NOW SHOWING #152: The week’s top exhibitions

Georgiana Houghton, Courtauld Gallery, London
The Victorian spiritualist medium Georgiana Houghton claimed that when creating her watercolours her hand was guided by various spirits, including several Renaissance artists. She offered detailed explanations on the backs of the works, with this show featuring a number of the brightly coloured pieces, many of which have not been shown in the UK for nearly 150 years.
Until 11 September 2016. www.courtauld.ac.uk

Mystics and Rationalists, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
Part of the gallery’s year-long 50th anniversary celebrations, this exhibition takes as its starting point Sol LeWitt’s assertion that “conceptual artists are mystics rather than rationalists. They leap to conclusions which logic cannot reach”. It features drawing, sculpture, video and animation by artists including LeWitt, Karla Black, Daniel Buren, Dorothy Cross, Ibrahim El-Salahi, Dan Graham, Yoko Ono and Amy Sillman.
Until 31 July 2016. www.modernartoxford.org.uk

In a Dream You Saw a Way to Survive and Were Full of Joy, Whitworth, Manchester
Curated by video artist and Turner Prize winner Elizabeth Price, this touring show features 70 artists’ works that explore the reclining or recumbent body. It includes sculptures, drawings, photographs, film and videos arranged in four loosely-threaded sections: sleeping, working, mourning and dancing. 
Artists include: Yto Barrada, Anthea Hamilton, Richard Hamilton, Jenny Holzer, Hilary Lloyd, The Lumière Brothers and Giulio Paolini.
Until 31 October 2016. www.whitworth.manchester.ac.uk

Narbi Price: Codeword, Paper, Manchester
Last chance to catch this solo show by Newcastle-based artist and a-n staff member Narbi Price. His acrylic paintings on paper are a response to the 20th anniversary of the IRA bombing of Manchester’s Corporation Street, with the title of the exhibition referencing the mysterious ‘codeword’ used in the telephoned warning prior to the explosion.
Until 25 June 2016. www.paper-gallery.co.uk

Pehchaan: Art from Another India, Tramway, Glasgow
This exhibition is a showcase of new North Indian art that has been commissioned for Glasgow Museums. It features folk art, textiles and contemporary works alongside material from Glasgow Museums’ original collection. The gallery space has been converted into an immersive environment and throughout the run of the show there will be a range of workshops, events, discussions and drop-in activities.
Until 31 July 2016. www.tramway.org

Images:
1. Georgiana Houghton, Some holy fire … The Eye of God, 1862. Photograph: Victorian Spiritualists’ Union, Melbourne, Australia
2. Sol LeWitt, installation view Wall Drawings, 1973. Courtesy of the Sol LeWitt Estate and Modern Art Oxford.
3. Yto Barrada, Les Dormeurs (The Sleepers), Figure #2, 2006. Courtesy Pace Gallery, London, Sfeir-Semler Gallery, Hamburg, Beirut, and Galerie Polaris, Paris ©Yto Barrada 2016
4. Narbi Price, Untitled (MJK), Lithograph on Arches Cover White, 2012
5. Pehchaan: Art from Another India, Tramway, Glasgow

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