The Center for Photography at Woodstock explores the state of the human condition through the work of eighteen practitioners.

The role of the art institution is evolving. Art Fund’s Museum of the Year seeks out innovation, celebrating galleries across the UK.

Practitioners from Taiwan explore the lasting effects of authoritarianism, social ideology, environmental disaster and international politics.

Viviane Sassen’s series, Roxane II, documents the intimate reciprocal relationship between the photographer and her muse.

To portray the complexities of daily life, Cig Harvey creates intimate portraits of family members and close friends.

Through aerial photography, Jeffrey Milstein draws a unique portrait of New York and Los Angeles.

By using a singular material, Tara Donovan’s innovative sculptural pieces foreground the physical characteristics of everyday objects.

Ikuru Kuwadjima’s photobook, I, Oblomov, uncovers a strange state of inertia and lethargy that defines the contemporary condition.

Fariba Farshad, founding director of Photo London, reflects on the significance of the solo show in the digital age.

Shedding light on the state of post-war America, Robert Frank’s images draw a striking portrait of the nation at a pivotal moment in history.

A new publication by Hatje Cantz focuses on Finnish photographer Ola Kolehmainen, capturing space and light in places of worship.

Approximately 3.8 billion people use the internet worldwide. ICA Boston investigates the influence of the web on visual art and society.

Joel Meyerowitz transformed the genre of street photography through a pioneering and striking use of colour.

Andreas Gefeller’s intentionally overexposed and abstracted compositions transform organic forms into something almost virtual

75 works by William Eggleston, a pioneer of modern colour photography, are displayed The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York.

MAXXI Museum, Rome, honours visionary architect Zaha Hadid with an exhibition foregrounding her relationship with Italy.

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

Paul Kasmin Gallery displays a series of Tina Barney’s works that capture the natural and urban landscapes of New England.

Lise Sarfati’s images capture the act of wandering, set against the architectural backdrop of downtown Los Angeles.

The second and final part of Eddo Hartmann’s photographic investigation into life in North Korea opens at Huis Marseille​.

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.

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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.