The Alienation Effect, Savage Presents Jean Michel Jarre and Cezary Bodzianowski’s Tea Back, Spike Island, Bristol

Two shows run parallel to each other at Spike Island, with a variety of motifs exploring common themes: alienation by displacement and its significance in the creation/destruction of meaning.

onedotzero presents adventures in motion festival, BFI Southbank

onedotzero isn’t just one of the leading authorities in digital arts, they are one of our favourites, so when we heard that their adventures in motion festival was to return to BFI, we were more than excited.

The Artist’s Playground, Carsten Höller: Experience, New Museum, New York

The New Museum will present the first New York survey exhibition of the work of German artist Carsten Höller. Over 20 years, Höller has created a world that is equal parts laboratory and test site.

Opening Today, Rural; Urban Dialogues, Urban Perspectives, Orion Contemporary, London

For the first time in history over half the world’s population lives in the city. Orion Contemporary’s forthcoming show takes the work of artists who present their vision of the urban and the rural.

The Cross-Fertilization of Art; Design, Tokujin Yoshioka’s Waterfall, Sherman Contemporary Art Foundation, Sydney

In his current exhibition, Waterfall, now showing at Sherman Contemporary in Sydney, Yoshioka explores the myriad associations conjured by water although not in the guises one might expect.

Don’t Miss, Stuart McAlpine Miller, Hay Hill Gallery

Stuart McAlpine Miller graduated from Glasgow School of Art in 1990. Having worked to develop his unique style, Miller is concentrating his attentions on an exciting new series of work.

A Mosaic of Collective Unconscious, Museum Show 1, Arnolfini, Bristol

Arnolfini is celebrating its 50th anniversary with one of its most thought-provoking, genuinely moving, and tantalisingly challenging exhibitions yet.

Why The Lion Roars, Anri Sala, Serpentine Gallery

Anri Sala is a leading artist who, since dealing with personal experience as a reflection of social and political change in Albania has come to attach an importance to sound in relation to the image.

Guy Sherwin, Movements in Light, Siobhan Davies Studios, London

The profile of artists working in moving image has been elevated in by those who’ve made the leap into cinema, e.g. Steve McQueen, and those taking over leading gallery spaces, e.g. Tacita Dean.

Last Week, Indecipherable Evangelical Messages, ALTAR, Platform Arts Belfast

Platform Arts has garnered a reputation for innovative projects and according to its mission statement, it promotes the creation and access to contemporary art practice in Northern Ireland.

The Primacy of Drawing, Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space

Jerwood Drawing Prize has run since 1994, and is exhibited in the Jerwood Space. Later, it will tour to venues including Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff and the Burton Art Gallery & Museum, Bideford.

Abraham Cruzvillegas: Autoconstruccion, Modern Art Oxford

Abraham Cruzvillegas (b.1968, Mexico City) is an artist and writer who works predominantly in sculpture, using found materials to explore specific local areas in a social and economic context.

The Neo-Modern Myth, Nicolas Ruston, Propensity Modelling, Hay Hill Gallery

Nicolas Ruston is a British sculptor, recognised for his silicone and mixed media works. Ruston is concerned with collective beliefs in relation to the mass media and its version of reality.

Postmodernism: Style & Subversion 1970-1990, V&A

The V&A’s new exhibition Postmodernism: Style & Subversion 1970-1990 explores the recent past in design with two decades of hindsight.

Istanbul Biennial

The 12th Istanbul Biennial contemplates a world of abstraction, inviting sober reflection when it is needed most.

Photographic Dialogues

In its representation of a broad spectrum of narratives, PhotoPhnomPenh offers a unique glimpse into contemporary Cambodia and how local modes of artistic production form part of a global dialogue.

Collective Cultural Memory

On the tenth anniversary of the September 11th attacks, an exhibition at Moma Ps1 examines their impact on our perceptions of culture.

Building the Revolution

In autumn 2011, a major survey explored a 20 year period in Soviet art and architecture at the Royal Academy of Arts.

Turner Prize 2011

One of the World’s most defining art prizes opened in 2011 at Baltic. We explore the shortlist with Godfrey Worsdale, Director of Baltic.

Another Language

Silja Magg creates images that evoke another world. Her precise use of light and creates works that cross boundaries including photography, design and fashion.