The World in London is a major show for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic games. Initiated by TPG, the project set out to commission 204 photographic portraits of 204 Londoners.

Many of the works produced for the Tate’s Turbine Hall commission, The Unilever Series, have considered and contributed to this setting, not least Olafur Eliasson’s famous The Weather Project.

The works collected here have in common the aesthetic expression of the ineffable. This is explored through the tension between surface and depth. Six artists are represented here from four countries.

As a celebration of excellence in art from across the world, the Aesthetica Art Prize welcomes entries from artists working in all mediums. Artists may submit their work into any one of the four categories.

The shortlist for the 2012 Film London Jarman Award, selected from a record number of artists entries nominated by experts across the UK contemporary arts sector, has been announced.

Originally commissioned for the 10th Liverpool Biennial, Brazilian artist Laura Belém’s evocative and poignant installation, The Temple of a Thousand Bells, has been rehung at York St Mary’s.

With such a title as On Deciphering the Pharmacist’s Prescription for Lip-Reading Puppets, the diverse nature of this exhibition will come as no surprise.

As the international community flocks to London for the Olympic Games, Shizaru is delighted to host THIS IS LONDON, an exhibition featuring a cross section of contemporary art from London.

Marco Sanges’ black and white photography is influenced by the sequential nature of cinema, in particular the black and white films of the silent era. His photographs are created in sequence.

Uncommon Ground is an exploration of environmental interventions in photography. It obscures the intersection between photographs of observed reality and artistically altered reality.

Upon descending the grey, scarred slope of the Turbine Hall, a new and unfamiliar opening in the wall reveals itself to the right. This is the entrance to a previously hidden set of underground chambers.

Misrepresentation, Mistake and Non-Disclosure unites the works of five Mexican artists; Stefan Brüggemann, José Davila, Gonzalo Lebrija, Jorge Méndez Blake, and Tercerunquinto.

Boyd and Evans’ retrospective VIEWS is the latest exhibition to take over Ikon. Boyd and Evans have been working together for 40 years and have concluded from this a dynamic and intriguing show.

Curated by Carole Ann Klonarides, the title of this exhibition is borrowed from Wordsworth’s poem Descriptive Sketches, a work which was written during the aftermath of the French Revolution.

One of the world’s most acclaimed potters, Julian Stair’s work is well know for its subtle palette of greys, reds and white, as well as its variety of scale; from domestic to monumental.

Founded in Moscow in 1992, The Fourth Height are best known for their performative work that reflects mass culture through irony and fantasy and address post-war feminist issues. The Crown opens 20 July.

The Great Journey into Space is the second solo exhibition by Evelyne Axell at Broadway 1602. Axell was already an acclaimed actress and screenwriter before turning her attention to painting.

Sculptor Keith Wilson is about to commence his two month residency at S1 Artspace, where he will be utilising the gallery as both a discussion space, working studio and display space.

David Bailey, photographer and East End Boy, has worked with The Rolling Stones, Andy Warhol and has helped make British Vogue the iconic fashion bible that it is today. Crane.tv catch up with him.

Janet Cardiff understands intuitively a cardinal aesthetic principle – that less is more. She notes the virtues of a spartan layout that emphasises the nuances of a score over invasive ephemera.

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.

The world’s first online art fair is back with a new edition, VIP Photo. The event aims to represent a selection of photography reflecting the best in modern and contemporary art from leading galleries.

Ryan Gander’s show at Lisson takes as its theme the notion of art and artist becoming inextricable, the moment in which an artist no longer quite knows how to separate their work from their life.

Karl&Tynan are the writers and directors of Ouroboros, a film of Ravensbourne’s 2012 fashion graduates. The video features all 80 fashion graduates and showcases a variety of outfits.

Aesthetica celebrates the visual arts in all forms and that’s why our Art Prize welcomes entries from artists working in all mediums. Artists may submit their work into any one of the four categories.

As a society we are less fixed on living in one place, Julia Vogl’s latest work HOME is a large scale public art work, audio and visual, that reflects Peckham’s residents’ ideas of why London is their home.

The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. The Prize explores and celebrates the diversity, excellence and range of drawing practices.

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.

The Stone Roses’ recent homecoming gig in Manchester has been hailed as a triumph. For those of you who still want more, Dennis Morris’ photo essay on the rise of the band’s career should suffice.

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood appears in a brand new film to talk about two paintings which capture her vision of London. Westwood discusses the work of Frank Auerbach and JM Whistler.

If Edvard Munch is mentioned in conversation; The Scream will surely follow. He may be spoken of as the Norwegian painter whose 1895 pastel version of The Scream sold by Sotheby’s for $120 million.

The Prix Pictet uses the power of photography to raise public awareness to the environmental and social challenges of the new millennium. This year’s theme is Power: an idea with enormous breadth.

The Bloomsbury Art Fair opens this week and offers visitors an opportunity to buy and enjoy works of art at an event that celebrates the talents of established, as well as emerging, contemporary artists.

History isn’t just out there, particles of memory floating around. Since a story exists only in its telling, to convey truth requires mediation. Artworks in this exhibition lie between truth and telling.

Modern Art Oxford presents Jenny Saville’s first solo show in a UK public institution, an exhibition that traces Saville’s practice from the early nineties to the present day. From 23 February.

Co-curated with the Imperial War Museum, Loss explores its theme through the work of four renowned artists, Jananne Al-Ani, Annabel Dover, Rozanne Hawksley and Steve McQueen.

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.

The East End Film Festival (EEFF) is now one of the biggest international film events in the UK. Their six day programme features documentaries and shorts, including 14 world premieres.

This show depicts trauma and neglect through sound, text, bright paintings, puppets, sculptures and costumes. Papier-mâché monsters engulf rooms and creatures fly over imagined towns.

Joseph Herman:Warsaw,Brussels,Glasgow,London, 1938-44 focuses on the formative years of Herman’s prolific career, which spanned seven decades. Born in Warsaw in 1911, the artist fled, in 1938, to Brussels.

Aesthetica is delighted to present the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in venues across the city of York in November 2012. The four-day festival programme will showcase leading short film.

The long trek from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Centre to the Longside Gallery refreshes and furnishes the soul of the city dweller with a graceful marriage of nature and artifice.

This month Mulberry released its AW12 campaign, shot by British photographer Tim Walker. The series is beautiful and evocative, playing on the romance and darkness of children’s fairytales.

We celebrate the visual arts in all forms and that’s why the Aesthetica Art Prize welcomes entries from artists working in all mediums. Artists may submit their work into any one of the four categories.

The Crafts Council touring exhibition entitled Block Party: Contemporary Craft Inspired by the Art of the Tailor is housed in the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery of Leicester, the third leg of its journey.

Now in its third year, LCA Award and Exhibition boasts one of the largest contemporary art prize funds in the country. This year’s shortlisted artists will compete for the £10,000 prize.

The Biennale of Sydney plays a central role in the visual arts in Australia and connecting artists from around the world. It’s 18th edition opens tomorrow, unveiling the work of 100 artists.

It is a little known fact that David Bailey has photographed east London streets and their inhabitants from the early 1960s to the present day, returning time and time again to Newham.

Portrait of the Artist As… looks at the ways in which artists have portrayed themselves, their peers and predecessors over centuries. Organised by Courtauld’s Curating the Art Museum students.

As a celebration of excellence in art from across the world, the Aesthetica Art Prize welcomes entries from artists working in all mediums. Artists may submit their work into any one of the four categories.