In a retrospective now at the Jewish Historical Museum in Amsterdam, which includes 150 photographs from before and after World War II, one can see how sincerely Chim believed that photography, by influencing public opinion, could help change the world.

Beyond bringing French photography to the American public, Stettner’s own work was distinctive for blending the social engagement of American street photography with the poetic sensibility of the French humanist tradition.

Mimesis: African Soldier, a video installation at the Imperial War Museum in London by the British artist and filmmaker John Akomfrah, gives poetic expression to the sense of rewards due yet withheld.

Two of the most beguiling musical events in England this autumn are linked by one group, the Nash Ensemble of London, and one woman, its founder Amelia Freedman. The Bath Mozartfest opens at the Assembly Rooms, and "German Romantics" continues at Wigmore Hall.

In tandem with presenting queerness as a category of experience and identity in art, the Whitney show gives us an insight into the young Warhol: Andy with a sketchbook, Andy the fan, the fashion Andy, Andy the ardent youth dreaming a life of style and erotic possibilities.

This month offers classics from Portugal, Mikhail Kalatozov’s paean to the Cuban revolution, and a restoration of the most expensive movie in history—Sergey Bondarchuk's War and Peace.