In surrealist black and white staged images, Astrid Verhoef leaves urban life behind, exploring new connections with the organic world.

International photographers explore human experiences in the 20th and 21st centuries, responding to events shaping the landscape.

Joachim Brohm and Alec Soth document social environments. Two Rivers is a new exhibition exploring life in Germany and the US.

Baltimore Museum of Art and Freersackler Gallery present new shows considering contemporary Asian photography, expanding upon a turbulent history.

Monuments have been created for thousands of years. The Design Museum reflects on notions of history and narrative in projects by David Adjaye.

Tickets are available for the The Future Now Symposium, a two-day exploration of 21st century culture through the mechanism of art.

Good Grief, Charlie Brown! at Somerset House demonstrates the enduring power of popular culture through the lens of Charles M. Schulz.

Must-read publications for January span architecture, photography and design, offering comprehensive histories from India to the US.

Photographer Ka-Man Tse is the winner of the 2018 Aperture Portfolio Prize, focusing on LGBTQ and Asian Pacific Islander communities.

A double exhibition of works by photographer Erwin Olaf takes a personal look at his craft, stylistic development and storytelling methods.

Blurring the boundaries between photography, illustration and digital painting, Alex Fruehmann’s works offer alternate storylines.

Aesthetica’s selection of must-see photography shows for early January offers conceptual visions of iconic natural and urban landscapes.

The Map and the Territory at Jeu de Paume, Paris, is a retrospective surveying colour photographs taken by Luigi Ghirri in Modena during the 1970s.

Haute Photographie offers an international line-up, celebrating a selection of new talents whilst foregrounding the medium’s rich history.

A retrospective of Dorothea Lange at Jeu de Paume, Paris, spans work from the early 1930s to lesser-known pieces of the 1950s.

Mounted in celebration of European Month of Photography 2018, a show spans four decades of images by Ute Mahler and Werner Mahler.

The cinematic mise-en-scène of everyday urban life is central to this retrospective of Northern Irish photographer Hannah Starkey.

Stylised photography, social documentary and abstract art come together at the close of December, revealing the evolving nature of art.

ICP’s first retrospective of Eugene Richards spans nearly 50 years and explores critical themes in the photographer’s career.

Of Individuals and Places comprises images that depict real or imaginary places, or indeed those in an ambiguous position between the two.