Edinburgh Art Festival 2015

The UK’s largest annual visual art festival combines work from Edinburgh’s most prestigious galleries as well as artist-run spaces, and new commissions from emerging and established artists.

America is Hard to See: Whitney Museum, New York

Taking its title from a line in a Robert Frost poem, America Is Hard To See at the Whitney Museum Of American Art considers more than a century of modern American art in its social context.

Interview with Julian Day, Shortlisted Artist, Aesthetica Art Prize 2015

Australian artist Julian Day creates simple but evocative works encompassing installation, video, sound, text and performance. His piece Requiem was exhibited as part of the Aesthetica Art Prize 2015 showcase at York St Mary’s.

Julie Brook at Ikon Gallery

On view in Ikon’s small turret, the Tower Room, is filmmaker and land artist Julie Brook’s Pigment, an eight and a half minute film, shot in a cave in Namibia with three young Himba women.

BMW Tate Live: Paulina Olowska, Tate Modern

The latest in Tate Modern’s ongoing evening performance series, BMW Tate Live, sees a gallery transformed into a theatre space for Paulina Olowska’s project The Mother: An Unsavoury Play in Two Acts and an Epilogue.

Portraits of an Icon

One of the most enduring fashion icons of all time, Audrey Hepburn has captivated generations with her unique elegance and style. The National Gallery’s current exhibition covers her early film success to her lasting media image.

Review: Images Moving Out Onto Space, Tate St. Ives

Images Moving Out Onto Space at Tate St. Ives brings together eight artists, including Bridget Riley and Liliane Lijn, with works of kinetic painting and sculpture spanning 50 years.

Interview: artist Matt Gee

Gallery 268, London, presents Matt Gee: Nutri-Artifice, consisting of two bodies of work which resonate in between art and science with a visual language reminiscent of props used in a laboratory.

Minjung Kim at Luxembourg & Dayan, Venice Biennale

In a Venetian house in sight of the Giardini della Biennale, Luxembourg & Dayan presents Minjung Kim: The Light, The Shade, The Depth featuring the artist’s paintings from the past 15 years.

Interview with Peter Liversidge, By the Book, Sean Kelly Gallery, NY

British artist Peter Liversidge reflects on the idea of the ‘proposal’ in his conceptually-based practice, using analogue and antiquated technology to both initiate and document his artistic activities. We speak to Liversidge about new show By the Book.

Oscar Niemeyer, The Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo

Oscar Niemeyer: The Man Who Built Brasilia will showcase a century of the great architect’s work.

Theories on Forgetting at Gagosian

Theories on Forgetting at Gagosian, LA, maps evolutions of cultural symbolism through the work of 18 contemporary artists.

Caro in Yorkshire, Yorkshire Sculpture Triangle

A Yorkshire-wide celebration of the life and work of British sculptor Sir Anthony Caro opens this week.

Tromarama,The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam

The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, presents the first European solo exhibition of Indonesian artists’ collective Tromarama. Until 6 September.

Julie Cockburn, The Photographer’s Gallery, London

The Photographer’s Gallery, London displays a new series of works by British artist Julie Cockburn.

Richard Mosse, The Enclave, The National Gallery of Victoria

The National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, will be exhibiting Richard Mosse’s The Enclave, an immersive, six-screen video art installation.

Tomoko Yoneda, Beyond Memory, Grimaldi Gavin, London

We highly recommend popping into Grimaldi Gavin, London, to see Tomoko Yoneda’s Beyond Memory.

Kwang Young Chun, Aggregations, Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh

Dovecot Gallery, Edinburgh presents the first solo exhibition in Scotland of internationally renowned Korean artist Kwang Young Chun, Aggregations.

German Photography, Robilant + Voena, St Moritz

Robilant + Voena announces the opening of German Photography at its St Moritz gallery. With work from Elger Esser and Candida Höfer.

Richard Long, TIME AND SPACE

Richard Long’s career of creating art through his engagement with and movement through the landscape is celebrated by his home city.