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Interview with John Cheim of Cheim & Read Gallery

John Cheim is known as one half of influential New York gallery Cheim & Read. Cheim is also an outstanding book designer and has produced a number of important artist publications.

Jeff Koons, Gagosian Gallery, Frieze London, Regent’s Park

Gagosian Gallery will be participating in Frieze London with an installation of five major works by Jeff Koons. The pieces included are Ribbon, Cat on a Clothesline, Sacred Heart, Lobster and Titi Tire.

Jeff Elrod, Simon Lee Gallery, London

For the first time Texas and New York-based artist Jeff Elrod appears in a solo exhibition at Simon Lee Gallery. The pieces chosen are from a new body of large-scale abstract paintings.

The Other Art Fair, The Truman Brewery, London

Connecting art lovers across genres, tastes and locations, The Other Art Fair draws together some of the most talented emerging artists under one roof to showcase the best in independent art.

Shortlist for the Max Mara Art Prize For Women

The Whitechapel Gallery in collaboration with Max Mara have announced the five shortlisted artists for their fifth Art Prize For Women. The Prize is the only visual art prize for women in the United Kingdom.

The Aesthetica Short Film Festival Trailer 2013

In just three weeks time the Aesthetica Short Film Festival will open across the city of York. ASFF is a celebration of independent production and an outlet for championing short filmmaking.

Review of Chagall: Modern Master at Tate Liverpool

An extensive collection of works executed throughout the life of Marc Chagall is given refreshed perspective at Liverpool Tate. Dream-like visions are derived from Jewish and Russian folk-art.

Biennale de Lyon Performance Weekend

Debating the art of performance and the storytelling demanded in everyday life, the Biennale de Lyon joins together nine international artists, rarely seen in France, in a non-stop programme of events.

Francesco Vezzoli: Museum of Crying Women, QMA Gallery, Qatar

Gathering together some of the most iconic female figures of the last century, Francesco Vezzoli’s debut exhibition in the Middle East celebrates the feminine in its most admired and glamorous form.

Interview with SunYinXiaowen

Born in JiNan City, China in 1990, SunYinXiaowen has grown up all over the world – living in Germany, China and the UK. Based in London, SunYinXiaowen will take part in Shoreditch Fashion Show.

Review of Sarah Lucas: SITUATION Absolute Beach Man Rubble at Whitechapel Gallery, London

Sarah Lucas understands the seriousness of her task, which is to take a critical stance on gender and sexuality through a masterful manipulation of form. Her new show opens at Whitechapel on 2 October.

Stuart Semple: Suspend Disbelief, Bauer Art Foundation, London

Stuart Semple (b.1980) invites visitors to suspend disbelief, to take a dive of trust into the fictitious and turn away from essential truths as he presents a new solo exhibition at the Bauer Art Foundation.

Interview with Desmond Morris on The Artistic Ape

Now ranked as one of the foremost exponents of surrealism in Britain, painter Desmond Morris encapsulates the sociological importance of art through his paintings and books.

Titus Andronicus, Royal Shakespeare Company

Michael Fentiman’s Royal Shakespeare Company production brings this early tragedy piece back to ruddy health, as it delights in the fun that can be had with a stage heaving with mutilated corpses.

Review of Lutz Bacher: Black Beauty at the ICA, London

Lutz Bacher’s first major solo show in the UK is a well-crafted introduction to an artist whose concerns for identity, sexuality and the body are often concealed by a playful exterior.

Multiplied Art Fair, London

Multiplied, returns to Christie’s South Kensington this October for the fourth edition of the contemporary art fair. Included in the event will be 41 international contemporary galleries.

Leonard Freed, Made in Germany, Edition Folkwang and Steidl

Shooting his images from a distance, Leonard Freed allows his subjects to remain natural and undisturbed by his camera. His observations of people reflect Freed’s deeply ingrained interest in life.

Hurvin Anderson: reporting back at IKON, Birmingham

Ikon’s most comprehensive exhibition to date of paintings by British artist Hurvin Anderson (b.1965), evokes sensations of being caught between one place and another, drawn from personal experience.

Women, War and Industry, The San Diego Museum of Art

Examining the ways in which women have been represented in relation to war and industry in modern and contemporary art, Women, War, and Industry opens at The San Diego Museum of Art.

Happy Birthday Galerie Perrotin, Lille

Galerie Emmanuel Perrotin will celebrate its 25th anniversary this autumn. Happy Birthday showcases pieces throughout Emmanuel Perrotin’s career, most of which are now in private collections.