A Ticking Timebomb, Shen Shaomin: The Day After Tomorrow, 4A Centre for Contemporary Asian Art, Sydney

A futuristic world of unfeeling biological experimentation that’s just a step away from the one we inhabit now. This is what Shen Shaomin invites his visitors to enter in The Day After Tomorrow.

The Frozen Rollercoaster, The Tiger; Turtle: Magic Mountain

Designed by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth, The Tiger & Turle – Magic Mountain is the name of this imposing outdoor sculpture which opened last week in Duisburg Wanheim, Germany.

Bo Christian Larsson, Run To The Hills, Steinle Contemporary, Munich

Swedish artist, Bo Christian Larsson combines sculpture, video, and works on paper. Larsson’s previous exhibitions have featured a central work – often a large-scale installation or a performance.

Last Chance To See, ING Discerning Eye, The Mall Galleries, London

ING Discerning Eye is an exhibition of small works independently selected by six prominent figures from the art world. This year’s selector are: Artists, Eileen Cooper RA and Lisa Wright, amongst others.

Altea Grau Vidal: Marcant Paraules, Ards Arts Centre, Newtownards, Northern Ireland

The International Residency programme at Seacourt Print Workshop offers an artist the opportunity to work in a new environment and share their knowledge during a three-month stay.

Tactile & Sensory Exploration, Jaume Plensa, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Jaume Plensa has had a good year; Echo, his first public art project in New York City was extended for an extra month, while in the UK, Chichester Cathedral announced Plensa’s winning proposal.

New Cultural Identities, The Salsali Private Museum

Exceptional numbers of art collectors are building private museums to display works that they currently store in warehouses. The latest in a long line of these museums is The Salsali Private Museum.

A Ghost Story for the Digital Age, Dark Matters, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester

It is by the ghostly light of Daniel Rozin’s Snow Mirror that visitors enters Dark Matters at the Whitworth Gallery in Manchester. This haunting new exhibition is an amalgamation of a variety of media.

Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize, National Portrait Gallery

Torben Åndahl’s Eike is featured in the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize show. The award has developed a prestigious international reputation since its inauguration in 2005.

Hedi Slimane’s California Song, The Museum of Contemporary Art, LA

The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, opens a new solo exhibition of Hedi Slimane’s work, on show from this weekend until 22 January 2012.

Opening Tomorrow, Roman Polanski: Actor & Director, BOZAR Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels

BOZAR will host Roman Polanski: Actor & Director curated by the Łódź Museum of Cinematography. The show retraces the career of one of the great masters of cinema through photographs and posters.

The Aesthetica Short Film Festival, Category Winners

The Aesthetica Short Film Festival – the latest addition to the British film festival circuit – threw open its doors last Thursday night.

Sometimes in Manchester the Brightest Light is from a Match, The Manchester Contemporary

Manchester is a city of draughtsmen and women, and it has always been a place where hierarchies are levelled. On the other hand, the city’s interest in drawing has as much to do with the weather.

Taryn Simon: A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters, Tate

It is no surprise that Tate has extended the run of artist Taryn Simon’s exhibition A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters until January 2012. This gives us time, and time is one’s ally.

ASFF Opens – 150 Films. 15 Venues. 4 Days. York, UK

ASFF opens Thursday 4 November in York. Four days of films, talks, parties, networking and some of the best innovative cinema around. Join us in York for a fantastic weekend of film.

Crunch: The Art and Music Festival, Hay-on-Wye

The 4th edition of Crunch: the Art and Music Festival at Hay promises to be an extravaganza of contemporary art, talks and debates, new music, comedy and cabaret. Entitled Awake in the Universe.

Aesthetica Short Film Festival: Meet the Filmmakers Event, Merchant Adventurers’ Hall, York

Spanning across 4 days, 15 venues with 150 films screening, ASFF opens this Thursday and features a selection of films, a programme of talks and discussions from industry leaders and more.

40 Exhibition, 75 Artists, 200 Works, Hereford Photography Festival

Hereford Photography Festival is the UK’s longest running photography festival featuring over 75 artists and documentary photographers from across the world in more than 40 exhibitions.

The Alienation Effect, Savage Presents Jean Michel Jarre and Cezary Bodzianowski’s Tea Back, Spike Island, Bristol

Two shows run parallel to each other at Spike Island, with a variety of motifs exploring common themes: alienation by displacement and its significance in the creation/destruction of meaning.

onedotzero presents adventures in motion festival, BFI Southbank

onedotzero isn’t just one of the leading authorities in digital arts, they are one of our favourites, so when we heard that their adventures in motion festival was to return to BFI, we were more than excited.