Ben Luke's pick of the latest contemporary art exhibitions

WEST END AND CENTRAL

Giuseppe Penone: Intersecting Gaze/Sguardo Incrociato

Gagosian Davies Street, W1 (020 7493 3020, gagosian.com)

The Italian Arte Povera veteran in typically poetic form. Until Nov 24

Peter Fischli/David Weiss: Walls, Corners, Tubes

Sprüth Magers, W1 (020 7408 1613, spruethmagers.com)

Typically playful works by the Swiss duo, among their last collaborative pieces before Weiss’s death earlier this year. Until Nov 10

Rothko/Sugimoto: Dark Paintings and Seascapes

Pace Gallery, W1 (020 7437 1050, pacegallery.com)

Stunning show pitching the abstract expressionist’s brooding late paintings in with the transcendent oceans of Sugimoto. Until Nov 17

Luc Tuymans: Allo!

David Zwirner, W1 (020 3538 3165, davidzwirner.com)

Enigmatic new paintings by the Belgian in Zwirner’s wonderful new gallery, including works riffing on Technicolor film stills. Until Nov 17

Tim Noble & Sue Webster: Nihilistic Optimistic

BlainSouthern, W1 (020 7493 4492, blainsouthern.com)

Spotlit detritus casts figurative shadows on the wall in the provocative duo’s show at BlainSouthern’s new gallery in Hanover Square. Until Nov 24

Thomas Schütte: Faces and Figures

Serpentine Gallery, W2 (020 7402 6075, serpentinegallery.org)

Beautifully presented show looking at highlights of 30 years of portraiture, from intimate watercolours to vast steel sculptures. Until Nov 18

Serpentine Gallery Memory Marathon

Serpentine Gallery, W2 (020 7402 6075, serpentinegallery.org)

Art, recitals, music and performance from an amazing roll call of cultural and scientific figures including David Lynch, Michael Stipe and Gilbert and George. Tomorrow until Sunday

Franz West: Man with a Ball

Gagosian Gallery, WC1 (020 7841 9960, gagosian.com)

Posthumous show of the Austrian artist’s recent work, featuring typically off-kilter sculptures. Until Nov 10

Thomas Houseago

Hauser & Wirth , W1 (020 7287 2300, hauserwirth.com)

Lumpy, monumental figures exuding a primal energy, deliberately highlighting the physical performance of making sculpture. Until Oct 27

Turner Prize 2012

Tate Britain, SW1 (020 7887 8888, tate.org.uk)

Spartacus Chetwynd’s deliberately ramshackle performances are this year’s talking point, though the other artists are more worthy of attention. Until Jan 20

Joana Vasconcelos

Haunch of Venison, New Bond Street, W1 (020 7495 5050, haunchofvenison.com)

A waterlily formed from steam irons is among the highlights of the Portuguese sculptor’s latest show. Until Nov 17

Robert Indiana: Sculptures

Waddington Custot, W1 (020 7851 2200, waddingtoncustot.com)

The highlights of 50 years of sculpture by the Pop artist, including variations on his iconic LOVE sculptures. Until Nov 10

Frank Auerbach: Next Door

Marlborough Fine Art, W1 (020 7629 5161, marlboroughfineart.com)

Now 81, Auerbach continues to explore the people and places around his Camden studio. His latest subject: the house next door. Friday until Nov 10

Ângela Ferreira: Stone Free

Marlborough Contemporary, W1 (020 7629 5161, marlboroughfineart.com)

Venerable gallery Marlborough ventures into multimedia art. Ferreira’s show looks at South African diamond mines in a range of work. Tomorrow until Nov 17

Raymond Pettibon and Laura Owens

Sadie Coles HQ, W1 (020 7493 8611, sadiecoles.com)

Two stirring shows: anarchic drawings by Pettibon at South Audley Street and folky paintings by Owens at New Burlington Place. Until Nov 17

Laure Prouvost

MOT International, W1 (020 7491 7208, motinternational.org)

New work by the French video artist, recent winner of the Whitechapel’s Max Mara prize for women artists. Until Nov 10

Richard Hamilton: The Late Works

National Gallery, WC2 (020 7747 2885, nationalgallery.org.uk)

The final works completed by Hamilton before his death last year, drawing on Duchamp and Balzac. Until Jan 13

