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Skye Sherwin and Robert Clark

Exhibitionist: The week's art shows in pictures

Exhibitionist 0207: A Fire In The Master's House
A Fire in the Master's House Is Set, Cardiff
Mark Dean, Christian Disco (Terminator), 2011, featuring as part of this show that takes its title from the refrain on Rage Against the Machine's New Millennium Homes. Youth rebellion is explored by 14 artists, with an emphasis on voices stifled or hidden. At Chapter Gallery, 8 July to 4 September
Photograph: Courtesy Mark Dean
Exhibitionist 0207: Dorothea
Dorothea, London
Ancient & Modern has invited two Berlin-based artists, the painters Matthias Dornfield and Shila Khatami, to curate a show that promises a heroic challenge to physical limitations. Their response to a corridor of the gallery has been to fill it with the output of 67 artists. Embrace these diverse works, including Polly Apfelbaum's tea towel painting Bad Hair Day (pictured), at Ancient & Modern, London EC1, 7 July to 13 August
Photograph: PR
Exhibitionist 0207: 1395 Days without Red
1395 Days Without Red, Manchester
Šejla Kamerić and Anri Sala's film installation charts the panic-stricken walk of Spanish actress Maribel Verdú as she retraces the route known as Sniper Alley during the Siege of Sarajevo. It's part of a mini-retrospective of work by the adventurous art outfit Artangel. At Whitworth Art Gallery until 4 September
Photograph: PR
Exhibitionist 0207: Home Of Metal
Home of Metal, Birmingham
A massive celebration of heavy metal happening all over Birmingham and the Black Country. In Wolverhampton, Mark Titchner (You Should Be Living But You Only Survive, 2011, pictured) invites visitors to engage in arty primal screaming. At various venues until 25 September
Photograph: Courtesy: the Artist and Vilma Gold, London
Exhibitionist 0207: Semiconductor
Semiconductor: Worlds in the Making, Liverpool
The artist duo Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt, AKA Semiconductor, have explored the volcanoes of Ecuador and the Galapagos Islands and returned to Liverpool with a combination of freshly shot documentary film, archival volcanology footage and crystalline animation. At FACT, Liverpool, until 11 September
Photograph: PR
Exhibitionist 0207: Takashi Murakami
Takashi Murakami, London
Takashi Murakami's pop art on steroids has made him a blindingly bright star in the art firmament: a rival to Koons and Hirst who moves effortlessly between the worlds of art and commerce. See his latest sculptures, from Kuroda Seiki-inspired 'pornotopia' to life-sized Manga figurines (pictured) at Gagosian Gallery, London WC1, until 5 August
Photograph: Courtesy Gagosian Gallery
Exhibitionist 0207: Warhol and the diva
Warhol and the Diva, Salford
Andy was a bit of a diva himself, but the main intrigue of this showy summer exhibition is Warhol's silkscreen, photographic and film celebrations of the celebrities of his lifetime. See everyone from Debbie Harry (pictured) to Liza Minnelli and Marilyn Monroe at The Lowry, until 25 September
Photograph: PR
Exhibitionist 0207: Thomas Struth
Thomas Struth: Photographs 1978-2010, London
Semi Submersible Rig, DSME Shipyard, Geoje Island, 2007. Struth is such a behemoth of contemporary photography it's hard to imagine there's been a 20-year hiatus since his last UK show. This 30-year survey is set to plug the gap, presenting a choice selection of his exacting, globe-trotting and ever-more technologically evolved output. At Whitechapel Gallery, London E1, 6 July to 16 September
Photograph: PR
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