Art Galleries London: The best exhibitions to see this autumn

Kerry James Marshall: A History of Painting, David Zwirner, Mayfair

Marshall's recent retrospective Mastry was a critical smash, and this is his first exhibition of new work since. Approaching the title of his new show as 'kind of a challenge to myself', he presents a series of paintings that engage with the various social functions of the medium itself, and the place of black bodies in Western art.

Georg Baselitz: A Focus On The 1980s, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Mayfair

In the year of the German artist's 80th birthday, this retrospective offers a showcase of his diverse 1980s output, spanning paintings, paper-based work and sculpture. Whilst Baselitz is (in)famous for painting of many of his compositions upside down, the works on display illustrate a whole host of other expressionist and abstract techniques.

Sean Scully: Uninsideout, Blain|Southern, Mayfair

Abstraction in art can often flip-flop between the impenetrable and the accessible - Scully is firmly of the latter school, describing it as 'an equal opportunity art form'. The bold colour and patterning on show here makes a compelling case for his point of view, as do the selections from his seminal Landline series of paintings.

21st Century Women, Unit London, Mayfair

In celebration of the Suffragette centenary, Unit London Mayfair presents a group exhibition of emerging and contemporary female artists, including Jenny Saville and Charlotte Colbert. Curated by guest curators Fru Tholstrup and Jane Neal, 21st Century Women presents a diverse body of work that explores the role of women in both art and society over the last 100 years.

Urs Fischer: Dasha, Gagosian, Davies Street

Go to Gagosian and meet Dasha: a larger than life size wax candle depicting Dasha Zhukova, a personal friend of artist Urs Fischer. As with all candles, Dasha boasts a wick at the top of her head, which will be lit for the duration of the exhibition. Little by little Dasha will melt.

Fischer has been creating captivating wax models since 2010. As with traditional memento mori, they serve as both portraits and meditations on the ephemeral, the transient, and the evolving status of life, death, beauty, and art. Essential Instagram fodder, Dasha will light up your feeds.

Adam Pendleton: Our Ideas, Pace Gallery, London

Pace Gallery presents a solo show of work by US artist Adam Pendleton. Spanning the artist's practice, this much-anticipated exhibition features a series of Pendleton's internationally acclaimed works, inspired by what the artist calls 'Black Dada' – a critical articulation of blackness, abstraction, and the avant-garde – alongside a body of new work.

Conrad Shawcross: After the Explosion, Before the Collapse, Victoria Miro

Victoria Miro Gallery Mayfair presents a solo exhibition of new work by the British artist Conrad Shawcross. This exhibition traces a major development in Shawcross' Paradigm series and features new Fracture sculptures and two new mechanical works, in addition to a sequence of unique photographic prints created by firing a laser through a series of faults in fragments of glass.

Image: Installation shot of Conrad Shawcross exhibition, Victoria Miro, Mayfair, 2018. Jack Hems

Henri Martin: A Harmony of Symbolism and Nature, Connaught Brown

Soak up the last of the summer sun in this long-overdue UK exhibition of work by French Post-Impressionist artist Henri Martin. Born in 1860, Martin's individual style fuses joyful and luminous elements harnessed by both the Impressionists and Symbolists.

Fortnum's X Frank exhibition, 2018, Fortnum & Mason

Fortnum's X Frank makes a triumphant return this autumn with a showcase of 70 large-scale monochromatic works by British landscape artist John Virtue.

Hiding in Plain Sight exhibition, Amar Gallary, King's Cross

Amar Gallery presents a ground-breaking exhibition that honours the work of pioneering female abstract expressionists working in America between the 1950s and 1960s. Despite their significant contribution to the field, these trailblazing artists have been largely overshadowed by their male counterparts. Hiding in Plain Sight seeks to redress this balance by showcasing significant multi-disciplinary works by eleven female artists.

Chris Burden: Measured, Gagosian, Britannia Street

Gagosian Britannia Street presents Measured, another supremely Instagrammable exhibition, featuring two large-scale sculptures by the late Chris Burden. A true artistic innovator and daredevil, Burden transformed materials from old toys into life-size engineered objects. Highlights of the exhibition include 1 Ton Crane Truck, 2009, and Porsche with Meteorite, 2013.

Paul Feiler & Catharine Armitage: Elusive Space and The Way She Sees It, The Redfern Gallery, Cork Street

The late Paul Feiler, a member of the St. Ives School of Art, had his first solo exhibition held at the Redfern Gallery in 1953. Now, sixty-five years later, the Redfern showcases his paintings once again, alongside those of his wife Catharine Armitage for the first time.