Pallant House Gallery, Chichester, 21 October – 13 December 2015.
Long fascinated by the bond developed between dogs and their owners, David Remfry RA has been sketching his friends and their canine companions for the last decade. This cumulative exhibition presents a delightful collection of these sketches, watercolours, and drawings – including characterful portraits of Susan Sarandon and her Pomeranians, Ethan Hawke and his Border collie, and Laura Kaplan and her Dachschund. Heartfelt and intimate, this exhibition captures a charming insight into the place pets have within our lives. Watch a video interview with David Remfry here.

Blain | Southern, 13 October – 21 November 2015, The Vinyl Factory Space, Brewer Street car park, 13 October – 7 November 2015.
Deep beneath the hustle and bustle of Soho, the drafty basement of Brewer Street car park provides an intriguing and theatrical setting for the installation of two of Bill Viola’s early experimental sonic artworks. The Talking Drum (1979) and Hornpipes (1979-82) were both recorded from within the depths of an empty swimming pool, and explore the relations between physical presence, audio and space. A 10 minute stroll away you can find Moving Stillness (Mt. Rainier) (1979) at Blain | Southern gallery. This stand-alone work has been described as a landmark in Viola’s practice and, without giving too much away, the experience is serene and meditative – a perfect respite for a rainy autumn afternoon.

Tate Britain, London, 19 October – Autumn 2016.
Tate Britain’s BP Spotlights are a series of changing in-depth displays on specific artists or themes. This focused exhibition highlights the work and life of photogapher Jo Spence. Interrogating themes of domesticity, labour, and gender, this selection of key works and archival materials casts light on the significant contribution Spence made to photographic discourse and its critical potential.

Kunstraum, London, 24 October – 12 December 2015.
Kunstraum is a Hoxton-based project space which focuses on solo exhibitions of European artists based outside London in an endeavor to “expose London to what’s happening in Europe”. Emerging Dutch artist Dorine van Meel’s Disobedient Children is an immersive site-specific installation made up of projections of digitally-generated abstract imagery and fragmented voices and sounds. Her complex exploration of “disobedience” aims to question common-place narratives, ideologies and identities. ­­­­­­

De La Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-sea, 24 October – 10 January 2016
With a panoramic vista of the English-channel, the De La Warr Pavilion presents a dramatic and atmospheric backdrop to Cy Twombly’s Quattro Stagioni paintings. Strongly influenced by classical subjects and ideas, Quattro Stagioni (The Four Seasons) draws on the theme of the natural cycles of birth and death. Confounding, monumental and fervently expressive, these paintings are bound to capture your heart and your imagination.

Rose de Lara is an editorial intern for RA Magazine, @RAMag.