Warwick Arts Centre, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, West Midlands. CV4 7AL
A departure from his body-based work, Franko B's Because of Love delves from the political down to the personal, exploring memory and interrogating its narrative processes. As such, its own methods of recall become the subject of the performance itself. R
ARTicle Gallery, School of Art, Margaret Street, Birmingham, B3 3BX
Over the last six months, Fierce has been delving into its storage unit, drawing together paperwork, documentation, marketing material and arranging meetings with founding figures in its first step towards building an archive of fifteen years of activity.
Publication
Forest Fringe's publication is not just a book: it's a performance festival disguised as a book. Review by Maggie Gray
Warwick Arts Centre, Gibbet Hill Road, Coventry, West Midlands. CV4 7AL
If other events from this year's Fierce Festival are marked by physical labour and bodily aggression (Heather Cassils, Kate McIntosh), then 'Slap Talk' is their verbal counterpart.
Moderna Museet, Exercisplan 4, 111 49 Stockholm, Sweden
''her work is doubly potent, and she increases its impact through the use of humour and satire in her imagery.'
Sadie Coles HQ, 62 Kingly Street, London, W1K 2QZ
Sadie Coles opens a new space on Kingly Street, W1, with a series of new large-scale paintings from Ryan Sullivan.
Beursschouwburg vzw, Auguste Ortsstraat 20-28, 1000 Brussels
Art was a late vocation for Berger. She brings the aesthetics and protocols of the office environment to the gallery, revealing new sides to both. Review by Laura Herman.
The Woon Tai Jee Studio at BALTIC 39, 31'39 High Bridge, Newcastle upon Tyne NE1 1EW
A new commission depicts parkour runners as they redefine the route of the Great North Run. Review by Michael Mulvihill.
Pace London, 6 Burlington Gardens - first floor gallery, W1S 3ET
'Rarely does such an influential artist that has impacted artists as diverse as Mike Kelley to Damien Hirst, fly below the radar as much as Paul Thek since his untimely death at 55 years old in 1988.' Kenny Schachter.
Venues throughout London
As the mega-fairs approach London, the Art Licks Weekend champions some alternative spaces and artists, in a city-wide showcase of young initiative.
The Bluecoat, School Lane, Liverpool L1 3BX
A group exhibition explores the uncanny atmosphere of the early hours, when usual rules and thoughts do not apply. Review by Anneka French
South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Road, London SE5 8UH
Oscar Murillo's path to critical and commercial success has been astonishingly direct. His response at South London Gallery has been to try out some new routes. Kate Pantling reviews.
