Tania Kovats, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh
Featuring a large-scale, participatory installation, Tania Kovats’ new work, All the Seas, is a sculptural presentation of water from all the world’s seas, collected by the artist with the help of a global network of people. Bottles of water have been arriving at the gallery since 2012, bringing all the waters of the world to one place.
Until 25 May, fruitmarket.co.uk
Veronese, National Gallery, London
With over 50 of Veronese’s paintings, this show marks the most significant collection of masterpieces by the Renaissance artist ever to be displayed in the UK. Many of the paintings are enormous in size and accommodating them required a large-scale re-hang of the National Gallery’s collection.
Until 15 June, www.nationalgallery.org.uk
Artism, Free Space Gallery, London
This show features both large and small-scale works by artists with autism from the UK and USA. Curated by Emily Pelleymounter (previously executive of The Autism Trust), artists explore the literal, drawing a glass when a person is thirsty, to figuratively expressing emotions through conceptual drawings.
Until 13 May, freespacegallery.org
Robin Megannity, Bureau Gallery, Manchester
Manchester artist Robin Megannity’s first solo exhibition makes open reference to art-historical conversations, with particular focus on the sombre characters recurrent within the history of oil painting. His work presents quiet, suspended stories that demonstrate a capacity for narrative association.
Until 18 April, bureaugallery.com
Things We Do In Bed, Danson House, Bexleyheath
Curated by best-selling novelist Tracy Chevalier, this exhibition celebrates the historic and contemporary art of quilting. The show features traditional historical quilts dating from the 18th and 19th centuries, alongside contemporary quilted work from artists including Grayson Perry, Sara Impey, Karina Thompson, Michele Walker and prisoners through Fine Cell Work.
Until 31 October, www.bexleyheritagetrust.org.uk
Selections chosen by Jack Hutchinson
