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Interview with Painter and Sculptor Bernadetta Tajs

Artist Bernadetta Tajs, who completed her arts education in Krakow, Poland, explores the light hearted side of life, using her own imagination as a starting point for her painting and sculptures.

Broken English, Tyburn Gallery

Tyburn Gallery, London, opens with its inaugural exhibition Broken English on 18 September.

Interview with Aaron Wright, Programmes Manager, LADA

The Live Art Development Agency (LADA) is an influential and key player in the realm of performance art in the UK and internationally. LADA supports artists through a portfolio of resources, opportunities and publishing activities.

Interview with Luciano Benetton, Imago Mundi

The Imago Mundi project inaugurated by the Luciano Benetton Foundation in 2013 continues its democratic mission to create a body of international art that shows the fullness of human experience.

Shona Illingworth, Lesions In The Landscape, FACT Liverpool

FACT’s upcoming exhibition sees Danish artist Shona Illingworth question how our memories influence our understanding of society.

Dan Flavin, David Zwirner, New York

Dan Flavin has worked with fluorescents since 1963 to develop his own form of minimalism, creating what he termed ‘situations’ composed entirely of light and colour, which interact with architecture and the viewer’s perception of space.

Review of Launch Pad: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night

We review Castlefield Gallery, Manchester’s Launch Pad: It Was a Dark and Stormy Night, a group project initiated by six artists based around the UK, France and the Netherlands.

Idris Khan, Overture, Sean Kelly

This is Idris Khan’s inaugural exhibition with the gallery and his first solo presentation in New York since 2010.

Group Show, Concrete Cuba, David Zwirner, London

The turbulent 1950s in Cuba began with the military coup led by Fulgencio Batista and were marked by growing conflict between the US-backed Batista dictatorship and the revolutionary movement of Fidel and Raoul Castro, which would eventually topple Batista and transform the Cuban society.

Interview: Jeff Brouws, Diffusion Photo Festival

Jeff Brouws’ peripatetic road journeys through the US form a crucial role in his “mapping” of a changing American landscape. His work features in Diffusion International Festival of Photography.

Bob and Roberta Smith: Art For All, Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yorkshire Sculpture Park, West Bretton, hosts a new exhibition by artist, agitator and former parliamentary candidate, Bob and Roberta Smith.

Interview with Thierry Raspail, Biennale de Lyon

The 13th Biennale de Lyon, La Vie Moderne, brings together artists from 28 different countries who explore the contradictory character of contemporary culture in varied regions of the world. We speak to Thierry Raspail, Artistic Director.

Dan Flavin, Corners, Barriers and Corridors, David Zwirner, New York

David Zwirner examines how Dan Flavin established and redefined space through light constructions in three formats that were at the core of his practice.

Martino Gamper, Post Forma, Leeds Art Gallery, British Art Show 8

Post Forma, a major new commission by Italian designer Martino Gamper, will launch at Leeds Art Gallery on 9 October as part of British Art Show 8.

Sonorous Objects, The Empty Gallery, Hong Kong

The Empty Gallery hosts Sonorous Objects, the first show in a series of multidisciplinary projects curated in a new Hong Kong contemporary art space.

Rachel Whiteread at Luhring Augustine, New York

Luhring Augustine, New York’s Looking Out exhibition of early works on paper and recent sculpture by Rachel Whiteread opens on 19 September.

Photo Shanghai 2015

Photo Shanghai, Asia’s premier art fair dedicated to photography, opens this weekend with a dynamic programme of shows presented by a selection of international galleries from 15 countries.

Space Age, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin

This September Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris Pantin, will examine historic and commissioned works by 20 contemporary artists in Space Age.

Bill Viola’s The Trial at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Yorkshire Sculpture Park looks back over 20 years of work by American video and installation artist Bill Viola. The retrospective features new work The Trial, which investigates the unseeable.

City Project 2015 NEON, Maria Loizidou, A Transfer, Kerameikos

NEON Organisation for Culture and Development presents A Transfer, by Maria Loizido, at the archaeological site of Kerameikos.