Art Galleries London: in-the-know art exhibitions

Howardena Pindell, Victoria Miro

Howardena Pindell is an American artist known for her abstract works. This exhibition brings together her large spray-paintings from the 1970s and her three-dimensional collages completed since 2007. Circles and dots are a recurring theme. Either painted or punched from paper, they make up intricate works that look beautiful whether viewed close up or from afar.

Francis Bacon: Couplings, Gagosian

Francis Bacon's disturbing portraits, which sees his subjects twisted and melted into nightmarish forms, speak of pain, angst and violence. They are, above all, psychological portraits, reflecting Bacon's own demons. This exhibition at Gagosian brings together a series of paintings that represent paired figures and the tension that can bring.

María Berrio, Caroline Walker, Flora Yukhnovich, Victoria Miro

Victoria Miro Gallery is working in association with the Instagram account @thegreatwomenartists to stage an exhibition focusing on three early-career, but prolific artists whose works portray female realms. The exhibition will feature the work of Caroline Walker, Flora Yukhnovich and María Berrio.

Michael Graig-Martin: Sculpture, Gagosian

Michael Graig-Martin's sculptural works come indoors for the first time at the Gagosian near King's Cross. Craig-Martin is Royal Academician, and regulars to the annual Summer Exhibition will recognise his colourful, pop art inspired paintings of everyday objects. His sculptures can be described as 3D drawings. They look effortless, but the logistics of making these steel structures stand up on a concrete floor is far more complicated than you might think.

Theaster Gates: Afro-Mingei, White Cube

Theaster Gates is the master of inter-disciplinary art making. He studied urban planning and ceramics in the 90s and is currently professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Chicago. This May his exhibition Afro-Mingei comes to the White Cube. The title refers to both black identity and Japanese philosophy.

Henry Moore: The Helmet Heads, Wallace Collection

Consisting of over sixty sketches, models, and sculptures the ‘helmet works’ have been brought together in an exhibition juxtaposing them with the Renaissance armour that kindled Moore's interest in these protective pieces.

Esther Teichmann: On Sleeping and Drowning, Flowers Gallery

German-American artist Esther Teichmann works with photography, moving image and installation to create strange, but sensual environments that connects the natural world to the female body. Her works are beautiful but are also teeming with a myriad of mythical references and personal stories.This is set to be an immersive show with a heady mix of visual escapism and cerebral inspiration.

Anish Kapoor, Lisson Gallery

An exhibition of sculptures and paintings by Anish Kapoor are coming to Lisson Gallery in a show that will bring together a myriad of materials and forms. Expect the artist’s trademark red to dominate in paint, silicon and sculpture.

Machines Do Not Make Us Into Machines, White Cube, Bermondsey

New York based artist Sarah Morris is fascinated by city spaces, networks and systems. Through abstract paintings and film she explores the connections and iconographies that fill our urban lives, taking inspiration from maps, brand slogans and GPS technology. For her first exhibition in the UK for six years, Morris has included her first sculptural work, constructed from colourful tubes that complement her site-specific murals.

Image: Sarah Morris. Machines do not make us into Machines, White Cube, Bermondsey17 © Sarah Morris. Photo © White Cube (Ollie Hammick)

Anish Kapoor at Pitzhanger Manor and Gallery

It has been three years and £3 million in the making, but John Soane's former home is reopening to the public with an inaugural exhibition by the Turner Prize winning artist Anish Kapoor.