© Felipe Romero Beltrán 2025 courtesy Loose Joints / Fundacíon MAPFREArt & PhotographyListsArt shows to leave the house for in March 2025Guerrilla Girls return to NYC’s Lower East Side, Tschabalala Self reimagines femininity and desire, Theaster Gates explores the legacy of Malcolm X, and much, much more...ShareLink copied ✔️February 27, 2025Art & PhotographyListsTextAshleigh Kane This month’s exhibitions delve into the complexities of identity, resistance, and transformation, redefining how art can respond to our ever-shifting cultural and political landscapes. From Theaster Gates’ exploration of Malcolm X’s global impact in 1965: Malcolm in Winter at London’s White Cube to Tschabalala Self’s Dream Girl that reimagines femininity and selfhood at Jeffrey Deitch’s Los Angeles space, the first restaging of Concerto in Black and Blue by David Hammons since 2002 at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles, and the Guerilla Girls return to New York City’s Lower East Side in over a decade with Discrimi-NATION at Hannah Traore. Enjoy these shows – until April! 1/14 You may like next 1/14 1/14 Courtesy of @hauserandwirthlosangelesConcerto in Black and Blue, David Hammons, Los Angeles, USADavid Hammons’ legendary Concerto in Black and Blue returns for its first restaging in over 20 years at Hauser & Wirth, Los Angeles. Originally shown in 2002, the piece immersed visitors in a completely dark, 20,000-square-foot space, where the only light came from blue flashlights. As viewers moved through the void, they became part of the artwork, questioning perceptions of Blackness and identity. The restaging, set within Hauser & Wirth Downtown’s expansive galleries, invites reflection on how darkness, presence and memory shape our experience of art and society.Concerto in Black and Blue runs until 1 June 2025 at Hauser & Wirth Downtown Los Angeles, USA.view more + 2/14 2/14 Courtesy of @jamieallenshaw and @1014.galleryA Room With A View, London, UKLove is slippery, messy, subjective. A Room With A View explores the many shapes and textures of romance, weaving photography, sculpture, and materiality into a playful, intimate conversation. Curated by Jamie Allan Shaw, the exhibition gathers works by Bernice Mulenga, Georgia Kemball, Momo Okabe, and more, each capturing the tender, electric charge of attraction and connection.A Room With A View runs from 6-31 March 2025 at 10 14 Gallery, London, UK.view more + 3/14 3/14 Courtesy of @carlfreedmangallery and @hettiejudahGate of Horns, Margate, UKA feminist battle cry! Gate of Horns, curated by Hettie Judah, dives into myths of defiance, female power and rebellion. Featuring Ingrid Berthon-Moine, Emma Franks, Alexis Hunter, and more, the show reframes ancient symbols and contemporary resistance. Mary Beth Edelson’s tribute also raises funds for domestic abuse charity Oasis.Gate Of Horns runs from 23 February-13 April 2025 at Carl Freedman Gallery, Margate, UK.view more + 4/14 4/14 1965: Malcolm in Winter, Theaster Gates, LondonTheaster Gates returns to London with 1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise, a deep dive into Malcolm X’s global legacy through the lens of Japanese journalists Ei Nagata and Haruhi Ishitani. Marking the centenary of Malcolm’s birth, Gates layers architecture, installation, film, and archival materials to explore how Black liberation resonated in Japan’s leftist movements. Rooted in Gates’ long-standing engagement with Japanese craftsmanship, this is a powerful meditation on translation, solidarity, and artistic activism.1965: Malcolm in Winter: A Translation Exercise runs from 7 February-6 April 2025 at White Cube Bermondsey.view more + 5/14 5/14 Dream Girl, Tschabalala Self, Los Angeles, USATschabalala Self’s Dream Girl transforms Jeffrey Deitch LA into a charged, immersive mind map. Through bold new paintings and sculptures, Self dissects the construction of femininity, selfhood, and desire. Her signature fabric collages and stunning paintwork blur the line between the sculptural and illusionistic, while LA’s mythos of reinvention looms large. Romantic, dystopian, and deeply psychological, Dream Girl is a vision of identity in flux – seductive, defiant, and utterly magnetic.Dream Girl runs until 26 April 2025 at Jeffrey Deitch Santa Monica Blvd, Los Angeles.view more + 6/14 6/14 Courtesy of @hannahtraoregalleryDiscrimi-NATION, The Guerilla Girls, NYC, USAThe Guerrilla Girls return to New York’s Lower East Side after over a decade, showcasing their iconic activist posters in a commercial gallery for the first time. Known for blending street art, humour and data-driven critiques, the anonymous feminist collective highlights systemic inequities in race, gender, and class. Spanning nearly 40 years of work, Discrimi-NATION: Guerrilla Girls on Bias, Money, and Art revisits their roots in public interventions while addressing contemporary cultural biases.Discrimi-NATION runs until 29 March 2025 at Hannah Traore, New York City, USA.view more + 7/14 7/14 Courtesy of @sitegallerySubjects of State, Labours of Love, Rhea Storr, Sheffield, UShot on 16mm, Subjects of State, Labours of Love is an intimate, multi-channel film installation tracing Caribbean Associations from 1980s Wolverhampton to Sheffield’s SADACCA (Sheffield and District African Caribbean Community Association) today. Through communal joys, struggles and cultural resilience, filmmaker Rhea Storr captures the nuances of Black-British life – its histories, rituals and ongoing resistance. Known for her work in photochemical film and the politics of masquerade, Storr’s latest project offers a poetic meditation on diaspora, representation, and belonging. The 50-minute film screens hourly – so immerse yourself in the full narrative or drop in for a glimpse of a legacy still unfolding.Subjects