Watermark offers up a warning to mankind from the natural world: don’t throw away this resource and don’t take it for granted.

Barry Cawston uncovers the surprising beauty present in the seemingly mundane: his arresting photographs are often of still, silent settings, void of intrusive humanity and bursting with intriguing shapes, shades and angles.

Well known for his neutral, objective and almost indifferent images, Stephen Shore (b. 1947) broke the mould when he made his photographic debut in the 1960s.

A new exhibition traces the latest developments in the world of fashion, its international influences and its increasingly comfortable relationship with the institutions of fine art.

A new exhibition of works by the artist Lee Boroson at MASS MoCA explores human representations of the natural world through large-scale installations.

Interested in public and urban spaces, French photographer Franck Bohbot (b. 1980) unpicks the connection between individuals and the spaces they inhabit.

A new group exhibition explores the dilemmas, consequences and realities of London in the digital age through an array of multi-disciplinary works.

New York-based artist Richard Tuschman (b. 1956) shoots delicate photographs in which familiar reality collides with a dreamlike and nostalgic aesthetic.

Olafur Eliasson’s immersive installation, Riverbed, takes over and transforms the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, in the museum’s first solo show.

Yann Demange’s debut feature film ’71 explores the universal anguish of war and civil conflict through its central character: a disorientated British soldier.

Ciara Phillips uses multifaceted techniques to interact with other artists, designers and local community groups.

The wild beauty of the Nordic landscape is brought to life in Sadler’s Wells new Northern Light season, celebrating dance from the northern hemisphere.

Ida is a stark portrayal of post-war Poland, challenging notions of religion and family bonds through a road trip undertaken by a Jewish nun and her Communist aunt.

Mish Way, front woman of fierce Vancouver outfit White Lung, meditates on her personal punk tenets for surviving and thriving in the 21st century.

Wysing Arts Centre celebrates its 25th birthday with a residency programme focusing upon ‘the future,’ exploring potential through what we know of the past. In response to an open call, more than 300 artists applied to take part.

Founded in 1984 by six recently graduated artists, the theatrical group have created numerous productions that have continued to play with language, staging, costume, lighting and the very nature of a performance piece.

In the Special 60th Edition of Aesthetica we celebrate the emerging photographers that are shaping the future of the image-based practice in The Next Generation. We have partnered with the London College of Communication to survey some of photography’s rising star.

The 16 October hosts the opening of Nabil Nahas’ new exhibition in London. The title of the exhibit, Phoenix Dactylifera, derives from the artist’s heritage and is the name of the native Date Palm tree from the Middle East.

The Modern Lens is the largest display of photographic works ever to be exhibited at Tate St Ives, looking at developments in international photography from the 1920s to the 1960s through the work of pioneering artists across the world.

The work of the late photographer Francesca Woodman is renowned for its distinct and innovative vision. Her black and white imagery exudes a unique sense of mystery and beauty that at once compels and disarms her audiences.

The Fondation Louis Vuitton is a new Parisian centre for contemporary French and international artistic creation, contained within a building commissioned by Bernard Arnault, and designed by the American architect Frank Gehry.

In 60th edition of Aesthetica we celebrated emerging photographers from LCC, highlighting those shaping the future of lens-based practice.

In 2010, David Chancellor won the Taylor Wessing National Portrait Prize with his iconic portrait of fourteen year old girl, Josie Slaughter, riding horseback with her trophy of a hunted dead buck.

For 10 years Berwick Film & Media Arts Festival has continued in its aim to turn the small northern town into one big screen. Festival-goers have been given the opportunity to watch hundreds of international film premieres in a plethora of unique settings.

Open for Business is a vast collection of over 100 dynamic and diverse images from nine leading Magnum photographers, including Martin Parr, Chris Steele-Perkins, Stuart Franklin, David Hurn and Peter Marlow will provide a behind-the-scenes look at contemporary manufacturing in the UK.

The Marseillaise(s) / fifteen years of collecting focuses on the development of five photographers: Valérie Belin, Jacqueline Hassink, Naoya Hatakeyama, Sarah Jones and Rob Nypels.

Within the space of Dundee Contemporary Arts, visitors eagerly clamber over contours of artificial green landmass, through a dense forest of cardboard cut-out animals and plantlife.

