Emerging from the hotbed of multimedia innovation in the 60s, Nam June Paik orchestrated images sampled from western pop and traditional global culture into a heady mix of cross-associated fragments. These two exhibitions should remind us of his early technical excitements, such as Uncle (1986, above), as well as reveal his more recent hi-tech 'post-video' achievements. At Tate Liverpool and FACT until 13 March 2011 Photograph: PR
Mona Hatoum's piece Current Disturbance, the third instalment in a four-part exhibition of works at the Whitechapel, is a vast see-through cube made from hundreds of wood and wire mesh cages. Redolent of a battery farm or a jail, the piece is typical of Hartoum, known for transforming household knick-knacks into instruments of torture. Be very afraid in London, E1, until 6 March 2011 Photograph: PR
Young Brits and Americans are taking over Yinka Shonibare's warehouse project space for a programme of art events, film screenings and bio-science lectures focused on the body. Bill Durgin's Nude and Still Life 5 is a typical offering. Get physical at Guest Projects, London E8, from Friday until 24 February 2011 Photograph: PR
Four artists all based in the north compete for their heartland's answer to the Turner. Lunacy and innovation is the name of the game with Lubaina Himid's Jelly Pavilion 6 (above) a typical pick. Get to Leeds Art Gallery by 6 February Photograph: PR
A look back at the British art that emerged from the uncertain period stretching from 1914 to 1945. In the Hold (above), David Bomberg's semi-abstract shower of shattered colour, is placed alongside works like Eileen Agar's Bum Thumb Rock, executed in the spirit of homeland eccentricity. At the Millennium Gallery until 30 January 2011 Photograph: Bomberg
Britart bad girl Tracey Emin gets her first major public gallery exhibition, at the Hayward in London from 18 May to 29 August Photograph: PR
The first UK retrospective in 50 years for Joan Miró, the self-styled assassin of painting, will feature masterpieces of political surrealism such as The Ladder of Escape (above). At Tate Modern, London, from 14 April to 11 September 2011 Photograph: PR
