Laura Bartlett Gallery, 4 Herald St, London E2 6JTt

Breather

Carolina Mostert reflects on 'Breather', a group exhibition of work by Alex Olson, Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili, Sarah Dobai, Brie Ruais and Simone Forti.

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South London Gallery, 65-67 Peckham Rd, London SE5 8UH

Roman Ondak: The Source of Art is in the Life of a People

Time marches on in Ondak's piece 'Event Horizon', a performance structure that rolls on over the duration of the 100 days of the exhibition at South London Gallery. A sliced up oak tree lies on the floor divided into 100 sections. Over the course of the exhibition, every day a piece is taken and placed on a grid of dowels mounted on the wall. Each of the tree sections has painted on to it text stating a significant event from each year. Review by Piers Masterson

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The Secession, Friedrichstraße 12, 1010 Vienna, Austria

Avery Singer: Sailor

The Secession presents the work of the young American painter Avery Singer, whose innovative art effortlessly integrates references to art history and contemporaneity with an exploration of the underpinnings and mechanisms of digital media.

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Carré d'Art, Place de la Maison Carrée, 30000 Nîmes, France

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Approximating Vibrant Retroflex Self-Construction

For this exhibition at Carré d’Art, Abraham Cruzvillegas produced new works from materials collected in the city of Nîmes. The artist's approach calls up history and self-construction within the economic, social and political contexts as he breathes fresh life into objects and alters the way we interpret them.

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Australian Centre for the Moving Image Federation Square, Melbourne, Australia

Phillipe Parreno: Thenabouts

In the darkened subterranean gallery of ACMI, “The Projectionist” draws the theatre curtains. Adjusting the width of the screen, the gesture is both performative and practical. “The Projectionist” announces the upcoming film and proceeds to press play.

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

KALEIDOSCOPE: The Vanished Reality

Modern Art Oxford has had its 50th anniversary this year. To celebrate its cultural conversion from the Victorian brewery that it once was in the 60s to the international gallery that exists today, a commemorative medley of exhibitions has been staged.

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North East Contemporary Visual Arts Network (CVAN)

The work of Annie O’Donnell

Artist Annie O’Donnell talks about the close links between her personal narrative and the history of former ICI plant in Teesside.

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

William Kentridge: Thick Time

Kentridge's work combines a complex and theoretically rigorous reading of 20th century art and history with a level of artistic virtuosity that can be equally appreciated by traditionalists. Review by Luke Naessens

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Bosse & Baum, Copeland Estate, 133 Copeland Road, London SE15 3SN

France-Lise McGurn: Mondo Throb

‘Mondo Throb’ is a mise-en-scène in which a body of works have figuratively turned the gallery space into a night spot; revellers are immortalised in paintings, the traces of their dance steps left on the floor. Review by Cristina Ramos González

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Camden Arts Centre, Arkwright Road, London NW3 6DG

Bonnie Camplin

Described as ‘a semiotic technology’, the work consists of eight drawings arranged as a schematic diagram. Camplin claims these were transmitted to her and downloaded through psychic communication. Whatever this psychic seance involved remains mysterious. Review by Tessa Norton

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Institute of Modern Art, 420 Brunswick Street, Fortitude Valley, Brisbane, Australia

Nicholas Mangan: Limits to Growth

Limits to Growth is the first survey exhibition of Melbourne-based artist Nicholas Mangan. Bringing together five major projects made between 2009 and 2016, Mangan’s immersive moving-image installations masterfully balance complex narratives.

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mother's tankstation limited, 41-43 Watling Street, Usher's Island, Dublin 8, D08 NP48, Ireland

Yuri Pattison: Sunset Provision

Yuri Pattison’s first solo exhibition in Ireland springs from a longstanding examination of the refractive impact of automation on time, loneliness, and the demands of productivity housed in an emergent co-working culture driven by and contingent on technological success.

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CHEWDAY'S 139 Lambeth Walk London, SE11 6EE

Dana Lok: The Set of All Sets

Can painting be thought of in loops? Dana Lok’s exhibition The Set of All Sets is bookended by two of them.

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Redruth, Cornwall

Inland Art Festival

Redruth is a town of bygone wealth -- Inland Festival saw the area flush with creative enterprise

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