Chloe Hodge

In Asian Propaganda: The Art of Influence, the British Museum presents artefacts including everything from religion to children's comics from Korea, Japan, China and Vietnam which show the power of art to lead and mislead nations. The objects could do with more explanation, and though this results in a rather watered-down version of Asian history, it is still worth a look whilst touring the magnificent British Museum.

The 99 nominees for Designs of the Year 2013 at the Design Museum offer innovative inventions, sublime aesthetics and attractive frivolity. From life-changing medicine to magazines, 3D printers to solar-powered lighting, recycled stools to extra-slippery ketchup bottles, this exhibition never ceases to pleasantly shock and surprise. 

The title Unexpected Pleasures is absolutely fitting for an exhibition which challenges and redefines the common conception of what jewellery is, revealing the making process, ideas behind and intentions for contemporary body adornment. Surprising and informative, whilst displaying masterfully crafted pieces which can only be described as sublime, this exhibition is not to be missed.

In over 100 pieces from this photographic master, water becomes muse. Adams treated the medium as if it were a great friend, with a sensitivity so deep that it is able to transform entirely, taking on an endless array of forms, personalities and tones. Here landscape photography become a truly emotive experience; with the works detailing as much about the man behind the lens as the breath-taking views in front of it.

With the first UK showing of the Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Maurizio Cattelan discusses death, politics and power through a taxidermy squirrel, a giant Italian cheese label and a boy-sized self-portrait, using humour and wit to expose significant issues within Italian society, and some more personal to the artist himself.

Bharti Kher crams Parasol Unit with a bizarre array of works ranging from a life-size fibreglass elephant to a nine tonne cubicle made entirely out of melted glass bangles. The works are aesthetically astounding before even delving into their deeply powerful conceptuality which deals with ideas and ideals of femininity within the artist's native India.

This year Vienna celebrates the 150th birthday of its most famous artist: the controversial and extravagant Gustav Klimt. The festivities are brought to London with Klimt Illustrated, as nine street artists reinterpret the style of a great Viennese master from graffiti-style spray paintings to ornate work in oils. This is a fascinating show full of surprises.

Sung Hwan Kim fills one of the Tate Modern's Tanks with an immersive collection of film work: bizarre, unnerving yet utterly fantastic, he explores the human condition through contradictory sound and film within a maze-like installation. Overwhelmingly strange at times, yet always rooted in fascinating political and personal histories, Kim's work is truly extraordinary.