Interview with Young Gods’ Artist, Christopher Kulendran Thomas

Young Gods is a multi-disciplinary presentation of London’s most exciting graduates from the summer of 2012. The exhibition takes place simultaneously across locations in west and east London.

Schwitters in Britain, London

Tate Britain opens a new show on Kurt Schwitters. Opening on 30 January, the show focuses on his later works in Britain which began in 1940 when he arrived as a refugee until his death eight years later.

Wolfgang Laib: Pollen from Hazelnut, New York

Pollen from Hazelnut is a constructed pollen field by Wolfgang Laib. Running at MoMA from 23 January, this work is Laib’s largest pollen-based installation to date, taking up a huge 18 by 21 feet.

Aesthetica Art Prize Interview: Timothy Lee

We catch up with long-listed emerging Korean-American artist, Timothy Lee. Raised in New York City, his artistic practices have been heavily influenced by the imagery of cytology.

Review of Three Points of Contact, The Exchange, Penzance

Three Points of Contact is the first of a new “roving residency” concept that focuses on the collaboration between artists, curators and visitors, and allows the latter to witness the creative process.

Interview with Lucy Whitford

Opening tomorrow, London-based artist Lucy Whitford presents her first solo exhibition at Zabludowicz Collection. Whitford creates sculptures that challenge the divide between art and craft.

Rana Begum Review, London

Rana Begum’s current solo show at Bischoff/Weiss consists of a selection of the artist’s recent wall-mounted metal works interspersed across the gallery’s two small rooms.

Interview with Chris Honer, Director of re:play Festival

Director of the innovative project, re:play Festival and Manchester Library Theatre Company, Chris Honer speaks to Aesthetica about his work and the events involved in re:play 2013.

Review of Aspen Magazine: 1965-1971, London

Each issue of Aspen Magazine was a box set containing a plethora of printed items in multiple formats along with records, slides and cine film to be projected, and cardboard models to be built.

ON/OFF: China’s Young Artist’s in Concept and Practice, Beijing

Applauding China’s young artists, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art opens its 2013 programme with ON/OFF: China’s Young Artist’s in Concept and Practice. Beginning on 13 January.

(On) Accordance, Grand Union, Birmingham

The art scene in Birmingham has been given a new lease of life. Alongside the main commercial galleries there has been an abundance of lesser known exhibitions orchestrated by recent graduates.

Bedwyr Williams: My Bad, Mission Gallery, Swansea

With a wry humour and sharp wit, Bedwyr Williams continues to reflect on the human condition. The exhibition feels like a tour around Bedwyr’s mind, his humour, his fears, his annoyance and bugbears.

Review of Barbara Hepworth: The Hospital Drawings

Between 1947 and 1949, Barbara Hepworth produced around 80 works of surgeons at work. This period of activity followed the friendship that resulted from the hospitalisation of her daughter.

Review of Kate MccGwire: LURE, All Visual Arts, London

Occupying a liminal space between nature, science and art, Kate MccGwire’s sculptures are both ominous and sensuous. Made from masses of delicate feathers, they are “impossible creatures”.

Review of David Shrigley, Bradford

The majority of David Shrigley’s work currently exhibited at Bradford 1 Gallery is drawn in pen. However, there are a healthy number of colour monoprints also on display. Until 19 January.

Art for The World: FOOD, Geneva

Art for The World showcases FOOD, an international travelling art project. Curated by Adelina von Fürstenberg, the show focuses on the connection between food and environmental concerns.

Alain Rodier: New Paintings in Series 2012, London

Alain Rodier presents New Paintings in Series 2012, a new range of 25 works. Collating works from the past 12 months, they stand as the fifth major show that the Parisian has housed in London.

Review of Edgar Schmitz: Surplus Cameo Decor

The paraphernalia of the movie saturates the contemporary world. Since the Lumière brothers and George Méliès, artists have appropriated its affects and revealed its fictions. From 18 October.

Ivan Seal: In Here Stands It, Spike Island, Bristol

In his first large-scale solo exhibition in Britain, Ivan Seal presents a collection of paintings exploring his take on the still life genre. On view as part of In Here Stands It, until 9 December in Bristol.

Edvard Munch: Symbolism in Print, North Carolina Museum of Art

An artist on the fringe, Edvard Munch’s life experiences as well as natural setting, contribute to the manifestation of art work that explores themes of emotional turbulence and anguished silence.