Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, celebrates the Düsseldorfer Photoschule; photographers who studied under Bernd and Hilla Becher.

Norwegian photographer Anja Niemi investigates notions of selfhood through self-conscious imagery, creating a playful yet powerful critique.

A new, timely exhibition at ICP, New York,  explores a dark period of American history by examining themes of imprisonment .

Systems define the human experience. Exhibitions running 27-28 January inspect a range of contemporary structures.

Jeu de Paume sheds light on Raoul Hausmann’s photographic oeuvre, unearthing a collection of overlooked avant-garde work.

The Photographers’ Gallery, London, provides an intimate glimpse into a pocketed history of cross-dressing, and those that lived through it.

Serge Alain Nitegeka’s practice engages with how manipulations of colour and volume influence the experience and understanding of space.

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, showcases a point of innovative transformation for one of America’s greatest colour photographers: Stephen Shore.

The relationships between individuals and their bodies is complex. An exhibition examines this through the lens of 13 female photographers.

Perrotin Tokyo offer a new exhibition of recent paintings by the American artist Hernan Bas; Insects from Abroad delves into a new, visual vocabulary.

Objects on display at Collect 2018 range from small innovative pieces to monumental installations, engaging with contemporary issues.

A Universal History of Infamy, an ongoing multisite show, presents an examination of the relationship between Latin America and the wider US.

The seventh edition of Duesseldorf Photo Weekend celebrates the past, present and future of the medium.

Moldova is the focus of a new exhibition at Fotografiska, Stockholm, which presents the work of award-winning photo-journalist Åsa Sjöström.

Natalie Christensen’s 25-year career as a psychotherapist informs her practice as an artist; each image reflects deeper conceptual thoughts.

Büro Ole Scheeren’s Guardian Art Centre, Beijing, is an hybrid institution that combines culture with public functions.

Celebrating the quotidian, the works in an exhibition at EMMA possess an uncanny, otherworldly quality.

Terminus, a recent series by Mark Steinmetz, examines the pubic and private moments that occur within and around aerodromes.

In 1960, a devastating earthquake destroyed much of the Moroccan city of Agadir. Yto Barrada addresses the process of reinvention .

A retrospective of works by Michael Wolf comes to Fotomuseum Den Haag. The exhibition provides an overview of a unique oeuvre,

On the cusp of the RA’s 250th anniversary, From Life takes an inquisitive look at the tradition and its ongoing relationship with artists today.

Murray Fredericks views the sublime landscape as a medium, using mirrors to build surreal, mesmerising compositions

Part of a generation racked by hyperactivity, Tina Barney captures the details of north eastern, suburban America.

Robert Irwin’s new immersive installation plays with notions of place by responding to the architectural forms of Sprüth Magers, Berlin‘s modernist gallery space. The exhibition…

Exhibitions running 20-21 January offer viewers the opportunity to reflect on the modern world, building platforms for introspection.

The work of 19th century visionaries is the starting point for a new show at Foam, Amsterdam, which links photography’s inception with the modern day.

Cristina de Middel blends traditional documentary photography with fresh conceptual ideas.

Living in a village by the sea near Lisbon, Tesera Freitas started out as a designer with a camera. Her works offers a place where fantasy meet aesthetics.

In 1921, influential poet T.S Eliot spent time in Margate. A new show draws connections between The Waste Land and visual arts.

Candida Höfer investigates Mexico’s architectural and urban spaces, capturing the façades, floors and interiors of public structures.

Jeffrey Milstein’s aerial photographs provide new perspectives on the urban landscape through geometry, colour and form.

Ann Shelton’s body of work occupies the space between documentary and conceptual photography, investigating collective histories.

This Synthetic Moment brings together a diverse selection of artists using photography as a means to assert a strong sense of identity.

In an accelerating landscape, fresh ways of understanding the world become important. Bloomberg New Contemporaries offers insight.

Gerry Johansson’s images are devoid of human presence, yet reflect the lives of individuals in fresh and revealing ways.

A new exhibition questions how India’s past, present and future are represented from a female perspective.

YSP has consistently positioned itself within the arena of creative social change, a notion continued in a collection that, quite simply, makes a difference.

Conceptual artist He Xiangyu’s recent film, The Swim, captures the uncanny truths of the practitioner’s childhood home.

In an age of gratuitous image editing and fake news, it is hard to distinguish artificiality from reality. Alex Prager investigates this confusion.

A site-specific installation by Christopher Page transforms the gallery space through a series of illusions.

Visionary artist Gordon Parks gave a voice to the under-represented through photography, words and music.

Theo Simpson combines materials, processes and technologies from the past and present to open up fresh dialogues.

The way society consumes information is shifting. MACK foregrounds the enduring conceptual importance and materiality of their volumes.

Valérie Belin is interested in artificiality and reality, questioning the construction of ideals by abstracting the human form.

Notions of incarceration impact individuals on a global scale. Prison Nation, a new exhibition at Aperture Foundation, examines the relationship between art and imprisonment, investigating…

Public museums are cathedrals of knowledge. Jason Larkin highlights the visual presentation of war and conflict in such institutions.

Façades are designed to conceal hidden realities. Exhibitions running 13-14 January construct and dissect exteriors to investigate such illusions.

Brassaï’s evocative body of work examines daily life in Paris. His images of the nocturnal landscape make meaningful use of light.

White Cube showcases Andreas Gursky’s Rückblick. The artist’s monumental photographic work critically examines the impact of capitalism.

The term “soft power” is used to described how political rhetoric is deployed through culture. Jasmina Cibic examines this rhetoric.