Interview: Rupert Blanchard on Crane.tv

Rupert Blanchard creates bespoke furniture from discarded drawers, secondhand pieces and scrap material, but is adamant that his work should not be considered part of the upcycling trend.

Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Art, Washington

For the first time since his death, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, are presenting the largest exhibition of over 100 paintings, drawings and sculptures by artist Roy Lichtenstein.

Necrospective Review, Grand Union, Birmingham

As the heated embers of the summer sun are suddenly dashed with September’s miserable icy rain an unexpected feeling of excitement and elation is bestowed upon the city of Birmingham.

Turner Prize 2012 Review

This is The Turner Prize 2012, in the year of royal jubilation, sport spectacle and debt, where all eyes are on London. Expectations, as always, are high as four finalists’ works are revealed at Tate.

830 Sign, Italian Lifestyle

Founded in 2008, 830 Sign incorporates streamlining trends with a modern take on classics. Inspired by arts, architecture and anatomy, the collections appeal to versatile and avant-garde minds.

Interview with Helen Stalker, Curator of Hockney to Hogarth, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester

Hockney to Hogarth unites the works of 18th century artist William Hogarth, and contemporary artist David Hockney, who both completed a series of works entitled A Rake’s Progress.

Oramics to Electronica, Talk Series, London

Electronic music is unavoidable in modern society, we hear it constantly pumping out of clubs, cars, bars and on the radio every single day. Science Museum examines the roots of this now wide-spread music.

Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition Ends Tomorrow

The 2012 Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition ends tomorrow, submit your poetry and fiction today. The award celebrates writing, nurturing talent and bringing work to international attention.

Luke Fowler, Hepworth Wakefield

Turner prize nominee Luke Fowler’s latest work The Poor Stockinger, the Luddite Cropper and the deluded followers of Joanna Southcott focuses on the work of historian Edward Palmer-Thompson.

Frieze Film: Participating Artists Announced

Frieze Film is a programme of artist films screened to coincide with Frieze London. Curated by Sarah McCrory, this year’s commissions include five films that will be shown in a specially constructed cinema.

Richard Long, Hepworth Wakefield

Richard Long has created two new site-specific works for Hepworth Wakefield. The exhibition explores the artist’s practice across his career, from early photo-based works to later sculptures.

Liverpool Biennial 2012: Full Programme Announced

The Liverpool Biennial, now in its seventh incarnation, is billed as the largest contemporary art festival in the UK. This year’s programme was announced today by Biennial director, Sally Tallant

The Casualties of Modern Life: Lara Favaretto at MoMA PS1, NYC

Much of Lara Favaretto’s work alludes to the casualties of modern life, often referring to the body and the natural environment through mechanical and industrial forms that change and degrade.

Julia Vogl Wins Catlin Art Prize 2012

Congratulations to Julia Vogl who has been selected as this year’s winner of the Catlin Art Prize. Let’s Hang Out invites visitors to create a communal area by selecting coloured carpet titles.

Jane McAdam Freud: Family Matters at Gazelli Art House

It is timely that Gazelli Art House pairs their new exhibition Family Matters with works by Jane McAdam Freud as interest in the Freud family peaks.

The Eclecticism of Human Experience: Printin’, MoMA

Printin’, tucked next to Diego Rivera’s solo exhibition, runs in conjunction with the larger print survey Print/Out currently showing at MoMA, New York.

Monumenta 12: Daniel Buren’s Kaleidoscopic Vision at the Grand Palais, Paris

Buren has punctuated the last 40 years of art with unforgettable interventions, critical texts, thought-provoking public art projects and collaborations with artists from different generations.

Pieces of Eight, Project Space Leeds

Project Space Leeds stands close to the banks of the River Aire. Swollen by the recent deluge, the river courses with an unsettling energy sufficient to inspire an ancient sense of animism.

Flights of Fancy at Tatton Park Biennial, Cheshire

The human urge to reach for the impossible and aeronautical innovation are the twin sources of inspiration behind Flights of Fancy, Tatton Park’s third biennial of contemporary art.

In the Space of the Beholder – Contemporary Sculpture at Pinakothek der Moderne

Nine rooms in the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich are dedicated to 25 selected works by 20 international artists in the exhibit In the Space of the Beholder – Contemporary Sculpture.