The Modern Institute, 14-20 Osborne Street, Glasgow G1 5QN, United Kingdom

Jeremy Deller

Justified and Ancient

Stemming from an uninvited walk onto a Scottish grouse moor, Jeremy Deller’s exhibition at The Modern Institute focuses on land.

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Centrala, Unit 4, Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Digbeth, Birmingham B5 5RT

Fierce Festival, Justyna Scheuring: Didn’t you know that?

Didn't you know that?

In Justyna Scheuring's performance moments of dramatic persuasion reveal themselves through expressions of subjected emotional angst (the suffering artist), subtle mood swings, and large sawing screams. Review by Debbie Guinnane as part of Fierce Festival.

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Eastside Projects, 86 Heath Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham B9 9AR

Fierce Festival, Dina Rončević: Car Deconstructions

Car Deconstructions

Rooted in gender politics and the performance of gender, Rončević’s project uses the act of work to explore issues without any of the young participants ever really being aware of this. Part of Fierce Festival. Anneka French reviews.

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798 Art District, No. 2 Jiuxianqiao Road, Chaoyang District, Beijing 100015

Liu Jianhua: Square

Square

Liu Jianhua's solo exhibition comprises freely spilled materials that bring together craft and fine art traditions.

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Gemeentemuseum Den Haag, Stadhouderslaan 41, 2517 HV Den Haag, The Netherlands

Jürgen Partenheimer: The Archive

Nirox 7 (Dreaming Termites)

Jürgen Partenheimer has carved out a niche of his own within the field of abstract art. His exhibition at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag is his third at the gallery.

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Ikon Gallery, 1 Oozells Square, Brindleyplace, Birmingham, B1 2HS

Lee Bul

Lee Bul, Mon grand récit Weep into stones . . . (2005)

Political, cryptic and dazzlingly beautiful, Lee Bul's first solo show in the UK opens with a remarkable new work inspired by a mystical glass city. Review by Catrin Davies

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BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead Quays, South Shore Road, Gateshead, NE8 3BA

Lydia Gifford: Drawn

Lydia Gifford: Drawn, Installation view at BALTIC, Gateshead (2014)

Engaging in a dialogue of painterly curiosity, Drawn reflects an understanding of painting originating from post-minimalism. Review by Rachel McDermott

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Hopkinson Mossman, 19 Putiki St Auckland 1021 New Zealand

Fiona Connor: Can Do Academy

Installation view: Hopkinson Mossman, Auckland

The taxonomy of marks in Can Do Academy are quoted from various sites of creative production, including artist studios, after school program rooms, and print workshops. The patina is that of incidental marks; signs of process that would typically be either contained in the surface of a painting (as purposeful mark-making), or purposefully excluded from exhibition.

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