Magnum Retold asks contemporary photographers to respond to iconic documentary series from the agency’s archives.

Aperture Foundation Portfolio Prize winner Natalie Krick’s practice questions the notion of a fixed identity.

An exhibition of Axel Hütte’s early work tracks his restrained creative practice and interest in architectural forms, spanning 1978-1995.

Nicolas Dhervillers’ cinematic Detachment series offers the Anabaptist Amish community a new narrative.

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.

Deichtorhallen Hamburg brings together a selection of Alec Soth’s intimate portraits of everyday suburban life

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.

James Casebere’s innovative investigations into the nature of constructed spaces are inspired by world-renowned architect Luis Barragán.

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.

Gregor Sailer’s work uncovers a complex and uncanny world of façades hidden in the contemporary landscape.

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

Devoid of human activity, Candida Höfer’s abstracted images of grand architectural structures are pervaded by a sense of absence.

Wout Berger’s Poisoned Landscape series at Nederlands Fotomuseum examines the peculiar and deceiving beauty of polluted environments.

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.

Haus der Kunst​, Munich, brings together over 130 works that foreground Thomas Struth’s social concerns.

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

Read our top 10 suggestions for gifts this Christmas. From cultural institutions, independent and established companies, our list covers it all.

The work of pioneering video artist Bill Viola explores universal narratives of life, death and the human condition.

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Peter Bialobrzeski’s photographic series Die zweite Heimat explores the social condition of contemporary Germany through depictions of everyday places.

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.

Emerging photographer Julian Faulhaber’s series, LDPE, captures brand new public spaces that are untouched by human intervention.

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.

A selection of contemporary Swedish photographers question the nature of images at Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a show tracking the institutions’s past exhibitions.

The technological revolution has inspired developments across all creative disciplines, creating reciprocal design relationships.

Disrupting notions of the quotidian, Leandro Erlich’s practice employs optical illusions to create surprising visual works.

Experimental Dutch designer Joris Laarman and his team apply innovative digital technologies to the design process.

A major retrospective of work by Andreas Gursky marks the reopening of Hayward Gallery, London,​ following a two year refurbishment.

A selection of images from the archives of ILEX Gallery offers unexpected dialogues between a diverse range of practitioners and themes.

Nandita Raman’s images of abandoned single-screen theatres take the viewer on a journey through India’s forgotten cultural landmarks

The four artists shortlisted for this year’s prize respond to the pervasive nature of information in the accelerating digital age.

Interested in the elements that sit below the surface, Dean Bradshaw’s conceptual compositions focus on the finer details that define the exterior.

Jeanette Hägglund is a Swedish photographer based in Uppsala who has worked in the industry for 12 years across advertising and portraiture.

The ever-changing face of fashion is exemplified through a unique label that combines digital origins and clean styling with an ethical commitment.

Tania Franco Klein’s works uncover the darker elements of culture from over-consumption and media over-stimulation to emotional disconnection.

Both universal landscapes and personal experiences are represented in a new publication that considers the wider effects of architectural tourism.

Combining unprecedented technologies with traditional techniques, Lucy Johnston navigates the future of design.

Clarissa Bonet (b. 1986) is a Chicago-based artist whose work explores aspects of urbanness in both a physical and psychological context

Cig Harvey returns to Aesthetica with images from You an Orchestra You a Bomb, a new photobook that pays attention to the fragile present.

A major retrospective offers audiences an unprecedented understanding of an artist whose vision has been shaped by accelerating worlds.