Nolan's show of sculpture, paintings and drawings, A Hole into the Future, is a subtle interplay of figurative allusions and abstract mystifications, precise sense and wayward nonsense. At The Model until 12 February 2012 Photograph: PR
Achaintre's ceramic sculptures and tufted wool 'paintings' resemble masks for some obscure tribal ceremony, a sex game or circus act. Above, She-Balls, 2011. At Arcade Fine Arts, EC1, from 19 January until 18 February 2012
Photograph: Caroline Achaintre/courtesy of Arcade, London
Whiten portrays the vulnerability of the family unit, its tribal closeness and the terrible sense of alienation and need for recrimination when the unit falls or is pulled apart. Above, Feral Family. At Edinburgh Printmakers until 10 March 2012 Photograph: PR
Simpkin's series of wonderfully disconcerting photographs – titled Richard and Famous 1989-2011– began when he started photographing himself as an adolescent posing next to stars of stage and screen. Above, Jack Nicholson, 2007. For her accompanying series, Simone Lueck invited elderly women to pose for her camera dolled up as their film star favourites. At Open Eye Gallery until 18 March 2012 Photograph: PR
Acloque's primary source material for this show entitled Lugar de Culto (Place of Worship) is a series of blurry reproductions of landscapes taken from old Christie's and Sotheby's auction catalogues, but in her repainted versions she adds vertiginous abstract silhouettes. Above, 277, 2011. At Ceri Hand Gallery until 25 February 2012 Photograph: PR
Fujiwara gives his unique spin on the artists he encountered growing up in St Ives, including tributes to the likes of Bernard Leach and Patrick Heron. Above, Portrait of Simon Fujiwara in front of a reproduction of Patrick Heron's Horizontal Stripe Painting: November 1957-January 1958. At Tate St Ives from 18 January until 7 May 2012
Photograph: Benedicte Sehested/Simon Fujiwara/Estate of Patrick Heron
This latest exhibition, Sex With Friends, from one of Germany's boldest stars, features sculptures that slowly turn like sundials, their shadows forming writing on the walls. At Pilar Corrias Gallery, W1, until 17 February 2012 Photograph: PR
Bhimji's 2002 film Out of the Blue is a lush elegy to a paradise gone horribly awry. As a child, Bhimji was among the Asian community that was forced out of Uganda by Idi Amin and the work explores the traces of this story in the country's landscape and buildings. This first major survey exhibition traces 25 years of Bhimji’s work. Above, Your Sadness is Drunk, 2001-2006. At Whitechapel Gallery, E1, from 19 January until 9 March 2012
Photograph: Zarina Bhimji
