FORMAT International Photography Festival, Derby

Opening 8 March and running until 7 April, Derby plays host to the FORMAT International Photography Festival. Now in its 6th edition, FORMAT embarks on its biggest event yet.

In Between Time 2013, Bristol

A Fake Moon rises over College Green, Bristol and invites you to pause and contemplate the passage of time: drawing a slightly stilted, yet wonderfully poetical arc across a Valentine’s Evening sky.

Roman Polanski, Restrospective, BFI

As a 2 month retrospective of Polanski’s films continues to play out on screens at BFI throughout February, the real gem of this event takes place in a modest space in the atrium of the Film Institute.

Aesthetica Art Prize Interview: Sara Brannan

We spend some time speaking to the shortlisted Aesthetica Art Prize artist Sara Brannan. Using films as found objects, they are re-edited into short videos focusing on the female lead character.

Interview with Contemporary Art Society North, Mark Doyle

Mark Doyle heads up the Northern division of the Contemporary Art Society. Doyle and his team ran a unique event entitled Art in the Home featuring works from two commercial galleries.

Interview with Tom Hackney – shortlisted artist for the 2012 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Arts

This year’s Summer Exhibition at The RA will explore a range of printmaking practices with an emphasis placed on works of a moderate size, and will return to its home in the Small Weston Room.

Donald Weber, Interrogations, White Cloth Gallery, Leeds

The UK premiere of Donald Weber’s Interrogations arrives at White Cloth Gallery, Leeds this week. This stark series, explores the violence, fear, and power in Post-Soviet Ukraine and Russia.

Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition Opens in Two Weeks

International artwork will be showcased in York this March as the Aesthetica Art Prize launches its first major exhibition. The Prize is a platform for contemporary artists from across the world.

Jason Oddy: ‘A is for ….’ at James Hockney and Foyer Galleries, UCA Farnham

In this latest showcasing of his work, the London-based photographer Jason Oddy, continues to explore his interest in the relationship between man and his built environment. From 2 February.

Interview with Maria Hayday of Scottish Dance Theatre

The Scottish Dance Theatre heads to London to present two premieres this March. The company will perform two new works by choreographers, Victor Quijada and Jo Strømgren.

The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns, Barbican

The Bride and the Bachelors: Duchamp with Cage, Cunningham, Rauschenberg and Johns has opened at the Barbican. The show explores Marcel Duchamp’s footprint on contemporary American art.

Review of Schwitters in Britain, Tate Britain, London

Schwitters in Britain is a compelling show because it charts the artist’s interest in ephemera, as well as the investigations of figuration and abstraction, painting and assemblage that preoccupied his work.

Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos at Serpentine Gallery, London

Rosemarie Trockel: A Cosmos displays an eclectic mix of the artist’s works, influences and connected pieces. She has chosen to show her largest retrospective as a museum-like collection.

Thomas Joshua Cooper: Messages, Haunch of Venison, London

This March, Haunch of Venison presents an exhibition by internationally renowned landscape photographer Thomas Joshua Cooper. The artist has been capturing landscapes for over 30 years.

Light Show, Hayward Gallery

The highly anticipated Light Show has opened to the public at the Hayward Gallery. The exhibition sees some of the finest works of light art illuminate the gallery in an exuberant manner.

David Jablonowski: Tools and Orientations, BALTIC, Gateshead

Now open at the BALTIC, Gateshead, David Jablonowski presents Tools and Orientations. Running until 2 June, this is the first solo exhibition by the German artist in a public gallery in the UK.

The Dark Rooms, South West Cornwall

The Dark Rooms is an exciting project by Newlyn-based curator and artist Jesse Leroy Smith that took place in the near derelict Passmore Edwards School of Science and Art building in Helston.

Aesthetica Art Prize Interview: Vasilisa Forbes

We spend some time with longlisted artist Vasilisa Forbes. Vasilisa’s work focuses on humanity’s relationship with environments and technology. Her selected work is from The Hours series.

Poster Art 150 – London Underground’s Greatest Designs, London

Poster Art 150 – London Underground’s Greatest Designs opens today at the London Transport Museum and will showcase 150 of the greatest Underground posters ever produced.

Pakpoom Silaphan: Empire State at Scream, London

Pakpoom Silaphan presents his third solo show Empire State at Scream. Silaphanʼs practice examines notions of globalisation, consumerism and the universal reach of cultural icons across the world.