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Aesthetica Art Prize Interview with Winner Poppy Whatmore

The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art from across the world. We speak to winner Poppy Whatmore about her approach to sculpture and her involvement in the Prize.

Man Ray: Portraits, London

The works showcased in this exhibition are arranged chronologically according to specific stages of Man Ray’s artistic career, commencing in New York and concluding in Paris. At NPG until 27 May.

David Bowie Short Films

The Space presents five short films, made in collaboration with the V&A, which each explores the genius of David Bowie on occasion of the first full-scale retrospective of his career, David Bowie is.

Jimmy De Sana at Wilkinson Gallery, London

Wilkinson Gallery announces it’s third solo exhibition by Jimmy De Sana (1950 – 1980). The exhibition will open on 5 April and will include colour photographs, produced during the late 70s and 80s.

Brett Weston: Nudes & Dunes, Michael Hoppen

For the first time in the UK, Michael Hoppen exhibits a comprehensive vintage selection of Brett Weston’s Nudes and Dunes. Weston developed a clear sense of form and an interest in abstraction.

6 To See This Bank Holiday Weekend

The Bank Holiday is a great time to explore new exhibitions. From Amsterdam to New York we uncover the best in contemporary art in international galleries across a variety of practices.

Syngenta Photography Award Finalists Announced

The finalists of the Syngenta Photography Award were announced today. The three names shortlisted for the Professional Commission are: Jan Brykczynski, Pablo Lopez Luz and Mimi Mollica.

Todd James: World Domination, London

There still is a certain mystery to the character of the celebrated artist Todd James: an internationally recognised practitioner who began his career as a child in the New York City subway system.

Johan Van der Keuken: Up to the Light, Amsterdam

Up to the Light focuses on the way in which filmmaker and photographer Johan Van der Keuken brought together contrasting images in his films and observed a world in constant transition.

Review Of Kochi-Muziris Biennale

The announcement of a new biennial prompts the question: why? The art world is saturated with 250 large-scale recurring exhibitions. Kochi-Muziris Biennale comes as a pleasant, and exciting, surprise.

Art Paris Art Fair

Art Paris Art Fair arrives this weekend at Grand Palais. Hosting 20 countries and 143 galleries it presents modern and contemporary art. The event previews on 27 March and runs until 1 April.

Cristina Iglesias: Metonymy, Madrid

Museo Reina Sofía hosts the largest retrospective to date of the work of Cristina Iglesias, one of Spain’s major artists. Her work began to be widely known in the 1980s. Until 13 May.

Interview with Film Poster Designer Sam Smith

For Carlos Reygadas’ Post Tenebras Lux, ICO commissioned American designer, Sam Smith to produce the artwork. He approached the project as a film fanatic and an admirer of Reygadas’ Silent Light.

Jan Dibbets: Land Sea Colour, London

Land Sea Colour is a solo exhibition by artist Jan Dibbets examining his focus on Land-Sea horizons and Colour Studies. The show exposes Dibbets role as a pioneer of conceptualism in the 1960s.

SPILL Festival of Performance, London

Now in it’s fifth edition, SPILL was established in 2007 by performance maker Robert Pacitti and is now recognised as the UK’s premier Artist-led festival of innovative live work.

Asian Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art, Brisbane

The Asia Pacific Triennial of Contemporary Art (APT) at GOMA in Brisbane, Australia, is a pastiche of works from the many regions of Asia, the Pacific, and Australian Aboriginal communities.

NOMADIC FURNITURE 3.0. New Liberated Living

In today’s world, do-it-yourself culture is practically omnipresent: be it fashion, furniture, cooking or communication—hardly a single area of everyday life has not been swept up in the DIY revolution.

Andy Warhol, Belfast

This exhibition at The Mac, Belfast, is the first significant Andy Warhol exhibition to be presented in Northern Ireland and brings together pieces drawn from the Artist Rooms collection.

Interview with Heidi Kilpeläinen, HK119

Heidi Kilpeläinen, or HK119, has a new album out on 25 March. Her third album, Imaginature embodies nature in a surrealist and spectacular recording of electronic chirps and howling lyrics.

Scotland + Venice 2013

Scotland + Venice will present a showcase curated and organised by The Common Guild. The exhibition will feature new work by artists Hayley Tompkins, Duncan Campbell and Corin Sworn.