David Robert’s Art Foundation opens its new doors at Mornington Crescent with House of Leaves. Aesthetica takes a moment to review the opening exhibition, which runs from 21 September.

Samantha Donnelly is known for her experimental assemblage and collage works, which combine awkward and beautiful, overtly feminised materials and images into telling combinations.

With the 20th century came bloodshed and genocide on a scale so vast and industrial even now it barely seems fathomable. The Nazi’s final solution stands out as the most heart wrenching.

This year’s 13th Venice Architecture Biennale provided the backdrop to the British Pavilion’s Venice Takeaway exhibition. Crane.tv interviewed 10 architecture teams from 10 countries.

The 21 September is World Peace Day, a day of ceasefire across the globe and the chance for artists and organisations to demonstrate acts of peace. The films4peace is curated by Mark Coetzee.

SACRED, Chelsea Theatre’s exploration of live art and contemporary performance launches in October for an exciting new season. SACRED will run throughout the year until July 2013.

Artist Kiki Smith exhibits her first UK solo show since 2006 at Timothy Taylor Gallery this October and will feature sculpture, bronze wall reliefs, stained glass, porcelain figures and tapestry.

David Roberts’ private collection of contemporary work is about to go on display at The Hepworth Gallery. To Hope, To Tremble, To Live will be exhibited from 27 October until 3 February.

The 18th Encounters Short Film and Animation Festival takes place this September. The stunning line-up for this year includes new visual art and animation exhibitions, and 3D Soviet Russian work.

The Nour Festival will be celebrating contemporary arts and culture from across the Middle East and North Africa, from 1 October. It will be a borough-wide event based in Kensington and Chelsea.

Homecoming, an exhibition from London based artist Boo Ritson, will be opening on 10 October at the City Arts Center, Eleanor Kirkpatrick Gallery, Oklahoma City and will run until 21 December.

Nathan Coley, Turner prize nominee in 2007, is exhibiting in the plush, society spaces of The Haunch of Venison’s New Bond Street premises. The exhibition’s title is hung on a three-tiered scaffold.

Liverpool Biennial 2012, The Unexpected Guest, is opens tomorrow, 15 September and will run until 25 November. Curated by Sally Tallant, it is the largest contemporary festival in the UK.

David Roberts Art Foundation is moving to a new larger location at Mornington Crescent. The 19th century former furniture factory will be opening it’s doors as an art gallery on the 21 September.

Over the past decade Finnish artist Pilvi Takala has developed a body of singular performance pieces, unpicking those conventions created within micro-social environments. Site Gallery, 14 September.

As the title suggests, Unseen, is a celebration of international contemporary photography, showcasing work from new and established photographers. From 19 until 23 September.

Berlinde De Bruyckere is well known for her corporeal sculptures painstakingly created in resin and painted wax and rendered uncanny in their skin-like mimicry. At Hauser & Wirth, London.

To coincide with London Fashion Week, Rupert Newman will be creating a series of multi-sensory installation pieces exploring the interaction between the static and the projected image.

Kimathi Donkor’s new exhibition Queens of the Undead, will be unveiled at Iniva (Institute of International Visual Arts) at Rivington Place from 13 September until 24 November.

The Imposter sets itself up as an investigation, looking into the story of a master impersonator. Frédéric Bourdin was 23 when he successfully passed himself off as a missing 16-year old.