Interview with artist Cecil Gresham

American artist Cecil Gresham, works predominantly with DLSR and SLR photography, but also has a distinct painting style, absent of structure. His images incorporate an abstraction of facts.

Aeshetica Chats to Artist Jo Holland

Jo Holland makes photographic prints without the intermediary of either camera or negative, directly exposing the object through the focusing lens onto what becomes a unique lifochrome print.

Interview with artist Bijan Rashedi, Washington DC

Washington DC-based artist Bijan Rashedi’s abstract oil paintings have been a great compliment to the sophistication needed for decorating industrial interiors, law firms, private collections and more.

Broken

Family dysfunction remains throughout in Broken , Rufus Norris’ powerful film of Daniel Clay’s novel of random cruelty and forced teenage evolution.

Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s, V&A

The information available for the V&A’s latest exhibition, Club to Catwalk: London Fashion in the 1980s instantly inspires thoughts of the 2003 film Party Monster. Curated by Claire Wilcox.

Katie Scott, Illustrator and Artist

Katie Scott is the detailed hand behind Bombay Bicycle Club’s album cover for How Can You Swallow So Much Sleep. Based in London she explains in this video how she began producing art.

Edinburgh Art Festival

The Edinburgh Art Festival returns to Scotland from 1 August, immersing the city in cultural explorations of art. Running until 1 September, the festival features no less than 50 exhibitions.

Lees Rooney: High Voltage Acts of Kindness, longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize

Lees Rooney is a collaborative partnership between poet/ writer Janet Lees and photographer/ videographer Rooney. The pair works with a range of art projects that combine words, sound and film.

Bruce Nauman: ARTIST ROOMS On Tour at York St Mary’s, York

The diverse art of renowned artist Bruce Nauman is on show in York St Mary’s until 10 November. Nauman rose to prominence in the 1960s working across a broad spectrum of different media.

Bill Brandt: Shadow and Light

Brandt’s visual explorations of the society, landscape and literature of England are indispensible to any understanding of photographic history.

Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist, London

Tate’s recent move to introduce Muslim artists to British and European art enthusiasts is perfectly timed. Ibrahim El-Salahi: A Visionary Modernist will be on display at Tate until 22 September.

Thomas Scheibitz: ONE-Time Pad at BALTIC, Gateshead

An exhibition of new and recent work by Thomas Scheibitz, one of the leading German artists of his generation is currently on display at BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art in Gateshead.

Liam Gillick: For the doors that are welded shut, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin

Gillick’s third appearance at Kerlin Gallery sees two new works taking over the space – Complete Bin Development is complemented by A Short Song, a wall text in powder coated aluminium.

Interview with Steve Lake, Production at ECM Records

Selected Signs is a collection of six disks featuring the music that was selected for the ECM exhibition, ECM – A Cultural Archaeology, at Haus der Kunst in Munich at the start of the year.

Jeremy Deller: It’s a Kind of English Magic, London

A selection of Deller’s works are on display at the British Council. Currently representing England at the Venice Biennale, Deller’s show in Italy has already attracted over 12,000 visitors per week.

Samuel Wright, Short Fiction Finalist in the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition

Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Creative Writing Competition, Samuel Wright’s stories have appeared in a variety of collections and magazines, including the Bristol Short Story Prize anthologies.

Aesthetica Short Film Festival at V&A Friday Late

ASFF is a celebration of independent film and an outlet for championing short filmmaking. This Friday, a special programme of films from the 2012 festival will be screened at the V&A, London.

IWM Contemporary: Omer Fast, London

Omer Fast’s 5000 Feet is the Best will screen at IWM Contemporary this summer. The London Premiere of Omer Fast’s film offers an in-depth investigation of the nature of modern day conflict.

Savings, Daan den Houter’s Performance Video from the Aesthetica Art Prize 2012

Daan den Houter explores the way we modify and perceive the world and art. In pursuing this aim, den Houter seeks to bring multiple contradictory subjects together in the same single work.

Cleaning Up, a film by Simon and Thomas Guerrier

Simon and Thomas Guerrier’s award-winning thriller Cleaning Up staring Mark Gatiss and Louise Jameson is now available to buy. All profits from sales go to help fund a feature-length movie.