Paley's operations have grown from a derelict London house to three spaces across the UK—but her risk-taking, collaborative nature remains the same

From Lawrence Abu Hamdan's investigation into reincarnation to Robin Rhode's imaginary underwater reef

From Theaster Gates's black bricks at Gagosian to Gillian Wearing's contemplative lockdown self-portraits at Maureen Paley

New commercial gallery shows—from Baroque blackness in Chicago to flying saucers in London