35 min. Rose English, Documentation of Plato’s Chair performed in 1983, 2013, 85:40 min. Men Gather, in Speech… Cooper Gallery, DJCAD, 2015

‘Men Gather, in Speech…’ takes its title and curatorial cue from the writings of twentieth century German philosopher Hannah Arendt (1906-1975) and classical Greek definitions of dialogue and politics. Review by Valerie Norris

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Spor Klübü, Kolonie Wedding e.V. Soldiner Str. 92 13359 Berlin

The Absolute Outside

The Absolute Outside, Installation view at Spor Klübü (2015)

The works in 'The Absolute Outside' represent positively varied approaches to imaging and imagining. Review by Suvi Lehtinen

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