Fiona Banner’s new exhibition at Frith Street Gallery ‘started with the word “disarm”,’ she says. ‘I started thinking about the arm – its connection to the body. There’s something sinister but also potentially absurd about that word.’ Read the full interview

FREE: Fiona Banner aka The Vanity Press is at Frith Street Gallery until 3 May. 17–18 Golden Square, London, W1F 9JJ

'To breathe the perfume of the leaves that cover the walls of the environment, to inhale the fragrance of the resin extracted from the trees and poured into an empty tree trunk, these are actions that allow us to perceive the space of Serpentine as a continuum with the nature of the park that surrounds it,' Giuseppe Penone says. 'All of my work is a trial to express my adherence and belonging to nature, and it is with this thought that I have chose the works for the exhibition. The two paths that I have created, inside the gallery and outside of it, in the park, become two integrated gardens.'

FREE: Giuseppe Penone 'Thoughts in the Roots' is at Serpentine South until 7 September 2025. Kinsignton Gardens London W2 3XA

'Noah Davis painted like someone who saw the cracks in the world and knew how to catch the light through them. His figurative works are quiet but charged — snapshots of Black life that feel both familiar and surreal, sometimes melancholic, sometimes defiant. This UK-first survey brings together over 50 pieces that capture his restless curiosity, from tender domestic scenes to biting reflections on media and politics. As co-founder of LA’s Underground Museum, Davis wasn’t just making art — he was building spaces for it to live. This show is a reminder of how much he left behind, and how much he pushed forward.' — Sammi Gale

£18. Noah Davis is at the Barbican until 11 May 2025. Barbican Art Gallery, Silk Street, London, EC2Y 8DS

'British artist Ed Atkins has spent the past 15 years proving that pixels can cry. Best known for his uncanny, computer-generated videos – all dead-eyed avatars and emotional leakages, the human and the digital coexist like a FaceTime breakup with patchy signal. Expect big questions about love, loss and being a squishy meatbag in a cold, sleek, USB-C universe.' — Sammi Gale

£18: Ed Atkins is at Tate Britain until 25 August. Millbank, London SW1P 4RG

'Carpenters Workshop Gallery presents Living Now, a group exhibition where the relationship between materials takes centre stage. Martin Laforêt, known for integrating concrete moulds into his designs, exemplifies this approach, balancing rawness and refinement. From OTT seating to Frankenstein ceramics and hulking bronze structures, the exhibition roves to stone circles to bronze cranes, the theatrical running up against the macho industrial. It results in standout moments of high camp: the Verhoeven Twins’ Cinderella Table, with its birch plywood swirls, seems waltzed into form. With works by Rick Owens, Laforêt, and others, Living Now offers a provocative, rebellious snapshot of contemporary design.' — Sammi Gale

FREE Living Now is at Carpenters Workshop Gallery until 3 May. Ladbroke Hall, 79 Barlby Road W10 6AZ

Cover image: Noah Davis Installation view Barbican Art Gallery 2025 c Jemima Yong Barbican Art Gallery