Reviews Across The World

At Nubuke Foundation, Accra, the artist’s mysterious paintings are laced with historical references and religious iconography

At Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, the multi-panel paintings and prints confront notions of subjecthood through theories of the subconscious

From Sung Hwan Kim's solo show at Barakat Contemporary, Seoul, to a retrospective of General Idea at National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa

From Alexandre Diop’s Berlin-inspired exhibition at Spinello Projects, Miami, to Mikołaj Sobczak’s riotous institutional solo at Kunsthalle Münster

From a comprehensive survey of Christopher Knowles at the Watermill Center, New York, to Marla Hlady and Christof Migone’s sound installations at Christie Contemporary, Toronto, here are the best shows to see across the US and Canada

At a retrospective at Museo de Arte Miguel Urrutia, Bogotá, 40 years of the collective’s work demonstrates their trans-disciplinary explorations of Colombian histories of violence and displacement

The artists’ installations of components retired from the whisky-distillation process explore sound, labour and materiality

From Maria Hupfield's felt portraits at Patel Brown gallery to an exhibition of Black photography at the Art Museum at the University of Toronto, here are the best shows to see in Toronto right now

At Sharjah Art Foundation, a landmark group exhibition explores art inspired by popular culture in South Asia

At Instituto Moreira Salles, the writer anchors an exploration of Brazilian women’s art and literature in the mid- to late-20th century

A group exhibition at blank projects, Cape Town, brings together artists whose work experiments with the materiality of the earth

The collective’s retrospective at the National Gallery of Canada extends from foundational mail art to hard-hitting installations about HIV/AIDS

Opening at a time when severe flooding north of the city, the exhibition uneasily aligns with a state of national emergency

At Green Art Gallery, Dubai, the Iranian artist Nazgol Ansarinia reimagines the city’s urban decay in various shades of blue

The newly opened Nairobi Contemporary Art Institute presents the first-ever survey of the autodidact’s long painting career

From New Orleans much-anticipated Prospect.5 to Naudline Pierre's first institutional solo exhibition, these are the unmissable shows to see this month

At Travesía Cuatro, Mexico City, the two artists illuminate the three-storey gallery space with projected video animations and magic lanterns

At Goodman Gallery, Cape Town, the artist presents a video that addresses the issue of gender-based violence and femicide in South Africa

At Galería Curro, Guadalajara, the artist presents an immersive installation featuring neon sculptures and photographs visualizing the malleability of time

From Rosemary Mayer's long-deserved survey at Swiss Institute, New York, to the 17th edition of MOMENTA in Montreal, Canada, these are the best shows in the Americas