Kevin Cooley presents his stunning photographs from his Night for Night series in Aesthetica Issue 51. His largescale video installation, Skyward, is currently on show at Pierogi’s The Boiler.

It can be said that art can serve as a universal language. Lesley Dill applies literal meaning to art as a communicative agent by incorporating various forms of language into her multi-faceted work.

Concerned with observing the world, Kevin Cooley captures a profound and intense mood through his treatment of light, colour and object.

The practice of Abraham Cruzvillegas draws on his experiences of growing up in Mexico city, as he creates sculptures that grow from their environment.

Full of flamboyant personality, Garry Winogrand was famed for his street shots of everybody from businessmen to hippies, animals and celebrities.

A survey of light art from the 1960s to the present day at The Hayward Gallery considers the way in which we think about architectural space.

Michael Eastman has spent time in Havana, Paris, Rome and New Orleans, recording in minute detail the distinctive features of each place.

Photographer Thomas Zanon-Larcher blends aspects of film, performance and storytelling in his images, questioning ideals of beauty propounded by fashion.

A major exhibition at the V&A examines the impact and constant evolution of ever-influential musician, style icon and shape-shifter, David Bowie.

We spend some time with shortlisted artist, Damien O’Mara. The photographer will be exhibiting The Trespasser, which depicts suited men in places that are “off-limits” to people in corporate roles.

Juergen Teller’s Woo! is a showcase of the greatest work from Teller’s longstanding, unwavering career. One of the most recognisable about his work is his ability to portray subjects entirely stripped back.

Joy Division’s bass guitarist Peter Hook is in artist conversation at the MCA on Tuesday 5 February. Reflecting on the band he helped co-found and his new book Unknown Pleasures: Inside Joy Division.

Partners in work and in life, Marquis Montes create enigmatic works that draw on many cultural references. Through dramatic staging and invigorating styling, their work captivates the imagination.

Infinity Award winner Viviane Sassen’s visual language is nothing if not intriguing. Her new book chronicles her career in fashion photography through 250 prints.

Drawing on one of the finest and most comprehensive collections anywhere in the world, The Postcard Age presents 400 postcards from the decades around 1900.

Following its predecessor, Sample (2005), Pattern captures a snapshot of the latest designers defining clothes rails today.

This mammoth text is probably one of the most conclusive surveys on the history of abstraction. Exploring its inception and development, this book brings together key works and artists from the period.

In People Apart, the simultaneous historical depth and phenomenological presence of Bryan Heseltine’s photographs are the soul of the work.

In a world of outrageous colours, glitter and Anna Dello Russo, the designers of clear lines and minimal shapes stand apart as intriguing and desirable.

Sprinklings of hushed vocals meet a psychedelic drive worthy of Daft Punk, as the energy is high from the beginning.

Now signed to the highly regarded One Little Indian, Carroll’s latest album marks a turning point, as the label will also be reissuing his first four albums.

Combining a cupboard full of instruments, choral layers and electronic blips, Klak Tik’s second album is the perfect balance of deafening calamity and peaceful clarity.

Keaton Henson’s backstory is so fascinating that there is a tiny risk of it overshadowing the music, but once immersed in his new album, Birthdays, there is no need for concern.

Opening with the provocative question “Are you there?”, HK119 responds to her audience’s presence with a twisting tale of howling vocals and pounding beats.

For their sophomore release, the Dustin Payseur-led Beach Fossils unleash a lo-fi and ethereal studio album worthy of the Brooklynite’s stellar reputation.

If you’ve ever loved, this story of an elderly couple facing the unthinkable – one half of their familiar, codependent unit fading away – will touch a raw nerve.

London’s mean streets and the escalating gang culture that eats up our youth are brought to vivid life in Sally El Hosaini’s searing portrait of modern England.

The voice of the film is one of beauty and innocence, narrated by six-year-old Hushpuppy, as she navigates her world of near orphanhood.

The Pool manages to transcend the standard clichés about India – a feat made more triumphant by the fact that the writer and director are foreigners.

Rust and Bone is a deeply affecting portrait of the gradual coming together of two wounded souls, driven by a brave central performance by Marion Cotillard.

Eugene Jarecki, director of Why We Fight, takes a fascinating, gritty look at the American criminal justice system.

Arriving on the art scene in the 1970s, Linder Sterling is known for her subversive collages combining the female figure with objects and nature.

The Harbourfront Centre in Toronto presents a collection of works from around the globe for World Stage, developing dialogues between cross-cultural performance.

The past five years have seen the music video evolve, resulting in stronger and stranger narratives than ever before.

Cambridge-based four-piece Alt-J spent 2012 scooping up the Mercury Prize, releasing their debut album and gaining plaudits from the music industry at large.

The latest documentary from Marc Isaacs explores universal themes of loss, belonging and the search for home through careful observation of one neighbourhood in North London.

In Scott Graham’s debut feature, a father and daughter coexist in isolation and a relationship marked by complexity.

Although its origins date back to 1996, Galería Rafael Pérez Hernando officially opened its doors in Madrid in 2004. It has since concentrated on promoting unknown or little-known artists.

Richard Wentworth presents an exhibition at the Lisson Gallery, London, from 30 January until 9 March. The British sculptor continually questions the way in which we approach the material world.

Young Gods is a multi-disciplinary presentation of London’s most exciting graduates from the summer of 2012. The exhibition takes place simultaneously across locations in west and east London.

Bloomberg Space hosts an experiential exhibition, distanced from the streets just beyond its walls. Glacier by Charles Atlas, uses a 360-degree projection to create an immersive environment.

The Ultimate Form is a live action response to Barbara Hepworth’s work. It is a collaboration between choreographer Kenneth Tindall, designer Pam Hogg, and composer Stuart McCallum.

Today, Frieze announced that its Projects programme of specially commissioned works will be realised at Frieze New York from 10 until 13 May and will present over 180 of the world’s leading galleries.

It might be considered to be a curatorial risk to combine the works of William Klein and Daidō Moriyama in two mellifluous exhibitions, as they are both important and vivacious artists of our time.

Tate Britain opens a new show on Kurt Schwitters. Opening on 30 January, the show focuses on his later works in Britain which began in 1940 when he arrived as a refugee until his death eight years later.

Aesthetica Art Prize artist Mary Humphrey’s Roma : Transylvania narrates the experiences that she encountered whilst photographing Roma families living on the outskirts of a Transylvanian village.

The London Art Fair ran for five days from 16 January until 20 January. Among this year’s participating galleries were The Fine Art Society, Charlie Smith London, and Union Gallery.

Pollen from Hazelnut is a constructed pollen field by Wolfgang Laib. Running at MoMA from 23 January, this work is Laib’s largest pollen-based installation to date, taking up a huge 18 by 21 feet.

We catch up with long-listed emerging Korean-American artist, Timothy Lee. Raised in New York City, his artistic practices have been heavily influenced by the imagery of cytology.

Artist Piero Gilardi comes to Nottingham Contemporary to present Collaborative Effects. Running from 26 January, Gilardi has engaged with ecological and socio-political issues for years.