Roy Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, National Gallery of Art, Washington

For the first time since his death, the National Gallery of Art, Washington, are presenting the largest exhibition of over 100 paintings, drawings and sculptures by artist Roy Lichtenstein.

Necrospective Review, Grand Union, Birmingham

As the heated embers of the summer sun are suddenly dashed with September’s miserable icy rain an unexpected feeling of excitement and elation is bestowed upon the city of Birmingham.

Turner Prize 2012 Review

This is The Turner Prize 2012, in the year of royal jubilation, sport spectacle and debt, where all eyes are on London. Expectations, as always, are high as four finalists’ works are revealed at Tate.

Interview with New Sensations Curator, Rebecca Wilson, London

New Sensations is due to open on 9 October. Showcasing the leading graduate talents, New Sensations, developed by the Saatchi Gallery, is aimed at shining a light on the best emerging artists.

830 Sign, Italian Lifestyle

Founded in 2008, 830 Sign incorporates streamlining trends with a modern take on classics. Inspired by arts, architecture and anatomy, the collections appeal to versatile and avant-garde minds.

Interview with Helen Stalker, Curator of Hockney to Hogarth, Whitworth Gallery, Manchester

Hockney to Hogarth unites the works of 18th century artist William Hogarth, and contemporary artist David Hockney, who both completed a series of works entitled A Rake’s Progress.

Interview with AOP Nominee Photographer Ben Gold

Ben Gold was destined to be a photographer. His fate was sealed when, as a teenager experimenting with his camera, he discovered his family house was once owned by founders of Magnum.

John Akomfrah: Hauntologies, London

John Akomfrah opens his first exhibition for Caroll/Fletcher this Friday. Hauntologies reveals the virtuosity and depth of his practice, as he considers on disappearance, memory and death.

Alpha-Ville Screening and Alpha-Ville Live, London

Alpha-Ville 2012 is opening this weekend. Presenting to their guests both Alpha-Ville Live and Alpha-Ville Screening, this London based organisation is dedicated to the promotion of digital culture.

Encounters Short Film Festival Review, Bristol

Encounters returns with an even wider and more diverse spectrum of fascinating films, negotiating subjects ranging from the claustrophobia of captivity to the accidental beauty of the workplace.

DIY Couture

Rosie Martin’s DIY Couture is the latest publication to hit the shelves, encouraging consumers to pick up a pair of fabric shears and a few bobbins, plug in the sewing machine and get started.

Yasusuke Ota: The Abandoned Animals of Fukushima, Amsterdam

Long forgotten from the Fukushima disaster, Yasusuke Ota turns our attention to the animals left behind in The Abandoned Animals of Fukushima at Huis Marseille from 3 until 14 October.

Moving Image Art Fair, London

Moving Image will be returning to the Bargehouse in London’s South Bank this October. The art fair, this year partnering with Aesthetica, will be showcasing 35 single-channel videos and installations.

William Klein + Daido Moriyama

Klein + Moriyama examines the importance of the urban environment for two of post-war photography’s most compelling and elusive figures.

Animated Encounters, Film Festival Review, Bristol

Animated Encounters 2012, Bristol, has once again provided a welcome platform from which to fully appreciate the electrifying potential of animation. The festival ran from 18 until 23 September.

Yung Ho Chang and FCJZ: Material-ism, UCCA, Beijing

Yung Ho Chang, a pioneer of contemporary Chinese architecture, presents his first retrospective at UCCA, Beijing. The exhibition includes over six installations, 40 models and 270 drawings.

William Klein: Paintings, Etc at HackelBury Fine Art

For the first time in 60 years, rare and unseen works by the internationally acclaimed artist William Klein will be presented by HackelBury Fine Art from 21 September until 20 December.

Interview with Maggie Pinhorn, Director of Photomonth Photofair

Photomonth Photofair will open on 6 October at Spitalfields Traders Market, giving guests the chance to peruse stalls run by photographers and galleries selling prints, books and magazines.

Scott Campbell: They Say Miracles Are Past, OHWOW

Scott Campbell presents They Say Miracles Are Past at OHWOW from 4 October. This show reveals that Campbell’s appetite for patent imagery continues his repute, but it also signals a new direction.

Tony Arefin: The Graphic Design of Tony Arefin, Ikon, Birmingham

Occupying the top floor of Ikon Gallery is a retrospective collection of the graphic designs pioneered by Tony Arefin. Today, he is celebrated as a transgressor of the graphic design world.