Exhibitions running 9-10 December respond to the immediate environment, documenting urban, natural and individual landscapes.

Carsten Höller’s installation The Prada Double Club Miami offers the experience of a fully-functioning nightclub.

The impact and evolution of technology is foregrounded in the 30th anniversary edition of London Art Fair.

A recently opened exhibition of Monika Sosnowska at Hauser & Wirth, London, titled Structural Exercises, examines underlying layers of buildings.

Never Ending Stories, an interdisciplinary project, examines the phenomenon of the endless loop across cultural history.

Amy Hughes is a New York-based British painter. Her work considers relationships between body and mind – we speak with her to find out more.

A site-specific installation at Yorkshire Sculpture Park by Chiharu Shiota investigates themes of loss, nostalgia and life cycles.

Edmund Clark’s The Mountains of Majeed is a reflection on the end of “Operation Enduring Freedom” in Afghanistan at Flowers Gallery, London.

Jiri Svestka Gallery offers dialogues between emerging practitioner Katarína Poliačiková and iconic photographer Stephen Shore.

Lucio Fontana’s pioneering Ambienti Spaziali (Spatial Environments) are on display at Pirelli HangarBicocca, Milan.

In Aulus-Les-Bains, housed in a renovated 19th century hotel, is camp – the first of a new breed of arts residency, running across five-day sessions.

An exhibition of German photographer Andreas Gursky’s monumental work marks the reopening of Hayward Gallery, London.

Straddling the physical and the digital, modern life is increasingly hard to pin down. Louisiana Museum of Modern Art explores what it means to be alive today.

Gillian Wearing’s large-scale photographic installation at The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, is entering its final month.

Jason Bruges Studio’s kinetic installation that creates dialogues between light, technology and urban architecture.

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Leeds Arts University has been formally recognised as the new title for Leeds College of Art, having been granted full university status by the Privy Council.

The selection for 2-3 December exposes realities about the contemporary experience, delving into current issues and holding up a mirror to society.

The December / January issue is about ideas. The notion that progress is continuous, and that we can change things if we want to, is a powerful statement.