Aesthetica Art Prize Interview: Ben Jack Nash

The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. We speak to Ben Jack Nash about his sculptural work that often examines the soul of major catastrophes.

Charles Atlas: MC9, Tate Modern

Charles Atlas, award winning artist and filmmaker, opens MC9 at Tate Modern on 19 March. Running for just a week, his multi-channel video installation explores the intersections of media and dance.

Interview: Designer, Osman

Osman will spend 2013 experimenting with the space at his new atelier by inviting a variety of London’s cutting-edge artists and designers. Aesthetica speaks to him about his design process.

Review of Beulah and Some Small Love Story – A Double Bill of New Musicals at York Theatre Royal

Two gentle, reflective and profoundly moving new examples of the form by the theatre’s own Associate Artist, Alexander Wright, the pieces proved to be perfect and complementary partners.

The Armory Show, New York

This year’s Armory Show marked 100 years since its first edition in 1913 – one of the single most important events in contemporary art that had featured art by Duchamp, Picasso, and Brancusi and revealed the European avant-garde to U.S.

Jerwood Painting Fellowships 2013 Exhibition Announced

JVA will exhibit work by three exceptional emerging painters for the Jerwood Painting Fellowships 2013 from the 13 March. The Fellows are Anthony Faroux, Susan Sluglett and Sophia Starling.

Aesthetica Art Prize Winners Revealed & Exhibition Open

Winners of the Aesthetica Art Prize were announced last night at the preview of the Art Prize Exhibition. Damien O’Mara was awarded the Main Prize and Poppy Whatmore collected the Student Prize.

Haroon Mirza: Untitled Song, Middlesbrough

British designer, Haroon Mirza opens his exhibition, Untitled Song, at mima. Living and working in London, Mirza’s influences range from electronics and science to avant-garde classical music.

The Art of Pop Video, FACT Liverpool

FACT, Liverpool are launching their newest exhibition: The Art of Pop Video. Opening on 14 March, the showcase recalls some of the most memorable moments in modern music.

Jessica Jackson Hutchins, The Hepworth, Wakefield

The Hepworth presents Jessica Jackson Hutchins in her solo debut in a UK public gallery. Hutchins has engaged with the legacy of Barbara Hepworth as part of the process of making this new body of work.

Interview with Moving Image Artist, Sam Curtis

Aesthetica interviews Sam Curtis, who will be presenting work at the Moving Image Contemporary Video Art Fair. He is also due to take part in FORMAT International Photography Festival in March.

Aesthetica Art Prize Interview with Ben Applegarth

We speak to Ben Applegarth, an artist who graduated from Newcastle University with a BA in Fine Art in 2012. His longlisted work, Tangential Meditation is concerned with semiotics and space.

Landmark: the Fields of Photography, London

Landmark: The Fields of Photography, is set to be a sweeping overview of the genre of 21st Century Landscape photography. This showcase will be Positive View Foundation’s next major exhibition.

Matt Calderwood: Paper Over the Cracks at BALTIC 39

For his solo exhibition at BALTIC 39, Matt Calderwood will create a series of ambitious new sculptures which explore the impact of environment and process on simple everyday materials.

KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival

Now in its 11th year, the KINOTEKA Polish Film Festival opens 7 March. Running until 17 March the event offers visitors an opportunity to view the best of Polish Cinema and the visual arts.

Man Ray: Contacts at Atlas Gallery, London

Alongside Man Ray’s far larger show at the National Portrait Gallery, Atlas Gallery is showing an intimate selection of about 45 contact prints from the artists collection in the capital this spring.

Erwin Olaf: Berlin, London

Berlin is a significant departure from Erwin Olaf’s previous work. The photographer set and filmed this collection on location in six different historical spaces in the grand city of Amsterdam.

Simon Periton: The Rose Engine at The Modern Institute, Glasgow

The Rose Engine, an exhibition of new work by London-based artist Simon Periton, has been unveiled at The Modern Institute. The show has developed out of his interest in decorative tradition.

Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013, TPG, London

The Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2013’s four shortlisted artists are Mishka Henner, Chris Killip, Cristina De Middel and the artist duo Adam Broomberg and Oliver Chanarin.

Flatpack Festival, Birmingham

Spreading across two weekends for the first time, Flatpack Festival returns to Birmingham 21 – 31 March. Includes live scores, parties, cycle-powered screenings and a celebration of Birmingham Arts Lab.