April 2025's Essential Exhibitions: From Suburban Uncanny to Plantation Legacies

April 2025 showcases a variety of exhibitions globally. At Luhring Augustine in New York, Olivia Erlanger's 'Spinoff' will be on display until April 19, featuring surreal domestic imagery. In Collingwood, Australia, Phuong Ngo's 'Inheritance' runs from April 12 to June 7, delving into the Vietnamese-Australian diaspora through familial narratives. Ali Cherri's 'How I Am Monument' at Baltic Gateshead (April 12-October 12) investigates the valuation of colonial artifacts using mud sculptures. The Museu de Arte de São Paulo is set to unveil a 14-floor expansion, including Renoir exhibitions and Isaac Julien's 'Lina Bo Bardi – A Marvelous Entanglement' (2019). Additionally, 'Satellites' by Nicolas Winding Refn and Hideo Kojima will be at Prada Aoyama Tokyo from April 18 to August 25, featuring AI-translated dialogues in a film set. 'The Plantation Plot,' curated by Sheau Yun Lim, will be at ILHAM Gallery in Kuala Lumpur from April 20 to September 21, showcasing 27 artists. Syd Mead's 'Future Pastime' pop-up in New York continues until May 21, while Keta Gavasheli's 'Skład pamięci' at Wschód, New York (April 5-May 17) pays homage to Tadeusz Kantor's 1967 Happening. Emilio Gola's 'Sans Souci' at Galeria Madragoa in Lisbon will also be available until May 17. Lastly, Jenny Linford's book 'Repast: The Story of Food' is set to be published by Thames & Hudson on April 24.