Tate Modern's massive Turbine Hall has introduced its latest artistic intervention, featuring sound art inspired by everyday objects and historical harmonies created by Tarek Atoui. Running from October 13 to April 11, the installation transforms the London gallery's largest space into an eerie acoustic environment.
Meanwhile, the capital plays host to the return of Frieze London and Frieze Masters in Regent's Park, offering a sprawling showcase of contemporary and historical works from October 14 to 18. Hauser & Wirth in London is concurrently presenting new surreal self-portraits by Cindy Sherman from October 13 until December 23, highlighting the artist's pioneering exploration of the fantastic and the grotesque.
In Scotland, Perth Museum is hosting a film by Isaac Julien dedicated to the 19th-century anti-slavery campaigner Frederick Douglass. The exhibition runs from October 9 until April 11 in the city where Douglass delivered four inspirational speeches. In London, Thaddaeus Ropac presents powerful works by German artist Georg Baselitz under the title The Heroes, running from October 13 to December 18.
Elsewhere, a major exhibition titled British Art Show 10: A Chorus of Strangers captures the eccentricity and breadth of contemporary British identity through works by 37 artists involving shopfronts, scaffolding, and automotive elements. Art highlights also extend to the National Gallery, where a masterwork by Giovanni Ambrogio de Predis, An Angel in Red With a Lute from the late 15th century, demonstrates the profound influence of Leonardo da Vinci through its shadowed style and precise mechanical detail in depicting the musical instrument.