Nothing to declare? World maps of art since ’89, Akademie der Künste

Nothing to declare? World maps of art since ’89, is the new documentary project scale exhibition devoted to the global processes of change in the art world since 1989 at Akademie der Künste.

ON/OFF: China’s Young Artist’s in Concept and Practice, Beijing

Applauding China’s young artists, the Ullens Center for Contemporary Art opens its 2013 programme with ON/OFF: China’s Young Artist’s in Concept and Practice. Beginning on 13 January.

(On) Accordance, Grand Union, Birmingham

The art scene in Birmingham has been given a new lease of life. Alongside the main commercial galleries there has been an abundance of lesser known exhibitions orchestrated by recent graduates.

Art on the Underground and BFI Present the Canary Wharf Screen

For the final instalment of the Canary Wharf Screen, Art on the Underground collaborates with the BFI to screen a season of films showcasing unseen footage, restored film, and newer works.

Interview with Photographer Richard Gilligan

Photographer Rich Gilligan’s new new body of work focuses on the phenomenon of the guerilla skatepark. His debut photobook entitled DIY is the fruit of…

Bedwyr Williams: My Bad, Mission Gallery, Swansea

With a wry humour and sharp wit, Bedwyr Williams continues to reflect on the human condition. The exhibition feels like a tour around Bedwyr’s mind, his humour, his fears, his annoyance and bugbears.

Yaakov Israel: The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey, Bradford

The Quest for the Man on the White Donkey, is a series of Yaakov Israel’s stunning photography. Choosing his home nation, Yaakov takes his viewers on a personal journey into Israel.

Review of Barbara Hepworth: The Hospital Drawings

Between 1947 and 1949, Barbara Hepworth produced around 80 works of surgeons at work. This period of activity followed the friendship that resulted from the hospitalisation of her daughter.

Eva Hesse 1965 at Hauser & Wirth, London

In 1964, Eva Hesse and her husband were invited by Friedrich Arnhard Scheidt to a residency in Kettwig an der Ruhr. The following 15 months marked a significant transformation in Hesse’s practice.

Mikhail Karikis: SeaWomen at Arnolfini, Bristol

Arnolfini presents Mikhail Karikis’ new film and sound installation SeaWomen, focussing on a vanishing community of elderly female sea workers living on the North Pacific island of Jeju.

Modern Languages at The Lighthouse, Glasgow

Modern Languages offers the contemporary perspectives of five artists/ designers on the traditions of Irish craft: Nao Matsunaga, Laura Mays, Deirdre Nelson, Ciara Phillips and Barbara Ridland.

Julia Vogl: PREDICTING – The London Winter Weather at Hoxton Art Gallery, London

Hoxton Art Gallery will present the work of six of their represented artists; Beatrice Haines, HaYoung Kim, Julia Vogl, Nadine Feinson, Nadine Mahoney and Steven Dickie at London Art Fair 2013.

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty, Sadler’s Wells, London

Matthew Bourne’s Sleeping Beauty sees the choreographer return to the music of Tchaikovsky to complete the trio of the composer’s ballet masterworks that started in 1992 with Nutcracker.

James Capper: Open Air at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

Featuring three large-scale walking sculptures in the landscape and models, drawings and films in the Bothy Gallery, this exhibition at YSP is a timely showcase of James Capper’s career to date.

Review of Kate MccGwire: LURE, All Visual Arts, London

Occupying a liminal space between nature, science and art, Kate MccGwire’s sculptures are both ominous and sensuous. Made from masses of delicate feathers, they are “impossible creatures”.

Joel Meyerowitz 50 Years of Photographs Part II: 1978-2012 at Howard Greenberg Gallery, New York

Howard Greenberg Gallery presents its worldwide representation of Joel Meyerowitz, whose first solo show with the gallery, 50 Years of Photographs, is a survey of the artist’s career in two parts.

Review of Bloomberg New Contemporaries, London

For those unfamiliar with the New Contemporaries premise, the exhibition contains a small selection of this year’s crop of British art school graduates, picked by a panel of previous New Contemporaries.

Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Award Winners Ed Atkins and Naheed Raza at Jerwood Space, London

This January, the recipients of the Jerwood/Film and Video Umbrella Awards, Ed Atkins and Naheed Raza, premiere their ambitious new commissions at Jerwood Visual Arts, Jerwood Space, London.

Review of Beat Streuli: New Street, Birmingham

Triumphantly harbouring the works of Beat Streuli’s latest show New Street, Birmingham’s Ikon has been transformed into an ensemble of diverted perception and indirect human observation.

Mark and Kristen Sink: New Work, New York

Mark and Kristen Sink present a new body of work. In order to create works with a bold vintage effect, the duo utilised one of the oldest techniques in photographic history: the collodion wet plate.