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ARCOMadrid, 19-23 February

ARCOMadrid opens 19 February and brings together the best art from artists working in Spain and internationally. The fair is for contemporary art professionals, art-lovers and the general public.

Archive Gallery: Haus der Kunst, Munich

Haus der Kunst reveals a new permanent gallery dedicated to the presentation of its historical archive containing documents on the building’s architecture and history, alongside a talk with Martin Schmidl and Sabine Brantl on 8 March.

Interview with Artist and Filmmaker Shezad Dawood

Shezad Dawood will premiere his latest short at the Marrakech Biennale at the end of February. Shot in Morocco’s Sidi Ifni, Towards the Possible Film examines histories of violence and future dystopias.

Bristol New Music

Five key organisations across Bristol join forces to present Bristol New Music from 21 February until 23 February: Colston Hall, Arnolfini, Spike Island, St George’s Bristol and the University of Bristol.

Walk On – From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff, 40 Years of Art Walking, mac birmingham

Walk On – From Richard Long to Janet Cardiff, 40 Years of Art Walking brings together the work of almost 40 artists including 2 and 3 dimensional pieces, video and performance.

Art Basel Hong Kong

Art Basel Hong Kong opens in May and we’re looking forward to the collaboration featured at the event between one of Hong Kong’s most exciting young artists Nadim Abbas and Absolut.

Darren Almond: To Leave a Light Impression, White Cube, Bermondsey

Darren Almond’s To Leave a Light Impression at White Cube, Bermondsey, includes his photography series Fullmoon and Present Form, enthralling the audience across three large rooms.

George Chakravarthi: Thirteen, Impressions Gallery

Opening on 20 March, Thirteen marks the 450th anniversary of Shakespeare’s birth and is the first time the pieces are on display outside of the Royal Shakespeare Theatre in Stratford-Upon-Avon.

An Insight into the Work of UK Artist Samuel Harriman

Samuel Harriman’s work consists primarily of light, however, by using painterly processes, he combines the mediums of installation and painting to intonate the point that the use of light is a form of painting.

Jeremy Hutchison i- at Rurart, Rouillé and Art Brussels

Jeremy Hutchison’s i- is invested in the psychology behind consumer culture. Playing with audience expectations, i- features hand models unexpectedly holding lumps of distorted clay.

Bottega Veneta & Pieter Hugo The Art of Collaboration

Bottega Veneta has joined forces with Pieter Hugo to shoot the Spring /Summer campaign. Every season the new collection is conceived and captured by an exceptional photographer.

The Worst of Scottee, The Roundhouse, London

The Worst of Scottee is a confessional and it’s set out as such: Scottee sits inside a photobooth, profile to the audience and we observe as he tells his story to this modern confession booth.

Paul Gaffney and Michal Iwanowski, Ffotogallery, Cardiff

Paul Gaffney’s We Make the Path by Walking and Michal Iwanowski’s Clear of People will engage with the idea of journeys as both artists document their personal expeditions across the land.

The Jameel Prize 3, V&A

The Jameel Prize is a delightful antidote to any notions of poor taste and bad judgement attempting to taint the validity of Islamic culture, visual or otherwise. Running until 21 April at the V&A.

Tomio Seike: Waterscapes & Nudes, Hamiltons, London

In this exclusively online exhibition, the second of its kind for Hamiltons, waterscapes and nudes come together to blend two bodies of Tomio Seike’s work in a selection of black and white images.

Infinite City, Zabludowicz Collection

Infinite City is a group exhibition featuring works from two private collections: the Zabludowicz Collection (located in London, New York, and Sarvisalo, Finland) and Kadist Art Foundation.

Franz Ackermann, White Cube, Bermondsey

Franz Ackermann’s three-dimensional panels comprising of cartographic watercolour drawings and black and white photographs reflect the bare bones of urbanisation as well as globalisation.

Simon Lewandowski and Sam Belinfante: The Reversing Machine, The Tetley

Curated by the contemporary arts and education charity Project Space Leeds (PSL), A New Reality Part 1 is The Tetley’s maiden programme, promising a series of cross-disciplinary exhibitions.

Glenn Ligon: Come Out, Thomas Dane Gallery

Glenn Ligon’s third exhibition at the Thomas Dane Gallery sees inspiration from Steve Reich’s Come Out (1966) manifesting through an ensemble of three monumental screen-printed paintings.

Faisal Samra: C.D.R – Construction, Destruction & Reconstruction

Saudi Arabian artist Faisal Samra’s first solo exhibition in the UK opens at Ayyam Gallery, London on 13 February. The show is a response to Samra’s interest in the process of creation.