Autumn 2017 Exhibition Highlights Across Global Art Scenes

Paola Pivi presents 'They all look the same' at Perrotin Tokyo through November 11, featuring feathered polar bear sculptures alongside kinetic works with bicycle wheels. Jesper Just's 'Continuous Monuments (Interpassivities)' at Perrotin Hong Kong until November 11 explores architecture's social impacts, referencing Superstudio and his 2013 Venice Biennale installation. The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York mounts 'Art and China After 1989: Theatre of the World' from October 6 to January 7, curated by Alexandra Munroe with Hou Hanru and Philip Tinari, featuring 75 artists including Ai Weiwei and Huang Yong Ping's live insect enclosure. Canberra's National Gallery of Australia hosts 'Hyper Real' from October 20 to February 18, showcasing hyperrealist sculpture by Patricia Piccinini, Ron Mueck, and Sun Yuan and Peng Yu's 'Old Person's Home'. London's Sadie Coles HQ presents 'Zhongguo 2185' from September 21 to November 5, a group show of young Chinese artists curated by Victor Wang, inspired by Cixin Liu's novel. Céleste Boursier-Mougenot's sound installation 'SONSARA' runs through November 12 at Shanghai Minsheng Art Museum. Wellington's City Gallery concurrently shows 'Occulture: The Dark Arts' and 'Colonial Sugar' through November 19, featuring works by Yin-Ju Chen, Kenneth Anger, Jasmine Togo-Brisby, and Tracey Moffatt. Sahej Rahal's 'Barricadia' at CCA Glasgow from September 16 to October 29 addresses contemporary Indian politics through mythological narratives.