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Art Cinema, mima, Middlesborough

Art Cinema at Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (mima) returns for a one-off special event. Previous events have included work by artists Salvador Dali, René Clair and Rachel Maclean.

Interview with Madelief Hohé, Curator of The Chanel Legend

The designs of Gabrielle “Coco” Chanel have influenced and inspired designers for decades. The Chanel Legend at Gemeentemuseum Den Haag explores the company and its creative directors.

Performa 13, New York

New York City is transformed into the performance capital of the world as the biennial Performa returns for its fifth edition. 2013 sees more than 100 separate shows presented.

Interview with David Johnson

David Johnson makes installations, usually using existing objects with projections or light. His work is concerned with the basic nature of reality: mind and world, spirit and matter, being and nothingness.

Adam Chodzko: Room for Laarni, Image Moderator, London

Adam Chodzko launches his first solo exhibition at Marlborough Contemporary from 6 November with a brand new multimedia project, Room for Laarni, Image Moderator.

Review of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair, Somerset House, London

In the catalogue prepared for the first ever Contemporary African Art Fair to take place in the world, the foreword by Koyo Kouoh, the fair’s Cameroon-born artistic director, draws attention to many important aspects of the fair.

Review of Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Damien Hirst: Candy at Blain | Southern, London

Frieze week is always a good opportunity to do something spectacular or insane. The surprising marriage of Gonzalez-Torres and Hirst captivates audiences.

Live Cinema, Artists’ Film and the Crossover Between Mainstream & Experimental Cinema at ASFF

This year at the Aesthetica Short Film Festival, audiences will have the opportunity to engage with both mainstream cinema, and a programme of thought-provoking artists’ film.

Appreciating Aspects of Art, Weetwood Hall, Leeds

Weetwood Hall plays host to an art conference offering eight speakers the chance to explore the less familiar side of art and examine the difference between artist intent and audience reception.

In-Between, Rossi & Rossi, London

In conjunction with this Autumn’s Asian Art in London, Rossi & Rossi opens In-Between, a show displaying the artistic brilliance found in a group of Tibetan manuscript covers.

Jim Shaw: Archives, Chalet Society

From 24 October, Jim Shaw’s 40-year practice will be under the spotlight at Chalet Society. The artist has produced a significant number of paintings, drawings, videos, installations and performances.

Mitra Tabrizian: Leicestershire, The Wapping Project, Bankside, London

Mitra Tabrizian’s Leicestershire makes its UK debut in an exhibition showcasing shots taken in the county still bearing the marks and memories of its once central position in the textile and hosiery industry.

Review of Irving Penn: On Assignment at Pace and Pace/MacGill Gallery

Irving Penn: On Assignment is an eclectic collection of photographs and media taken or published between the 1940s and 2008. Yet there is a unity to the pictures that derives from excellence.

Wolfgang Tillmans: Central Nervous System, Maureen Paley, London

Wolfgang Tillmans returns to Maureen Paley for his seventh solo show at the gallery. The exhibition, Central Nervous System, is both a departure from and a continuation of his Neue Welt project.

Review of the Turner Conemporary’s Simultaneous Exhibitions: Dorothy Cross and Turner and Constable

Dorothy Cross Connemara and Turner And Constable: Sketching From Nature straddle an almost two-century gap, contemporary mixed-media on one side, Romantic painting on the other.

Philippe Parreno: Anywhere, Anywhere Out of the World, Palais de Tokyo, Paris

The iconic Palais de Tokyo undergoes a radical transformation at the hand of internationally renown artist, Philippe Parreno, from 23 October until 12 January 2014.

Review of Zoe Strauss: 10 Years at the International Center of Photography

Zoe Strauss’s most interesting work may be her most abstract: images of construction materials, earth moving machines, geometry of interiors/ exterior façades, lights in a night sky.

FIAC, Paris

With an interest in the challenges and changes in the art world, FIAC returns for its 40th edition on 24-27 October. The fair aims to be creative and responsive while maintaining a spirit of continuity.

Review of Frieze London

Frieze London is over for another year and now is the time to reflect upon the many works on display. Drawing visitors in immediately was Dan Graham’s Plexiglas spiral sculpture.

The Social: Encountering Photography, Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens

The Social: Encountering Photography is the first festival of international contemporary photography in North East England. The event collates new commissions with iconic works.