London

At Cabinet, London, the artist’s minimal installation recreates a blurry photograph of a bus stop 

At MASSIMODECARLO, London, the artist presents a series of unnerving paintings based on archival photographs of Francis Bacon

At Modern Art, London, the artist abstracts scenes from nature to create ambiguous paintings

At London’s National Portrait Gallery, a retrospective spanning decades reveals a profound exploration of the body and an ongoing dialogue with western art history

At The Perimeter, London, the artist explores how women have been mistreated in both domestic and clinical settings

As this vital piece of history goes on display at Tate Modern, Alastair Curtis speaks to those preserving it – and asks why it still lacks a home

At Cooke Latham Gallery, London, the artist’s works bring together the aesthetic principles of different ancient civilizations

Other highlights include Akshi Singh’s psychoanalytic experiments in living and a reissued compilation of London’s pirate radio ads and idents

From Katelyn Eichwald’s yearning-laced paintings to a weekend-long durational performance by Allen-Golder Carpenter

At Champ Lacombe, London, a series of poems printed on chiffon lingers in the joy and violence of contemporary life

As his solo show opens at Studio Voltaire, London, the artist discusses his ‘trashy’ aesthetic and how ecological anxiety fuels his resourceful approach

At Auto Italia, London, the artist’s work interrogates Iran’s recent political history 

An exhibition at Serpentine, London, spans the artist’s five-decade career, exploring humanity’s relationship with nature with remarkable fluency

In a retrospective at Serpentine North Gallery, London, political violence lurks behind the artist’s eclectic paintings

At Perrotin, London, the artist presents an image of hope in the face of trauma

Resident Rosanna Dean on why Hackney Council should do more to support the arts

At a. SQUIRE, London, the artist’s erotic works are a hymn to the beauty of men

At South Parade, London, the artist’s sculptures evoke states of fragility whilst addressing personal and societal trauma

The new director talks funding cuts, local artists and how institutions can stay relevant in a changing cultural landscape

A group exhibition at Mazzoleni, London, captures the movement’s playful challenge to art world conventions