Interview with Founder of Art Collective, Pauline Richards

The Art Collective was originally launched to support and promote new and emerging artists. Working to help represent and showcase today’s top artists, the Art Collective has become a vital support system.

‘Do it’, Manchester International Festival

Part of this year’s Manchester International Festival is being held at the Arndale Shopping Centre: Europe’s third largest mall and described as ‘the jewel in the city’s retail crown’.

Project Space: Word. Sound. Power. at Tate Modern

Word. Sound. Power. is the result of a curatorial collaboration between Tate Modern in London and Khoj International Artists’ Association in New Delhi, who will take the exhibition in early 2014.

On Kawara: One Million Years, Bozar Expo, Brussels

From today Bozar Expo, Brussels, exhibits conceptual artist, On Kawara’s One Million Years. The ongoing work, which documents the passage of time, will appear at the Centre for Fine Arts.

Interview with the director of Secret Cinema, Fabien Riggall

This year sees innovative company, Secret Cinema, providing a boundary-pushing venture for five fruitful years, which fully immerses the audience into the world of a film. We speak to Fabien Riggall.

Review of Ute Lemper, London

Staged as part of this year’s London Literature Festival, Ute Lemper Sings Pablo Neruda was a fantastic concert dedicated to the memory of Pablo Neruda, one of the masters of Chilean poetry.

Review of The Mercy Seat, Part of York Theatre Royal’s TakeOver Festival

York Theatre Royal’s TakeOver Festival is certainly to be admired. A performing arts festival programmed and run by young people, it succeeds in bringing compelling, often lesser known works to the fore.

Interview with Alexander Lass & Nadia Papachronopoulou – Directors of Unrivalled Landscape

Scripted and produced by members of Orange Tree Theatre’s Writers Group, which nurtures the talents of professional playwrights, Unrivalled Landscape comprises six new short plays.

The Old Woman

Robert Wilson’s new production The Old Woman at Manchester International Festival presents the artist against a backdrop of political turmoil.

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.

A Small Hiccup, Grand Union, Birmingham

Including eight commissions reflecting on language, rhetoric and speech, with performance, sculpture and digital media, A Small Hiccup explores communication through a variety of forms.

Hamlet’s Hybris (A Remix), Short Film from ASFF

Shot in the UK, France, Germany, Finland and Norway, Hamlet’s Hybris featured in ASFF 2012 as part of the Experimental Films series. There is still chance to submit a short film to ASFF 2013.

Hostage, Short Film, ASFF

Emotionally tense, Hostage is a gritty tale of a woman taken hostage by a man who does not speak English, and how they manage to connect beyond the limitations of language. Entries for ASFF are open.

Linder Sterling: The Ultimate Form, Wakefield

This weekend Linder Sterling presented her UK premiere of The Ultimate Form, a physical collage that combined dance, costume, music and her provocative prints at The Hepworth Gallery.

Interview with Kate Lindsey of Ariadne auf Naxos

The 2013 edition of Britain’s best-loved opera festival, Glyndebourne, opens in style on 18 May with a new production of Richard Strauss’ Ariadne auf Naxos. Directed by Katharina Thoma.

Essential Film Festivals: May

To celebrate the last month of ASFF’s call for entries, we present a guide to the essential film festivals to attend. Highlights include DOXA and Cannes Film Festival. Entries close 31 May.

Athens Video Art Festival 2013

The Athens Video Art Festival returns for the ninth edition of the International Festival of Digital Arts & New Media. Shows, screenings and events will be hosted at the Historical Centre of Athens.

Tate Liverpool is 25

Since 1988, Tate Liverpool has been the home of key art works and attracted 15 million visitors. The gallery has become the most visited venue for modern and contemporary art outside of London.

PUNK: Chaos to Couture, New York

The Costume Institute of The Metropolitan Museum of Art opens PUNK: Chaos to Couture. Through a dynamic collection of works, the show explores punk’s influence on high fashion.