Practitioner Asli Çavuşoğlu’s Murder in Three Acts (2012) is a thrilling allegorical exploration of this theme, which has its UK premiere just as the crowds gather for the madness of Frieze Art Fair.
Mike Kelley made a name for himself as an artist of international influence. The exhibition at MoMA is the largest of the artist’s work to-date and the first comprehensive survey since 1993.
Exploring the world through the medium of beeswax and raw pigments provides Edinburgh-based Mexican artist Kari de Koenigswarter with an in-depth understanding of how it evolved.
John Cheim is known as one half of influential New York gallery Cheim & Read. Cheim is also an outstanding book designer and has produced a number of important artist publications.
Gagosian Gallery will be participating in Frieze London with an installation of five major works by Jeff Koons. The pieces included are Ribbon, Cat on a Clothesline, Sacred Heart, Lobster and Titi Tire.
For the first time Texas and New York-based artist Jeff Elrod appears in a solo exhibition at Simon Lee Gallery. The pieces chosen are from a new body of large-scale abstract paintings.
Connecting art lovers across genres, tastes and locations, The Other Art Fair draws together some of the most talented emerging artists under one roof to showcase the best in independent art.
The Whitechapel Gallery in collaboration with Max Mara have announced the five shortlisted artists for their fifth Art Prize For Women. The Prize is the only visual art prize for women in the United Kingdom.
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.
Debating the art of performance and the storytelling demanded in everyday life, the Biennale de Lyon joins together nine international artists, rarely seen in France, in a non-stop programme of events.
Gathering together some of the most iconic female figures of the last century, Francesco Vezzoli’s debut exhibition in the Middle East celebrates the feminine in its most admired and glamorous form.
Born in JiNan City, China in 1990, SunYinXiaowen has grown up all over the world – living in Germany, China and the UK. Based in London, SunYinXiaowen will take part in Shoreditch Fashion Show.
Sarah Lucas understands the seriousness of her task, which is to take a critical stance on gender and sexuality through a masterful manipulation of form. Her new show opens at Whitechapel on 2 October.
Stuart Semple (b.1980) invites visitors to suspend disbelief, to take a dive of trust into the fictitious and turn away from essential truths as he presents a new solo exhibition at the Bauer Art Foundation.
Now ranked as one of the foremost exponents of surrealism in Britain, painter Desmond Morris encapsulates the sociological importance of art through his paintings and books.
Michael Fentiman’s Royal Shakespeare Company production brings this early tragedy piece back to ruddy health, as it delights in the fun that can be had with a stage heaving with mutilated corpses.
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.
Shooting his images from a distance, Leonard Freed allows his subjects to remain natural and undisturbed by his camera. His observations of people reflect Freed’s deeply ingrained interest in life.
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.
Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin will celebrate its 25th anniversary this autumn. Happy Birthday showcases pieces throughout Emmanuel Perrotin’s career, most of which are now in private collections.
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.
Known for images that balance between documentary and staged photography, Philip-Lorca diCorcia’s East of Eden series opens at David Zwirner, London.
Finding life and energy in any and every location, Sergio Larrain’s protagonists appear unperturbed by the camera and continue with their everyday interactions.
Working everywhere from the Kenya to the Netherlands, Chaskielberg’s roots in photojournalism allow him to narrate specific environments and the individuals living within them.
Returning to the plastic creatures and vibrant colours of the amusement park during twilight, Eleonora Ronconi discovers a haunting environment.
A new show at the Whitney surveys performance art, casting an eye over the theatrical happenings at a scarcely charted moment in art history.
The Walker Art Center’s latest exhibition, 9 Artists, strips the concept of group show down to its core, dispensing with themes and showcasing artistic practice.
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.
Forced Entertainment is set to premiere new piece Tomorrow’s Parties this week at the opening of Art Sheffield, following its success of The Thrill of It All in 2010 and The Coming Storm in 2012.
Jeremy Lovering’s dark psychological thriller explores the human capacity for violence, our primal phobia of the dark, and the notion of truth versus fiction.
Evocative and passionate are two words that perfectly encapsulate Zsófia Boros’ ECM debut, En Otra Parte.
As soon as the opening notes of Agnes Obel’s second album Aventine fill the air, it becomes impossible to stop listening.
The Lyric Hammersmith’s new season of Secret Theatre challenges preconceived notions of production and attempts to offer up a bold new alternative.
Musicians and corporations working together isn’t a new concept. However, lately the suits have been making some interesting moves. This is a tale of hip-hop, basketball and ice cream.
Based on actual events, Call Girl tells the story of underage prostitution among the Swedish elite in the 1970s.
Recognising pieces from 1989 to the present day, Grovier has created a compelling list of works that have had the greatest impact in recent times.
Our Children is a harrowing depiction of one woman’s psychological decline, spiralling uncontrollably to an ending that is made more shocking by the simple treatment it is given.
Evocative, authentic rhythms and stunning Caribbean vistas combine in this
lighthearted, fish-out-of-water comedy about family secrets and failing ideals.
Art Cities of the Future examines the relationship between place and experimental creativity, picking out avant-gardes from 12 specific locations.
Channelling the dulcet, pained tones of Springsteen, Young Rebel Set’s lead singer Matty Chipchase echoes the cadence of Born To Run throughout Crocodile.
Eyemazing: The New Collectible Art Photography presents a phenomenal range of works, all assembled from the best of the magazine of the same name.
Elmgreen & Dragset occupy the former textile galleries of The Victoria & Albert Museum, London, with their rendition of a failed architect’s inherited home.
Street photographer Tod Seelie’s version of the city in Bright Nights completely redefines the concept of classic New York and is adamantly devoid of clichés.
A lieutenant colonel in the army, Gharem is the most significant Saudi conceptual artist of his generation.
