Our pick of current exhibitions, throughout the UK and beyond, that we're not involved in but would highly recommend. Follow our recommendations on Twitter using #FVUrecommends
Art at the Frontier of Film Theory: Laura Mulvey and Peter Wollen
Art at the Frontier of Film Theory presents moving image works, audio recordings, drawings, diagrams, photographs and archival materials in order to map the co-ordinates of two transdisciplinary, overlapping practices.
Birkbeck, London, 22 March – 24 May 2019
Kannan Arunasalam, The Tent
In his first solo exhibition in a UK gallery, Kannan Arunasalam will present a new film installation reflecting on identity and the meaning of loss against the lasting impact of Sri Lanka's civil war in 1983 – 2009.
The Tetley, Leeds, 16 February – 2 June 2019
Melanie Manchot, Open Stage, Back Stage
Discover Manchot's photographs and films that investigate the landscape, community and tourism-led economic infrastructure of the Swiss Alpine valley of Engelberg.
Kunsthaus Centre d'art Pasquart, Biel, Switzerland, 14 April – 16 June 2019
Isaac Julien, Lessons of the Hour – Frederick Douglass
A ten screen installation inspired by episodes in the life of Frederick Douglass (1818–95), and the issues of social justice that shaped his life’s work.
MAG Rochester, 3 March – 12 May 2019
Lawrence Abu Hamdan, Once Removed
In this new commission, Lawrence Abu Hamdan presents an audiovisual installation that acts as a portrait of the time-travelling life and work of Bassel Abi Chahine.
Sharjah Art Foundation, 7 March — 10 June 2019
Lucy Clout, A Symptom
Sculptural and video pieces bring together research around the close readings of bodies in relation to medical diagnostic narratives, queer reproduction and pleasure.
Cubitt Gallery, 8 March – 14 April 2019
Re-collections: Susan Hiller, Elizabeth Price, Georgina Starr
Moving between personal narratives, institutional records and oral histories, this exhibition touches on the myriad ways in which we collect and present our experiences.
Site Gallery, Liverpool, 16 Feb – 19 May 2019
Jake Tilson, Finding Tsukiji 築地を知る
This exhibition introduces an exciting glimpse of new works by Jake Tilson from an ongoing project about Tsukiji – Tokyo’s famous fish market.
White Conduit Projects, 14 March – 7 April 2019
Michela de Mattei, Blushing
Michela de Mattei explores the immediate human reaction provoked by embarrassment through a new video work and a body of thermochromic paintings.
Belmacz, 19 February – 30 March 2019
Ed Atkins, Ye Olde Food
Ed Atkins unites text, sound, and images to create an immersive environment within a pseudo-historical world of idyllic landscapes and cozy wooden huts.
Kunstsammlung, 23 February – 16 June 2019
A K Dolven, Small Between the Stars, Large Against the Sky
A K Dolven presents a new outdoor and site-specific sound sculpture, her voice 1599-1672, as part of a program of 10 outdoor works for the Quebec City Biennial.
Manif d’art 9 – The Quebec City Biennial, 16 February – 21 April 2019
Akram Zaatari, The Script
This thought-provoking show explores Zaatari’s on-going fascination with how people choose to present themselves to the outside world.
Modern Art Oxford, 23 March – 12 May 2019