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.

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.

Lichtenstein: A Retrospective, London

Lichtenstein: A Retrospective on display at Tate showcases the first comprehensive account of his art since his death. The exhibition is co-organised by the Art Institute of Chicago and Tate Modern.

Stuart Semple, Roni Stretch & Antoinette Wysocki, Mead Carney Fine Art, London

Celebrated British artist and curator, Stuart Semple, exhibits alongside two groundbreaking US painters, Roni Stretch and Antoinette Wysocki; both showing work in London for the first time.

Aesthetica Art Prize Interview with Caroline Jane Harris

The Aesthetica Art Prize is a celebration of excellence in art. We speak to Caroline Jane Harris, who explores the intricacies of nature through a labour intensive paper-cutting technique.

The Magic of the State, Beirut & Lisson Gallery

The Magic of the State, is Lisson Gallery’s up and coming exhibition and editorial project conceived in collaboration with Beirut, a new art initiative and exhibition space in Cairo. Curated by Silvia Sgualdini.

Dominick Di Meo: Limp Voyeur in a Humid Landscape, Thomas Dane Gallery, London

Thomas Dane Gallery, in collaboration with Corbett vs Dempsey, Chicago unveils the first survey of New York – based artist Dominick Di Meo’s work outside the United States tomorrow in London.

Ian Andrews: Rummage Out, Birmingham

Ian Andrews’ Rummage Out seizes the impromptu aesthetics of the surrounding shops and art deco interior, to beautifully create a reserved and submissively secular island within the building.

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.

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.

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.

Joanne Tatham & Tom O’Sullivan: A Tool for the Making of Signs, Cardiff

Recently shortlisted for the Northern Art Prize, artist duo Joanne Tatham and Tom O’Sullivan’s current exhibition at Chapter in Cardiff continues the artists’ interest in the construction of meaning.

Evgeny Antufiev: Exploring materials, Collezione Maramotti, Italy

Evgeny Antufiev opens his solo exhibition, Exploring materials (full title Twelve, wood, dolphin, knife, bowl, mask, crystal, bones and marble – fusion. Exploring materials) this Sunday 17 February.

Fiona Rae: New Paintings, Timothy Taylor Gallery

Since Rae’s 1991 Waddington Galleries show announced her as a distinctly postmodern abstract painter, it has been common to consider Rae’s work a delicate play between chaos and order.

Review of Ólöf Arnalds New Album Sudden Elevation

Sudden Elevation will be relished both by admirers of Ólöf Arnalds’s crystalline voice, and by devotees of the Nordic modern-folk music associated with fellow Icelandic musicians Björk and Sigur Rós.

Joe Sorren: The Great Cantaloupe Day, New York

AFA of SoHo will present a collection of new paintings and sculpture by Joe Sorren. The Great Cantaloupe Day will also feature a retrospective of more than 30 graphics and three new releases.

Interview: AWOL Studios’ Phil Walton

AWOL Studios provide an artistic home for the burgeoning creative scene in Manchester. AWOL Studios is a cost effective space to an eclectic and diverse range of creative individuals.

Interview with the Director & Curator of Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando

Although its origins date back to 1996, Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando officially opened its doors in Madrid in 2004. It has since concentrated on promoting unknown or little-known artists.