Alfredo Jaar

Alfredo Jaar represents Chile at this year’s Venice Biennale. We speak with curator Madeleine Grynsztejn about Latin American art and Jaar’s Venezia, Venezia.

Tim Bowditch & Nick Rochowski: Hind Land, London

Tim Bowditch and Nick Rochowski will exhibit their project Hind Land in a solo show at The Front Room Gallery. The work grew out of an interest in the interplay between the M25 and local woodland.

What is Contemporary? at Brancolini Grimaldi, London

Featuring 10 artists working over the past two thousand years, this exceptional exhibition visually investigates the theme of Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben’s essay What is the Contemporary?

Venice Biennale

The 55th International Art Exhibition at the Venice Biennale is entitled Il Palazzo Enciclopedico. Curated by Massimiliano Gioni, 88 National participants will be exhibiting in the city of Venice.

Karla Black at ICA, Philadelphia

Karla Black constructs large-scale, site-specific sculptures using amorphous yet everyday materials—from dirt, chalk, and dough to the powders, sprays, and gooey substances we use to coat our bodies.

The Jockstrap Raiders, Short Film from ASFF

Produced at the University of California by director Mark Nelson, The Jockstrap Raiders was awarded the Best Animation title at last year’s Aesthetica Short Film Festival. Submit your film by 31 May.

Picturing Derry, Londonderry

Opening to the public at the iconic City Factory venue on 31 May, Picturing Derry brings together, for the first time, some of the most iconic images of the troubles in the city in one exhibition.

Liz Hingley: Gods: Stories from the Soho Road, Glasgow

Set in the serene St Mungo’s Museum of Religious Life and Art, photographer Liz Hingley’s Under Gods: Stories from the Soho Road provides an honest assessment of true multi-culturalism.

Stephen J. Morgan: The Other Side of Everything, Wapping Project

Stephen J. Morgan’s The Other Side of Everything is a striking series of images, documenting familiar places that uncover the artist’s journey as a second generation Irish boy growing up in Birmingham.

Stephen Willats: Conscious – Unconscious, Oxford

Stephen Willats’ latest exhibit at Modern Art Oxford is a collection of works ranging from 1998-2013. Each work addresses his interest in the mediation of personal and interpersonal relationships.

What is Contemporary? Brancolini Grimaldi, London

Curated by Domingo Milella and Bacarelli Botticelli, What is Contemporary? is open at Brancolini Grimaldi. The group show combines contemporary photography with works of art from the past.

Review of Hans Josephsohn, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Hans Josephsohn died last year at the age of 92. An example of his legacy is exhibited at YSP. We are given to understand that throughout his career, he drew on a 30 000-year-old figurative tradition.

Matt Greenhalgh: Supermarket Girl, Short Film from ASFF

BAFTA award winning screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh’s Supermarket Girl was a huge success at ASFF 2012. The short film follows the blossoming friendship between two supermarket workers.

53rd Krakow Film Festival

The 53rd Krakow Film Festival includes the screenings of documentaries, short films and animations from across the world. Beginning on 26 May, the festival will run until 2 June.

Photoshopping, Short Film, ASFF

Written and directed by Mark Davenport of Fishmonger Films UK, Photoshopping is a 15 minute dark comedy about Elaine, a woman striving to turn her hobby into a world record. At ASFF 2012.

Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson: England and Wales 1969 at John Hansard Gallery, Southampton

The work of two leading world figures within the Land Art movement, Nancy Holt and Robert Smithson are on show at John Hansard Gallery, in a new exhibition England and Wales 1969.

Interview with Bruce Munro on New Exhibition Light

Internationally renowned British artist Bruce Munro will open Light, an exhibition of 10 breathtaking, large-scale outdoor and indoor lighting installations coupled with indoor sculptures.

Daniele Tamagni: Global Style Battles, London

Daniele Tamagni, comes to ArtEco to exhibit a collection of works from 2007. Global Style Battles is a diverse selection of images, celebrating music and fashion in a colourful display of photographic skill.

JP, Auclair Street Segment from All.I.Can, Short Film from ASFF

All I Can is an exploratory film that compares the trials of big mountain skiing to the challenges of global climate change. Shot across six continents, the world’s top skiers deliver inspirational performances.

Above As Below, Short Film, ASFF

Michelle Arbon’s Above as Below follows the journey of a young soldier during his first experience of war. The film is inspired by the beautiful and harrowing poetry of the Second World War.