Virginia Beahan’s haunting photographs of the Salton Sea and its surroundings reveal the region’s layered history and precarious present.

New York-based artist Tara Donovan comes to Scotland for the first time, with an exhibition of sculptural works at Jupiter Artland, as part of the annual Edinburgh Art Festival.

Artists working in all media at any stage in their career are invited to enter the Aesthetica Art Prize, which remains open for entries until 31 August. In the countdown to the end of the month, we highlight longlisted artist Noémie Goudal.

From 29 August Hauser & Wirth brings an exhibition of new work in wood, plastic, neon, wool, and canvas by Martin Creed to its gallery in Zürich.

Gagosian Gallery announces its representation of the estate of video art pioneer Nam June Paik.

Pearl Lam Galleries, Hong Kong, presents the first solo exhibition in Asia of works by pioneer abstract expressionist, Robert Motherwell.

As part of the countdown to the deadline on 31 August, we take a look at our Judging Panel for 2016. Joining a selection of influential art figures is Whitney Hintz from the Hiscox Collection.

Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, is to unveil the first major retrospective of leading Finnish photographer Esko Männikkö, whose work is characterised by an almost magical use of light and colour.

There are 18 days to go until the Aesthetica Art Prize closes for entries. Today, we catch up with artist Laura Stevens, who was longlisted in the Photographic & Digital Art category.

Artist Marvin Gaye Chetwynd contributes to Edinburgh Art Festival’s commissioning strand The Improbable City with a hallucinatory interpretation of the world of historical novelist Mary Renault.

In Repetition and Difference multiples from The Jewish Museum’s collection are presented together with works by contemporary artists.

Retrospective From Bauhaus to Buenos Aires: Grete Stern and Horacio Coppola at MoMA, New York, until 4 October.

We interviewed Art Prize finalist Saliha Elhoussaini about her intricate drawing series Interdependence. Elhoussaini’s work reflects on the Chaos Theory and the interconnectivity between events.

Hiromi Tango: Fluorescence is now on show at Sullivan+Strumpf, Sydney. Tango’s working process sees no beginning and no end, incorporating used fragments into new textile pieces.

This September Luxembourg & Dayan will present Alberto Burri: Grafica, a show of rarely seen prints by a great innovator of postwar abstraction.

The Edinburgh International Festival opened on Friday 7 August with The Harmonium Project. This year’s programme features 2,300 artists from 39 countries, showcasing opera, theatre, music and dance from across the world.

Samara Golden’s immersive installation The Flat Side of the Knife at MoMA PS1
explores the concept of a 6th dimension.

Dr Sam Lackey works across all aspects of the collections at The Hepworth Wakefield, and is on the judging panel for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2016. We speak with the curator about her role.

For the first solo UK exhibition of work by Magnum photographer Harry Gruyaert, Magnum Print Room is presenting over 30 works taken from 1972-2004 which portray his innovative approach to colour.

Mankind’s interaction with the natural world is highlighted in variety of works by photographers including David Maisel and Alex MacLean.

Winner of the IK Prize 2015, Tate Sensorium by creative agency Flying Object offers an immersive exploration of key works from Tate’s prestigious art collection. The project seeks to reunite sight with the senses of taste, touch, smell and hearing.

The Photographer’s Gallery presents Arctic Stories, by award winning photographer Evgenia Arbugaeva.

Three weeks remain in the Aesthetica Art Prize 2016 call for entries. Longlisted artist Marijke de Goey was selected in 2015 with the sculptural piece Curly Burly (2012), published in Future Now.

For 247 years, the Royal Academy’s Summer Exhibition has offered a snapshot of contemporary art – and this year’s showcase is a riot of colour.

Bernd and Hilla Becher are best known for their heavy-contrast photographs featuring formalist architecture beneath overcast skies, having championed the German ‘New Objectivity’ style.

With three weeks to go until the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries closes, we reflect on the striking variety of artists’ film submitted to the competition including José Ramón Da Cruz’s audiovisual composition Madre Quentina.

We review land artist Richard Long’s new exhibition at the Arnolfini Centre, Bristol which focuses on the artist’s personal relationship to place and local materials in the area where he grew up and lives.

Now in its eighth year, Designs of the Year at Design Museum, London, celebrates projects that enable access and promote or deliver change.

Following its successful inauguration in 2014, Shaped in Mexico returns to London with a selection of over 150 works by 32 international artists. On view from 3 September, this unique, free show will take place at the Bargehouse.

There are 23 days to go in the call for submissions for the Aesthetica Art Prize. In the countdown, we spotlight finalist Rebeka Lord, whose painting Send Me on My Way was published in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology 2015, Future Now.

Keith Arnatt has occupied a key position in the history of British conceptual art for almost 50 years.

Anish Kapoor returns to Italy with Descension, an exhibition project conceived specially for the former cinema and theatre space of Galleria Continua.

Casino at Hangar Bicocca, Milan, is the first solo exhibition in Italy by Damián Ortega.

Charles Avery: The People And Things of Onomatopoeia is currently on display at Ingleby Gallery, as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2015.

Clare Lilley is Director of Programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), Wakefield, and a member of the judging panel for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2016. We speak with Lilley about her work at YSP and curatorial projects further afield.

Foam, Amsterdam, showcases the first solo exhibition of young French artist Noémie Goudal.

John Waters’ Beverly Hills John continues at Sprüth Magers, London, and finds Waters in a more reflective mood, hoping to resolve issues about childhood fame and the horrors of nouveau-riche excess.

As part of our countdown to the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries deadline, we speak to photographer Lottie Davies about her intimate depictions of past moments and hear about her developing career.

This August marks the 70th anniversary of Indonesian independence. As part of the celebration Cryptic (Glasgow) are putting together the largest show case of Indonesian culture within the UK.

Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980 focuses on the connections among an international scene of artists.

Conceptual artist Denys Blacker uses performance, sculpture and drawing to explore themes of symmetry and precision, as in The Noble Gases, which featured in the Aesthetica Art Prize 2015.

In collaboration with Autograph ABP, London, a retrospective of the late Rotimi Fani-Kayode, a seminal figure in 1980s black British and African contemporary art opens at Light Work, New York.

Plunging the spectator into a series of immersive environments, Infinity Theory offers audiences a unique sensory and psychological experience.

In the countdown to the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries deadline on 31 August, we interview 2016 panel judge Pavel S. Pyś, Exhibitions & Displays Curator at the Henry Moore Institute.

ExtraORDINARY at The Lowry, Manchester, explores everyday objects and actions in contemporary art, and will allow visitors to interact and contribute to the fabric of this engaging exhibition.

Tara Donovan’s freestanding sculpture Untitled (Mylar) and expansive installation Untitled (Plastic Cups) are on view at Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh.

Taiwanese artist Wu Tien-Chang’s series of light box stills, interactive video projections and installation explore westernisation in post-war Taiwan in a Collateral Event of the 56th International Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.

Tate Sensorium is the winning project of IK Prize 2015, an annual prize supported by the Porter Foundation and presented by Tate.

In the countdown to the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries deadline on 31 August, we look in detail at one of last year’s finalists, Chiang Lup Hong, a fine art illustrator based in Kuala Lumpur.

Renowned for her trademark oil on glass paintings, award-winning Beirut-born artist Ilona Szalay presents a selection of new work made specially for her first solo exhibition at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh.