Top 10 Art Exhibitions to See in October 2023

ArtReview's editors highlight key exhibitions opening in October 2023. In London, the BFI London Film Festival (4–15 Oct) features Experimenta program with works by John Torres, Karrabing Film Collective, and Fox Maxy, alongside Martin Scorsese's Killers of the Flower Moon. Avery Singer's first UK solo show 'Free Fall' at Hauser & Wirth (11 Oct–22 Dec) reconstructs World Trade Center interiors from memory, using digital techniques. Tamara Henderson's 'Green in the Grooves' at Camden Art Centre (6 Oct–31 Dec) debuts a new body of work exploring underground life. The Hammer Museum's 'Made in L.A. 2023: Acts of Living' (1 Oct–31 Dec) features 39 LA-based artists. Udomsak Krisanamis's three-part show at 100 Tonson Foundation in Bangkok (7 Oct–19 Nov) includes 'Part III: Strike' with noodle collages. Busan Sea Art Festival (14 Oct–19 Nov), curated by Irini Papadimitriou, is titled 'Flickering Shores, Sea Imaginaries'. Philadelphia Museum of Art's 'The Shape of Time: Korean Art after 1989' (21 Oct–11 Feb 2024) features 28 artists. MASP's 'Indigenous Histories' (20 Oct–25 Feb 2024) includes 285 works from 170 artists across the Americas, Australia, New Zealand, and Norway. Mori Art Museum's 'Our Ecology: Toward a Planetary Living' (18 Oct–31 Mar 2024) has four chapters including a focus on Japanese postwar art. Ephraim Asili's 'Song For My Mother' at Amant, NYC (5 Oct–28 Jan 2024) explores Black radical collectivity through his family history.