Laura Thornley

How does a nine-member strong sound art collective like Ultra-red, make a multi-site collaborative art project with students and teachers from an inner-city London high school? Through the art of listening, of course. This off-site Serpentine Gallery project gets to the heart of listening, the radical way. 

This new Barbican exhibition takes a look at Marcel Duchamp and four of his most vocal disciples, and how they made anti-art the very essence of contemporary art today. Tracing the strands of thought in each artist's practice, this is a must-see exhibition characterizing the most radical influence on contemporary art to date.

Blinded by the light, tricked by the light, moved by the light – it's all on offer at the Hayward's new Light Show, a sensory experience brought to you by the power of the lightbulb. At times the exhibition is nothing less than mesmerising; it looks like the Hayward might be onto something again.

This week the Bloomberg New Contemporaries arrived at the ICA for the third year running. Generally considered the newly-graduated hot-tipped talent for the future, expectations tend to run high. Despite the disappointing gallery space, a few flashes of life mean this year's chosen few make the show worth a visit – just about.

Despite the years of controversy, 'bad' art and dubious judging techniques, The Turner Prize still remains the most coveted and talked about art prize. Since it rarely deserves the record draw and the amount of press it receives, I've decided to give some much-needed space to art prizes beyond the Turner Prize.

New Directions for China at the Hayward is set to spark even more interest in Chinese contemporary art. A nation famed for its history and culture, as well as oppression, contemporary Chinese artists are finding themselves in a myriad of contradictions. How are British curators handling art from this rapidly-evolving society, so elusive and indefinable, and are they doing it fairly?

London is a city famed for its art galleries. People travel the world to come and see the latest Tate exhibition, Hayward shows or National Gallery collection. But these big names all too often overshadow the smaller, more cutting edge gallery scene. We have compiled a list of galleries that offer a different art experience than the road so often travelled.

This exhibition at the Timothy Taylor gallery perfectly captures the work of Diane Arbus: intimate, personal and voyeuristic. Her works, which take the outcasts of society as their subject, have a power and strange beauty. This exhibition is a good opportunity to see something new from the Arbus archive.

When the Hayward announced their new show would consist of 'invisible' artworks there was some serious guffawing from the backbenches. Had the art world finally done the proverbial and (literally) eaten itself? The cynics may have to eat their words. This is a thoroughly enjoyable, laugh out loud exhibition with some wonderfully thought-provoking pieces. 

This small exhibition at the National Maritime Museum is informative and finds ways to take a fresh look at an oft-told story. Whilst it could have taken the well-travelled road of facts and figures, the exhibition thankfully chooses a different tack, and examines how the Titanic has pervaded our consciousness through fiction.