John Akomfrah: Hauntologies

Carroll/Fletcher, W1 (020 7323 6111, carrollfletcher.com)

The Handsworth Songs director shows new films, including one inspired by a Dürer painting, the first representation of black people in western art. Until Nov 8

Eddie Peake & Prem Sahib: Feel Up

Southard Reid, W1 (07806 463721, southardreid.com)

Two young artists collaborate for a raunchy show — Peake is one of the art world’s buzz-names thanks to his erotic performance works. Until Nov 10

New Sensations & The Future Can Wait

Saatchi Gallery at Victoria House, WC1 (020 7811 3070, saatchi-gallery.co.uk)

Two shows dominated by emerging artists under one roof, with the Saatchi Gallery’s competition for bright young things joined by a curated show of 50 artists. Until Wednesday

SOUTH

Theaster Gates: My Labor Is My Protest

White Cube Bermondsey, SE1 (020 7930 5373, whitecube.com)

Gates explores civil rights and personal history in his first UK show. Until Nov 11

Rashid Johnson: Shelter

South London Gallery, SE5 (020 7703 6120, southlondongallery.org)

A salon of colonial furnishings, surrounded by blackened, disturbed paintings. Until Nov 25

Art of Change: New Directions From China

Hayward Gallery, SE1 (0844 847 9912, southbankcentre.co.uk)

A thoughtful survey of radical art in China over the past 30 years — performance and video dominate. Until Dec 9

William Klein/Daido Moriyama and Tino Sehgal: These Associations

Tate Modern, SE1 (020 7887 8888, tate.org.uk)

The pick of Tate Modern’s Frieze week offerings: urban life captured by two photographers and Sehgal’s Turbine Hall flash mob. Klein and Moriyama until Jan 27, Sehgal until Oct 28

CITY AND EAST

Ed Atkins

Chisenhale Gallery, E3 (020 8981 4518, chisenhale.org.uk)

Video installation featuring a conversation between two cadavers, “a tragedy of love, intimacy, incoherence and eyelashes”, according to the artist. Until Nov 11

Liam Gillick: Margin Time

Maureen Paley, E2 (020 7729 4112, maureenpaley.com)

The former Turner Prize nominee’s first London solo show in five years. Until Nov 18

Sung Hwan Kim: Pages From Ki-Da Rilke

Wilkinson, E2 (020 8980 2662, wilkinsongallery.com)

Drawings accompany translations of Rilke’s poetry. Until Nov 11

Elmgreen & Dragset: Harvest and Chris Ofili

Victoria Miro Gallery, N1 (020 7336 8109, victoria-miro.com)

Satire and playfulness from Elmgreen & Dragset offset by Ofili’s lyrical paintings and drawings. Until Nov 10

Mel Bochner

Whitechapel Gallery, E1 (020 7522 7878, whitechapelgallery.org)

A typically judicious Whitechapel choice, looking at this underrated American conceptualist. Tomorrow until Dec 30

Random International: Rain Room

Barbican Curve gallery, EC1 (020 7638 8891, barbican.org.uk)

A 100-square-metre field of pouring rain in a darkened room. Step in and you remain miraculously dry. Until March 3

Everything Was Moving: Photography from the Sixties and Seventies

Barbican Art Gallery, EC1 (020 7638 8891, barbican.org.uk)

Brilliant survey questioning the validity of distinctions between documentary and art photography. Masses of great images. Until Jan 13

Bob and Roberta Smith: The Art Party USA Comes to the UK

Hales Gallery, E1

A strident call for the preservation of arts education in the face of government educational plans from the maverick Tate trustee. Until Nov 17

NORTH

Anish Kapoor

Lisson Gallery, NW1 (020 7724 2739, lissongallery.com)

Down to earth from the Orbit — new work on a smaller scale, but with no less ambition. Until Nov 10

Matthew Darbyshire: T Rooms

176 Zabludowicz Collection, NW2

(020 7428 8940, zabludowiczcollection.com)

Installation creating a village from the digitally printed hoardings that cover building projects and vacant lots — a mask for the recession. Until Dec 2

Eric Bainbridge: Steel Sculptures and Simon Martin: Ur Feeling

Camden Arts Centre, NW3 (020 7472 5500, camdenartscentre.org)

A strong pair of shows, with Bainbridge creating playful steel collages and Martin gathering objects reflecting on buildings and social space. Until Dec 2