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

Thomas Scheibitz: ONE-Time Pad

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Michael Mulvihill reviews BALTIC's survey exhibition of the German artist's work, consisting of over two hundred works of painting, sculpture and items from Scheibitz's archive of works on paper and collected objects.

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The Modern Institute, 3 Aird's Lane, Glasgow G1 5HU

Martin Boyce: All Over / Again / and Again

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Catrin Davies reviews the second of two concurrent exhibitions at The Modern Institute in Glasgow; 2011 Turner Prize winner Martin Boyce's "beautifully fragmented exhibition" at 3 Aird's Lane.

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The Modern Institute, 14-20 Osborne St, Glasgow G1 5QN

Manfred Pernice: «anexos»LOCAL

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Catrin Davies reviews two concurrent exhibitions at The Modern Institute in Glasgow, beginning with Manfred Pernice's arrangement of sculptures in the Institute's Osborne Street gallery.

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

Shimabuku: Something that Floats / Something that Sinks

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Via a series of unexpected gestures - such as offering a guided tour of Tokyo to an octopus, or shaving off one eyebrow on the tube - Shimabuku uses humour and performance to re-engage with the world and disrupt our habitual ways of navigating everyday li

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Jeu de Paume, 1 place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris

Lorna Simpson

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Catherine Spencer reviews Lorna Simpson's first major European solo show, which explores how identity might be simultaneously expressed and controlled.

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Arnolfini, 16 Narrow Quay, Bristol, BS1 4QA

Yorgos Sapountzis: The Protagonists

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Sapountzis creates an imaginary park of public sculptures in the galleries of Arnolfini, questioning (and changing) how we relate to statuary and monuments in public space. Review by Leela Clarke.

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Chisenhale Gallery, 64 Chisenhale Road, London, E3 5QZ

Pratchaya Phinthong: Broken Hill

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The replica 'Broken Hill' skull from the Lusaka National Museum is displayed and its history narrated in London, where the original still resides at the Natural History Museum. Phinthong uses the gesture to demonstrate how international histories and rela

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The Showroom, 63 Penfold Street, London, NW8 8PQ

Ricardo Basbaum: re-projecting (london)

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Basbaum's 'New Basis for Personality' (NBP), mapped onto London, acts as 'an initiator of encounters, discussions, and choreographed activities' within The Showroom's local area. Review by Lizzie Homersham.

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BREESE LITTLE, 30d Great Sutton Street, London, EC1V 0DU

The Palace of Green Porcelain

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Curated by Rebecca Lewin, The Palace of Green Porcelain represents 'an investigation into the object as an archive of echoes.' Review by Marie d'Elbée.

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Musee du Jeu de Paume, 1 Place de la Concorde, 75008 Paris, France

Ahlam Shibli: Phantom Home

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'What marks Shibli's practice is its consistent investigation of geopolitical and cultural homelessness wherein inhabitants strive to construct places of belonging.' - T.J. Demos

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Centre Pompidou, 19 Rue Beaubourg, 75004 Paris, France

Simon Hantaï

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Through more than 130 paintings created from 1949 to the 1990s, this exhibition, unprecedented in its scale and retrospective character, bears witness to the importance and abundant richness of a body of work that has today gained international recognitio

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LIMBO, Substation Project Space, 2 Bilton Square, High Street, Margate, CT9 1EE

Kate Hawkins: Escape the Esplanade

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Much of Kate Hawkins' work draws from the discourse that surrounds performance and theatre'For Escape The Esplanade Hawkins makes paintings as a means of de-activating the performer/viewer paradigm, thereby encouraging the spectator to adopt the role of p

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Paradise Row Gallery, 74a Newman Street, London, W1T 3DB

The Instability of the Image

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Paradise Row's group exhibition looks at the effects of digital technology and image proliferation on forms of art. But is it possible to grasp the zeitgist and still remain a part of it' Beatrice Schulz reviews.

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