Dean's second film featuring the late choreographer Merce Cunningham tackles themes of art and mortality with thrilling delicacy. The Craneway Event is showing at Frith Street Gallery until 23 June 2010
Photograph: Tacita Dean
More than 80 of the late American's books are accompanied by a geometric abstraction continuously projected on to the gallery walls. The effect is cool, minimalist and urban. At Site Gallery until 29 May 2010
Photograph: ViaIndustriae
Barlow's paint-daubed, tumbledown sculptures are contrasted with the minimalist forms of rising European artist Nairy Baghramian in this dynamic show at the Serpentine Gallery. On until 13 June 2010
Photograph: Serpentine Gallery
Oppressed sexuality and steamy encounters predominate in Nick Fox's series of intricate paintings inspired by the language of flowers. Phantasieblume is at Vane until 5 June 2010
Photograph: Vane, Newcastle
Described by the artist as a portrait of home, the film Phantoms of Nabua, showing at BFI Southbank Gallery from 14 May to 3 July 2010, comes across as a mysterious and compelling nocturnal reverie
Photograph: BFI Southbank Gallery
Steve McQueen, Mark Lombardi and Eduardo Abaroa join an array of international artists presenting highly subjective films, photographs, drawings and installations about resistance to globalisation. Showing at Nottingham Contemporary until 4 July 2010
Photograph: Eduardo Abaroa/Nottingham Contemporary
The idea of new dawns unites this eclectic mix of work by 22 artists. Curator Juan Bolivar cites the information age as the inspiration but, in the aftermath of the general election, transition seems a more timely theme. At John Hansard Gallery until 12 June 2010
Photograph: Andy Crawford/John Hansard Gallery
A fleet of mischievous artworks infiltrate the grounds of Tatton Park, where Neville Gabie has installed a block of Arctic ice and free taxi rides are available all day. Open until 26 September 2010
Photograph: Thierry Bal
