This August marks the 70th anniversary of Indonesian independence. As part of the celebration Cryptic (Glasgow) are putting together the largest show case of Indonesian culture within the UK.

Conceptual artist Denys Blacker uses performance, sculpture and drawing to explore themes of symmetry and precision, as in The Noble Gases, which featured in the Aesthetica Art Prize 2015.

In collaboration with Autograph ABP, London, a retrospective of the late Rotimi Fani-Kayode, a seminal figure in 1980s black British and African contemporary art opens at Light Work, New York.

In the countdown to the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries deadline on 31 August, we interview 2016 panel judge Pavel S. Pyś, Exhibitions & Displays Curator at the Henry Moore Institute.

ExtraORDINARY at The Lowry, Manchester, explores everyday objects and actions in contemporary art, and will allow visitors to interact and contribute to the fabric of this engaging exhibition.

Taiwanese artist Wu Tien-Chang’s series of light box stills, interactive video projections and installation explore westernisation in post-war Taiwan in a Collateral Event of the 56th International Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.

In the countdown to the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries deadline on 31 August, we look in detail at one of last year’s finalists, Chiang Lup Hong, a fine art illustrator based in Kuala Lumpur.

Renowned for her trademark oil on glass paintings, award-winning Beirut-born artist Ilona Szalay presents a selection of new work made specially for her first solo exhibition at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh.

With 29 days to go until the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries closes, we shine a spotlight on Bangkok-based artist and designer Sanitas Pradittasnee’s longlisted sculpture KHOA MO (Mythical Escapism).

Arifa Akbar is Literary Editor of The Independent and inewspapers. She was a judge for the Orwell Prize in 2013, the Fiction Uncovered Prize in 2014 and is on the judging panel for the current Aesthetica Creative Writing Award.

Karen Thomas, a British artist based in France, creates dynamic, painterly depictions of pop culture icons such as Mickey Mouse, which are characterised by their thick, quick brush strokes.

Pushkin’s Fold is the first solo show by artist Pushkin. Based in Norwich for the past 11 years, his exhibition at Fairhurst Gallery is his first venture into focusing and dedicating all his time to his art.

Artist John Keane, winner of the Aesthetica Art Prize in 2015, joins the judging panel for next year’s award. We continue the countdown to 31 August with a look at Keane’s practice.

There is one month to go until the annual Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries closes. Shortlisted artists will participate in a group exhibition in partnership with York Museums Trust and receive editorial coverage in Aesthetica.

Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, presents an exhibition by Peter Doig in the Palazzetto Tito. The show features new paintings and several intimately scaled works drawing on found sources.

An exhibition of new work by Yto Barrada at Pace, London, delving into her research on Moroccan fossils and dinosaurs, and exploring notions of imprint, trace and the status of archives.

Carolina Redondo looks to her origins in the Chilean Pucón for inspiration in her performative practice. We speak to the artist about her use of the body to explore migration and interculturality.

Tate Modern presents the first retrospective of Agnes Martin’s work since 1994, tracing her development from biomorphic abstraction to her mesmerising grid and striped canvases.

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.

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.