of State, Labours of Love runs from 14 February-25 May 2025 at Site Gallery, Sheffield, UK.view more + 8/14 8/14 Siomha Harrington Irish, “Valley of the Sure” (2024)The Many Within Her, London, UKLaunched for International Women’s Month, The Many Within Her is a bold exploration of the multiplicity of womanhood. For centuries, the female experience has been boxed in by patriarchal ideals – this show breaks those limits, embracing complexity, vulnerability and self-determination. Through painting and sculpture, artists Mia Chaplin, Jenya Datsko, Síomha Harrington, Emily Ponsonby, and Weijue Wang tackle identity, intimacy, power, trauma, and sex. Together, they weave a narrative that interrogates and reimagines what it means to be a woman today – no single definition, no singular truth, just infinite possibilities.The Many Within Her runs from March 5-12 April 2025 at Gillian Jason, London, UK.view more + 9/14 9/14 Courtesy of @formaaartsmediaDream States, Artists’ Film InternationalThe 18th edition of Artists’ Film International (AFI) launches on 3 March 2025, diving into the transformative and radical potential of dreaming. Curated by Forma in collaboration with 16 cultural institutions across four continents, Dream States showcases artists exploring memory, myth, and speculative futures. The works – spanning analogue film, CGI, archival layers, AI-generated imagery, and experimental effects – disrupt time, blur reality, and challenge dominant narratives.Highlights include Sin Wai Kin’s The Fortress (2024), Heesoo Kwon’s In Leymusoom Garden: New Sun (2024), and Anette Gellein’s Dyke Dreams (2024). Whether utopian, dystopian, intimate, or collective, these films position cinema as both a dream-space and a tool for transformation, unfolding across exhibitions, screenings, and festivals worldwide throughout 2025. Keep an eye out for more details.Dream States runs from 3 March until 31 December 2025 globally.view more + 10/14 10/14 Courtesy of @rathbone_instituteMaxime, H M Baker, London, UKMaxine marks Dazed 100 alum artist HM Baker’s first solo show in London since their time at the Jan Van Eyck Academie. Blurring the lines between ethnography, sociology and performance, Baker interrogates systems of power, control and corporate theatre.At the centre of the exhibition is Maxine, a fictional revenue operations analyst navigating the high-stakes world of investment banking. Trapped in an industry that profits from economic instability, Maxine’s experience exposes the gendered dynamics and moral contradictions embedded in financial structures. Combining research-driven critique with conceptual storytelling, Maxine unpicks the myths of success, resilience, and the cost of ambition in late capitalism.Maxine runs until 23 April 2025 at the Rathbone Institute, London, UK.view more + 11/14 11/14 Courtesy of @faustaleksEnvironmental, Aleks Faust, London, UKPhotographer Aleks Faust’s solo show Environmental features a series of images of discarded furniture, toys, and other items left by residents across London. Faust documents the city’s detritus without intervention, imbuing new meaning through his lens. Curated by Yaroslav Klochkov, the exhibition will be accompanied by a limited run book featuring poetry by Akhera Williams – who will be presenting a live reading on the evening of March 5 (from 6-8pm), and I (spoiler) have contributed an essay situating Faust’s practice in the legacy of the Readymade.Environmental runs from 1-21 March 2025 at During Library, London, UK.view more + 12/14 12/14 Courtesy of @feliperomerobeltranBravo, Felipe Romero Beltrán, Barcelona, SpainBravo by Felipe Romero Beltrán is a poetic yet unflinching exploration of the US-Mexico border as both a physical and psychological space. Focusing on a stretch of the Río Bravo – where thousands attempt the perilous crossing – the exhibition and accompanying photo book captures the quiet weight of migration through architectural still lifes, textured landscapes, and portraits of those in limbo.Beltrán presents a nuanced meditation on border identity – one shaped by movement, waiting, and survival. Through a restrained yet deeply evocative lens, Bravo transforms the traces of passage into a profound visual narrative on migration, resilience and the human cost of geopolitical divides.Bravo runs until 18 May 2025 at the Fundación MAPFRE, Barcelona, Spain.view more + 13/14 13/14 Courtesy of @greenspacemiamiUnveiling Power, Examining Influence, Miami, USAGreen Space Miami’s fourth edition invites artists to explore power’s complex role in shaping personal, political, and collective realities. Power is at once transformative, oppressive, and liberating – manifesting in hierarchies, spiritual practices and societal movements. This open call challenges artists to question, critique, and celebrate the many forms of influence that define our world. By unpacking power’s nuances, the exhibition aims to spark critical discourse, reflect on its complexities, and inspire a deeper understanding of how power shifts and informs human experience.Unveiling Power, Examining Influence runs until 6 April 2025 at Green Space, Miami, Florida, USAview more + 14/14 14/14 Courtesy of @coberlinUnder The Sun, Sammy Youkilis, Berlin, GermanySammy Youkilis’s first solo institutional show at C/O Berlin immerses visitors in his archive of iPhone video sequences, capturing the rituals and beauty of everyday life. Known for his sharp eye and thoughtful compositions, Youkilis’s work blends street, travel and documentary photography, highlighting both personal moments and universal experiences. His images – often shared through social media – serve as visual notes on the shared human experience under the sun.Under The Sun runs funtil 7 May 2025 at C / O, Berlin, Germany.view more + 0/14 0/14