The exhibitions you must see this September

This major group exhibition features the work of artists such as Lubaina Himid, Allison Katz and Denzil Forrester, and focuses on a thought-provoking style of painting where the traditions of the medium are exploited to create fresh perspectives and challenge topical issues. The paintings on display sit somewhere between depiction and imagination, showing how artists can manipulate real life and fantasy to make evocative work.

Challenging western depictions of black culture is high on the agenda for rising sculpture star, Kedisha Coakley, who has her first public art gallery exhibition at Yorkshire Sculpture Park. Her work is concerned with identity and representation, particularly regarding black women. A powerful part of the exhibition is her patterns and motifs of braided hair intertwined within her sculptures, exploring the maintenance of African Caribbean hair. The exhibition features work in sculpture, photography and printmaking, and will be combined with a large-scale public sculpture to be unveiled in the West Midlands later this year.

In this exhibition the National Gallery displays five works that all depict the Saxon fortress of Königstein by 18th-century landscape artist Bernardo Bellotto, one of which was acquired with Art Fund support. The nephew of Canaletto, Bellotto was constantly overlooked in his lifetime in favour of his superior artist uncle. This exhibition highlights how he took a radical approach to painting in the 18th century as a leading painter in his own right.

Three costumes from Marvel Studios’ blockbuster hit Black Panther are on display at Christchurch Mansion in Ipswich. The exhibition looks at how costumes and objects in film contribute to a strong sense of time and place in storytelling and features the costumes of characters T’Challa, Shuri and Okoye alongside historic objects.

Drawn to the raw debauchery of music halls, theatres and urban scenes, Walter Sickert was known for portraying 20th-century life in unapologetic detail. This exhibition looks particularly at how drawing contributed the artist’s practice, and features over 300 works in paint and pencil. The images featured chart the challenges of life in in 20th-century Britain and show how Sickert invented himself as an artist over time.

Sophie Taeuber-Arp was an incredibly varied artist who worked in many different forms. This exhibition features embroidery, painting, sculpture, magazines, puppetry and Dada objects, demonstrating how she toed the line between making and crafting. This collection of works has never been seen in this country before, providing a rare opportunity to explore this leading artist and designer of the 1920s and 30s.

This iconic portrait of Richard III by an unknown artist has become synonymous with the image of the last Plantagenet king. The exhibition at Yorkshire Museum has been supported through Art Fund’s Weston Loan Programme, which helps museums to borrow major works from collections across the UK, and places this famous work in context with objects and artefacts associated with the king's life. Highlights include exquisite jewels, coins and supporters' badges.

Multimedia artist Alberta Whittle's new film work RESET was made at the height of lockdown and explores how fears around contagion, moral panic and xenophobia have been amplified by the coronavirus pandemic. The film is combined with a group exhibition across Jupiter Artland’s indoor and outdoor spaces, featuring a collective of Scottish artists working in creative writing, music, performance and visual art.