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Bharat Sikka: Matter, Amsterdam

Matter is a new series of works by photographer Bharat Sikka. Featured on the cover of Aesthetica, Sikka has worked with the likes of The New York Times, Wallpaper, Vanity Fair and Vogue India.

Thessaloniki Biennial of Contemporary Art: Everywhere But Now

The Thessaloniki Biennial of Contemporary Art opens to the public 19 September under the thought provoking title, Everywhere But Now. Relating to the questions of…

Formento+Formento: Circumstance

This September Formento+Formento celebrates the launch of a new artbook, Circumstance. The book will be released by YellowKorner internationally and will shortly arrive in the UK and France.

Review of Miles Aldridge: I Only Want You to Love Me at Somerset House, London

A host of characters inhabits a long hall of a space in this major retrospective of photographer Miles Aldridge’s work. Actress-models reinterpret the costumes and stances of the film noir femme fatale.

Country Matters, London

Country Matters unites the work of Bert Hardy, Roger Mayne, Tony Ray-Jones, Colin Jones, Chris Killip, Homer Sykes, Sirkka-Liisa Kontinnen, Martin Parr, Mark Power, Anna Fox and Ken Grant.

PHOTOQUAI, Paris

The purpose of the PHOTOQUAI photography biennale is to highlight the best photography from across the globe. Since its creation in 2007 there have been four editions, giving exposure to 200 photographers, most of them unpublished in France.

Interview with BAFTA award-winning sound recordist, Chris Watson

Chris Watson is one of the UK’s pre-eminent sound recordists. He has worked all over the globe and won a BAFTA in 2012 for his soundtrack on David Attenborough’s Frozen Planet series.

Review of Kool-Aid Wino at Franklin Street Works, Stamford

A mysterious final word ‘mayonnaise’ is how Richard Brautigan ended his most well known publication, Trout Fishing in America. Kool-Aid Wino at Franklin Street Works takes its name from the book.

Docks Art Fair, Lyon

Docks Art Fair celebrates its fourth year by taking up a permanent site. Since its conception, the event has become a centre for art lovers and this year it moves a few 100 meters to the south of the Sucrière.

Review of Lucy + Jorge Orta at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Lucy and Jorge Orta have worked in collaboration since 1991. The general thrust of their work is located in the exploration of global concerns surrounding survival and sustainability.

Shortlist for New Sensations

Channel 4 and The Saatchi Gallery have announced the shortlist and finalists for this year’s New Sensations Prize. The work of 20 young artists will be exhibited in a show in London opening 12 October.

Garry Fabian Miller: Voyage, London

Garry Fabian Miller’s new series, Voyage, marks the close of a 37-year chapter and represents an exciting new direction for the artist. HackelBury Fine Art, London, opens the debut of the collection.

Review of Indifferent Matter: From Object to Sculpture at Henry Moore Institute, Leeds

Indifferent Matter: From Object to Sculpture at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds comprises works key artists by Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Robert Smithson, Hans Haacke and Andy Warhol.

Elad Lassry at 303 Gallery, New York

In his rigorously formatted photographs, which never exceed the dimensions of a magazine page or spread, Elad Lassry elaborates on the potential of a photograph to exist as a sculpture.

Review of Laura Buckley: The Magic Know-How, Sheffield

Laura Buckley’s sensory installation at Site Gallery, Sheffield, is separated from the outside world by a thick black curtain, which marks the entrance of the gallery and the end of the bookshop.

Visa Pour l’Image, Perpignan

Visa pour l’Image celebrates its 25th festival, which is an achievement outstripping the original hopes of the founders. The festival is an annual, week-long meeting for 3000 photographers.

Anthony Caro Retrospective at Museo Correr, Venice

The first major retrospective in Italy of the works by sculptor Anthony Caro could not come at a better time. The Museo Correr assures the artist the attention of anyone in Venice this summer.

Interview with Haroon Mirza, participant in Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction

This September the seventh annual Macmillan De’Longhi Art Auction returns to London. This year’s event will be held over five days and will include a public exhibition at the Royal College of Art.

Interview with Luciano Benetton, on their new collection – Imago Mundi

Iconic clothing brand founder Luciano Benetton has extended his passion for entrepreneurial and inclusive fashion into an arena that his family’s foundation is newly colonising: Living Art History.

Hand to Earth, Caroline Jane Harris and Shane McAdams, Scream, London

Scream, London, is partnering with the British fashion designer Matthew Williamson for this special exhibition featuring work by artists Caroline Jane Harris and Shane McAdams.