Donald Eastwood

It's all about timing, apparently. All of it is, and that is all it is about. And so this week's preview sense the approach of October's brobdingnagian art fairs and London Film Festival...

TUESDAY

The ICA holds a talk with war-reportage cartoonist Joe Sacco on Tuesday, Anticipating an entirely different fair, Comica - London International Comics festival which takes place at the start of Novemeber and be hosted by the ICA, V&A and Institut Francais. Strange to think this has been going on for six years unbeknown to me, as although I am not stereotypically obsessive or competitive about my like of graphic novels, I like them none the less. Cartoons on conflict seem to me to work very well, perhaps it is the effect of looking through the innocence or the transgressive affects of humour that work on me. The only shame about this event is that it appears to be sold out, but there may be returns.

If not, you could always go and see 'Chevolution', which the ICA are currently screening. The brilliance of this Che Guevara film is that it is overtly about the myth and not the man. Specifically the iconic image of him looking handsome in a beret - which is claimed to be the most reproduced image of a person in the 20th century. Us capitalists might wonder why the revolution didn't keep hold of the rights.

WEDNESDAY

Anticipating the newly located Zoo Art Fair, Modern Art Oxford open a solo show of Glasgow-based Karla Black, whose hanging sculptures using household powders and make-up won the judges award last year. Black alludes to the fact that the size of the space will let her go more museum scale, and it is undoubted that her beautiful minimal constructions want for room. See their website here.

THURSDAY

Fred has two solo exhibitions opening on Thursday. I would like to focus on the one entitled 'Winter Americana' which, one year on, seems to anticipate future crashes in the world's economy through the analogy of an 1827 tragic-hilarious spectacle organised by a small group of Niagra falls hoteliers with a banker-like eye for success. The story, unearthed by the American artist Brian Montuori whose solo exhibition it is, is very worth reading. It also sheds light on his own illustration of the event, which you can glimpse online here.

FRIDAY

Perhaps anticipating the Fred exhibition the night before, The Arts Catalyst presents 'Interspecies - Artists collaborating with animals'. The sniggersome exhibition includes a performance artist falling asleep with a pig and performances of how to act like an animal, though the best part for me seems to be Sunday's Family day, including an artist will teach children to behave like a Bowerbird, who is know for the way in which they decorate their nest to attract a female, and storytelling. Unfortunately, the press release adds, dogs cannot be permitted.