Taking over the third floor of The Wapping Project Bankside’s Mayfair location is a new, challenging exhibition programme, initiated by Jules Wright. This autumn the series kicks off with the first UK solo exhibition by Dutch photographer, Juul Kraijer.

Nestled in a small gallery adjacent to Manchester Art Gallery’s shop is a display of obscurely beautiful contemporary jewellery, which teeters on the edge of being fearsome. This is the world of contemporary artist Bernard Schobinger.

Artes Mundi 6 is a major contemporary art prize based in the UK, taking place bi-annually to bring together through an exhibition some of the world’s most celebrated artists of today.

In the 60th Edition of Aesthetica we celebrate the emerging photographers that are shaping the future of the image-based practice in The Next Generation. We have partnered with the London College of Communication to survey some of photography’s rising stars.

This is the first US solo exhibition of German photographer Mona Kuhn’s newest large-scale colour series, Acido Dorado. These photographs of nudes aim to show the human body in its most natural state, timeless and free from cultural and generational stereotypes.

Nick Cave’s self proclaimed role as a messenger is amply evident from his exhibition titled Made By Whites For Whites at the Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. On view until 11 October.

RITE OF PASSAGE is New York’s first major exhibition devoted to the early years of the 20th century avant-garde movement, Vienna Actionism. The exhibition is a representative survey of the formative years of Vienna Actionism.

Established in 2002, KIAF has become one of the leading art fairs in Asia. The event was initiated by Galleries Association of Korea and invites visitors to see the best artists and institutions.

Jenny Holzer has used government documents as a source for her work since 2004, and she has used language as her primary medium since the late 1970s. Holzer’s text investigates how ideas are transformed from opinion into fact.

Including works which have never been exhibited as well as paintings, films, sculptures, notebooks, slide projections and photocopies from across five decades, Alibis: Sigmar Polke 1963-2010 will be the first exhibition to fully encompass the enormously varied range of materials with which Polke worked.

In the 60th Edition of Aesthetica we celebrate the emerging photographers that are shaping the future of the image-based practice in The Next Generation. We have partnered with the LCC to survey photography’s rising stars.

The UK’s largest international photography festival returns for its sixth edition, filling venues and public spaces in Brighton & Hove and beyond with a series of remarkable collaborations. Communities, Collectives & Collaboration will present a series of projects which feature over 45 creatives.

Saluting the work of Frisian author and poet Jan Slauerhoff, the 21st Noorderlicht International Photofestival highlights those who, dissatisfied with the status quo, think ‘outside the box,’ seek alternatives or create their own.

Bernd & Hilla Becher’s project to document the industrial landscape of post-war Europe, spread out over five decades, is timeless: photographs of monumental structures that bear no trace of current, past or future events.

A Road Through Shore Pine focuses on a new body of work by Robert Adams, a series of 18 never-before-seen photographs made in Nehalem Bay State Park, Oregon, in the autumn of 2013.

The Folkestone Triennial mobilises the past to bring contemporary art into public dialogue about a bright future. Lewis Biggs has curated site-specific works that range from experiments in relational aesthetics to proposals for regeneration.

Photo.clothing combines the fad of prints on t-shirts with art, to produce vibrant and unique items of clothing. The team have joined up with Magnum photographers Martin Parr and David Alan Harvey and created 500 t-shirts.

Dave Wise was once described by the producers of hit TV show Britain’s Next Top Model as “part of the fashion elite” and is now a long way from where he began with his camera at the age of five.

With his London debut, Berlin-based Australian artist James Reka explores the splendour of the dancing female form using fluid lines to create a hypnotic and dynamic movement. Until 5 October.

Degrees of Separation at Maddox Arts explores the legacy of the Modern Masters who were pioneering geometric abstraction and kinetic art in the 1950s and 1960s. The exhibition responds to the work of these influential artists.

From Nowt to Summat is a new installation by Aesthetica Art Prize finalist Deb Covell at mima from 18 September. The work has been produced as part of her Artist’s Open Studio event at mima and is accompanied by Absolute Zero.

International video art is celebrated in an exhibition at Birmingham Hippodrome and across the city this November. About Town is presented in partnership with Ikon and showcases a variety of free night-screenings by international artists.

To coincide with the centenary of the outbreak of World War One, Osborne Samuel gallery will hold a comprehensive exhibition of CRW Nevinson’s prints alongside the launch of a new book titled CRW Nevinson: The Complete Prints.