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Skye Sherwin and Robert Clark

Exhibitionist: The week's art shows in pictures

Exhibitionist 1012: Lygia Pape
Lygia Pape, London
Survey tracing the late Brazilian neo-concretist's output, from early experiments with woodcuts and poetry in the 1950s to her well-known interactive works. Teia (Web) recreates floor-to-ceiling beams of light with gold thread. At Serpentine Gallery, W2, until 19 February 2012
Photograph: Paula Pape
Exhibitionist 1012: Anish Kapoor
Anish Kapoor, Nottingham
A mini-retrospective reminding us of the evocative enchantments of Kapoor's earlier and smaller-scale sculptures following the ill-advised showmanship of his 2009 Royal Academy exhibition. Works such as Void (1994, pictured) are organic archetypes that seduce us with their aesthetic charm and illusionistic depths. At Castle Museum and Art Gallery until 11 March 2012
Photograph: PR
Exhibitionist 1012: Anselm Kiefer
Anselm Kiefer, London
An Anselm Kiefer show is always big and heavy. Here he returns to the Tempelhof Airport in Berlin, redesigned with a Nazi agenda as Hitler's gateway to Europe. Kiefer remodels it as a kind of cathedral of apocalypse. At White Cube Bermondsey, SE1, until 6 February 2012
Photograph: Charles Duprat
Exhibitionist 1012: Dara Birnbaum
Dara Birnbaum, London
One of the original media manipulators, Dara Birnbaum has been subverting stereotypes with her remixed clips from quiz shows, sitcoms and soap operas since the 70s. In her latest installation, Arabesque, she focuses on the world of classical music, with YouTube clips of two works by Robert and Clare Schumann – the former played by a huge number of pianists, the latter by only one. At South London Gallery, SE5, until 12 February 2012
Photograph: Public Domain
Exhibitionist 1012: Graham Sutherland
Graham Sutherland, Oxford
Turner nominee George Shaw curates this show of more than 80 works by a 20th-century stalwart who is still seen as inferior to Francis Bacon. In pieces such as Tree Forms in Estuary (1939, pictured), Sutherland painted the British landscape as a gnarled, spiky beast, both ancient and raw, and darkened by the violence of the second world war. At Modern Art Oxford from 10 December until 18 March 2012
Photograph: PR
Exhibitionist 1012: Little Black Dress
Little Black Dress, Carlisle
A show that charts eight decades of adaptations, parodies and pastiches of Coco Chanel's 1926 'Ford' dress, taking us from the femme fatales of 1940s film noir through the miniskirted precociousness of the 60s Chelsea sex kitten to the goths and power dressers of more recent decades. At Tullie House Museum and Art Gallery, Carlisle, until 26 February 2012
Photograph: Amilia Hrustic
Exhibitionist 1012: Painting Show
Painting Show, Birmingham
Curated by artists Gavin Wade and Sophie von Hellerman, this show sets different styles of painting irreverently against one another. The knowing sophistications of Paul Thek and George Condo's Monochrome Portrait (1996, above) complement the quirkiness of footballer George Best's amateur effort. At Eastside Projects until 25 February 2012
Photograph: PR
Exhibitionist 1012: You, Me, Something Else
You, Me, Something Else, Glasgow
Maybe these sculpures by Glasgow-based artists suggests the collective sculptural psyche of the city. There's a boldness to much of the work, balanced here and there by an almost self-mocking irony. Architectural constructions are afforded deadpan grandeur; raw materials tend to be throwaway, miles and decades distant from bronze and marble. At the Gallery of Modern Art until 18 March 2012
Photograph: PR
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