Minerva Works, 158 Fazeley Street, Birmingham, B5 5RT,  1 Nov 2011

Phillip Henderson was been commissioned to produce a new performance as part of The Event 2011. The work is the eighth in an ongoing series of lectures written and performed by Phillip. The sixth is archived in the British Library. Review by Harry Blackett

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works/projects, Sydney Row, Bristol, BS1 6UU,  31 Oct 2011

Richard Woods has become renowned in recent years for his signature architectural transformations, paintings and sculpture that fold the history of the decorative arts, functional design and graphic language into intoxicatingly witty plays with image and surface. Review by Sacha Waldron

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Städel Museum, Schaumainkai 63, 60596 Frankfurt am Main, Germany,  29 Oct 2011

Max Beckmann’s (1884–1950) late oeuvre from the United States will be highlighted for the first time in a monographic special exhibition shown at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt under the title "Beckmann & America” from October 7, 2011 until January 8, 2012.

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Louise Blouin Foundation, 3 Olaf Street, London, W11 4BE,  26 Oct 2011

The art magazine becomes art. An exhibition bringing to life the pages of the October issue of Modern Painters.

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Serpentine Gallery, Kensington Gardens, London, W2 3XA,  25 Oct 2011

Many of the works presented use live performance as their starting point or lead to a performance. Sala will stage the performance 3-2-1, 2011, in which saxophonists Andre Vida and Caroline Kraabel respond live to the artist’s film Long Sorrow in a series of daily performances.

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Doug Aitken: Altered Earth on Nowness.com

Anthony Reynolds Gallery, 60 Great Marlborough Street, London,  20 Oct 2011

Set against garish red walls, David Austen’s twelve white frames provide a welcome refuge for visitors to rest their eyes on. At least that is how it seems at first, as Austen’s small, pinkish people draw you in, nudging you to look closer....

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Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre Belvedere Road, London SE1 8XX,  18 Oct 2011

Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist is one of the world's leading contemporary artists, acclaimed for her innovative video installations. This exhibition, her first survey show in the UK, presents single channel videos, sculptures, photographs, wallpapers and video installations spanning her career from the 1980s to today. Review by Max Liu

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Galerie Dohyang Lee,Curated by Jill Gasparina, 73-75 rue Quincampoix, 75003 Paris , 17 Oct 2011,  17 Oct 2011

The exhibition Probable, preferable, plausible, possible revolves around the figure of the artist as a futurist and as a world builder. It includes different images of the future: talking electronic objects, singing refrigerators, aliens that listen to music, futuristic -but dated- amusement parks being reduced to simple geometric shapes, screen backgrounds, Tetris abstractions, and a series of pictures from the science fiction universe.

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