In just three weeks time the Aesthetica Short Film Festival will open across the city of York. ASFF is a celebration of independent production and an outlet for championing short filmmaking.

An extensive collection of works executed throughout the life of Marc Chagall is given refreshed perspective at Liverpool Tate. Dream-like visions are derived from Jewish and Russian folk-art.

Lutz Bacher’s first major solo show in the UK is a well-crafted introduction to an artist whose concerns for identity, sexuality and the body are often concealed by a playful exterior.

Multiplied, returns to Christie’s South Kensington this October for the fourth edition of the contemporary art fair. Included in the event will be 41 international contemporary galleries.

Ikon’s most comprehensive exhibition to date of paintings by British artist Hurvin Anderson (b.1965), evokes sensations of being caught between one place and another, drawn from personal experience.

Examining the ways in which women have been represented in relation to war and industry in modern and contemporary art, Women, War, and Industry opens at The San Diego Museum of Art.

Australia, hosted by the Royal Academy of Arts and Patroned by the Prince of Wales, flaunts the region’s lively works of art, including paintings, photographs, watercolours and multimedia.

VIENNAFAIR The New Contemporary returns for its ninth edition. This year there will be new participants, including three from Berlin and galleries from Moscow, London and the rest of Europe.

Ancient tradition and contemporary innovation merge as one in the singular work of Hiromi Moneyhun. A native of Kyoto, Moneyhun is a self-taught artist who creates intricate paper cut pieces.

What strikes you first about the works of Jack Beswick are the strong slabs of colour that dominate the space. Aesthetica speaks to the artist to find out more about his work and future plans.

In this exhibition of new works, Idris Khan grapples with the unintelligibility of language and bristling storms of pigment to engage in a philosophical reflection on the possibility of transcendence.

MOTI, Museum of the Image, holds a unique collection of art that reflects the visual culture of modern society. From 28 September the gallery exhibits a special showcase of these works.

Beatrice Pediconi is an artist who produces work layered with mystery and intrigue. Her exhibition 9’/ Unlimited opens 6 October and runs until 31 January at Maramotti Collection, Reggio Emilia.

David Spiller’s first solo exhibition Walk on the Wild Side, opens tomorrow at Portland Gallery and will run until 18 October. The exhibition will focus on the British artist’s pioneering use of text.

Exploring the concept of whether feminism is still relevant, SKMU Sørlandets Kunstmuseum brings together 40 Scandinavian artists whose work addresses feminism in the last 20 years.

Sax Impey is a Cornish artist who trained in Newport and works at Porthmeor Studios in St Ives. The Light and The Veil, his latest exhibition at the Millenium Gallery in St Ives, has one subject: The sea.

Trouble Meets Trouble is the title of Stephen Chambers RA’s latest show at Wills Lane Gallery. It refers to a series of etchings portraying characters from literature, politics, history and even radio.

Scream, London, is partnering with the British fashion designer Matthew Williamson for this special exhibition featuring work by artists Caroline Jane Harris and Shane McAdams.

Already well known in international urban art circles, it has not yet been two years since Cornwall’s celebrated street artist came up with the idea for BotMan, an innocent robot with a heart.

The Design Museum’s annual Designers in Residence programme provides a platform to celebrate new and emerging designers at an early stage in their career. The programme is now in its sixth year.