Colombian artist Ivan Argote has been based in France since 2005, where he commenced studies at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Beaux-Arts. He works with a multitude of media, always being provocative in his statements.

In the largest partnership of its kind in England, four art institutions and five universities are working together to showcase the new work of emerging artists in the West Midlands.

This spring, Moderna Museet Malmö will provide an insight into the rich legacy of Nordic photography with A Way of Life – Swedish Photography from Christer Strömholm until Today.

Sum of Us examines the relationship of the part to the whole through the work of six Kansas City artists. This exhibition will collates sculpture, photography, drawing, and many other mediums.

Artist Jamal Penjweny reflects upon life in Iraq today through photography and video. Ikon opens the first solo exhibition of Penjweny under the title Saddam is Here on 19 February until 21 April.

The work of celebrated photojournalist and portrait photographer Harry Benson CBE will be represented in the first major retrospective, 50 Years Behind the Lens, in England at MALLETT this February.

Taking Shots is one of three exhibitions currently running at The Photographers’ Gallery which showcase the work of artists known primarily for their work outside the photographic field.

Marking 50 years since the Civil Rights Act of 1964, The Movement: Bob Adelman and Civil Rights Era Photography showcases 100 iconic Bob Adelman’s photos, documenting the struggles of black Americans in the 1960s.

‘Kesh Angels is a solo exhibition of work by Moroccan-born, UK-based artist, Hassan Hajjaj. Running from 28 January until 2 March, the presentation marks Hajjaj’s first show in New York.

Carroll/ Fletcher’s Now Showing is conceived as a journey that explores the fundamental elements constituting filmmaking; each piece investigates approaches towards technical processes.

Over 300 photographs and documents will expose the extraordinary career of one of the 20th century’s leading photographers at Philippe Halsman, Astonish Me! Open from 29 January.

Freedom Riders is powerful and harrowing in equal measure. The film follows the inspirational story of six months that changed America permanently. From May until November of 1961, more than 400 black and white Americans risked their lives.

Photorealism is currently on display at Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery until 30 March. The exhibition is the first major survey of the niche movement in the UK.

Encounter Fine Art seeks to transform the way in which artworks and audiences interact. Interested in the critical observation of art, the company specialises in the creation of co-existing digital and physical exhibition spaces.

Bringing Scandinavian Noir to the English coast is John Skoog’s stark yet poetic film Redoubt. Towner Museum and Art Gallery has commissioned the 2013/14 ars viva prize winning artist to create a film for his first solo UK gallery exhibition.

Sensing Spaces: Architecture Reimagined at the Royal Academy of Arts is an exploration of the essential elements of the art form and the way in which humans interact with space everyday.

A key organisation for promoting the work of emerging artists in Manchester, Castlefield Gallery’s latest exhibition, Radical Conservatism, has been curated by Pil and Galia Kollectiv from London.

Photographs of well-known faces playing various roles in unusual settings will be on display in Dark Tales, the first solo show by internationally acclaimed Rich Hardcastle at Mead Carney.

Berlin Fashion Week showcased some of the biggest competitors in the casual streetwear market and drew a sharp contrast with the trends appearing at high-end presentations such as Premium and Bread & Butter.

Sidi Larbi Cherkaoui’s Apocrifu is an exploration of apocryphal religious texts through the use of the human body. Collaborating with two other dancers, the piece examines major ideologies.

Working with the Opéra Théâtre de Saint-Étienne and the Musée d’art moderne, Nouveau Siècle Festival creates a focal point for American art through a new strand, The New York Moment.

Dance Machines – From Léger to Kraftwerk focuses on the modernist fascination with machines and mechanised life, and how the band Kraftwerk, has explored the relationship between man and machine in various multidisciplinary projects.

Jessica Jackson Hutchins’ practice is difficult to define, restlessly evolving and engaging with a multiplicity of formal vocabularies, and exploring topics from the absurd to the profound.

The Bread & Butter trade show demonstrates the importance of the craft behind the garment. An emphasis on quality, bespoke tailoring was apparent even within visual merchandising.

New animations and photography works are currently on display at Gazelli Art House from Aziz + Cucher. The art showcases their sustained interest in representing the landscape through their lyrical, meditative, and occasionally sinister perspective.

From Duchamp-esque sculpture to intensely personal painting, Subodh Gupta’s collection Everything is Inside will be shown at the National Gallery of Modern Art, New Delhi.

Los Angeles photographic art exposition, photo l.a. returns for its 23rd edition from 16 – 19 January. The long-standing event takes up residence in the iconic LA Mart building for the first time this year.

M+ is Hong Kong’s new museum for visual culture, encompassing 20th and 21st century art, design and architecture and the moving image from Hong Kong, China, Asia and beyond.

Tate have announced the BMW Tate Live 2014 performance programme today. Now in its third year, BMW Tate Live is a major four-year partnership between BMW and Tate, which focuses on innovative live performances and events.

Entering the Capsule trade show at Berlin Fashion Week was like entering the height of shabby-chic. Minimal metal bars displaying clothes stood alongside bare wooden crates, industrial concrete flooring and original brick walls.

The Architecture Centre in Bristol presents an exhibition of winning projects from the Royal Institute of British Architects’ prestigious international awards programme.

Until 19 January, the 26th edition of the London Art Fair, showcasing the best of Modern British and contemporary art, will feature its first museum partnership with The Hepworth Wakefield.

In recent years Nina Canell has exhibited at major international shows, including La Triennale, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, the 18th Biennale of Sydney and the 2010 Liverpool Biennial.

In just two days Art Stage Singapore is due to open, showcasing all that is great about Asian Contemporary Art. The fair brings together professionals and enthusiasts to discover emerging and established talent within the art industry.

Neon colour and geometric shapes light up the work of photographer Jessica Eaton (b.1977) in her debut London exhibition, Ad Infinitum, on display at The Hospital Club Gallery in collaboration with Print Sales at The Photographers’ Gallery.

Best known for his large and open forms, leading British sculptor Richard Deacon utilises elements of engineering and combines these with sculptural techniques to create sinuous and contorted shapes.

Bringing together photographs, photograms, videos, and works on paper, Unexplored Territory is a collection of varied and interconnected work from Kevin Cooley and Phillip Andrew Lewis.

Haunted with ghostly shapes and a sense of eeriness, the new oil paintings and watercolours of acclaimed Irish artist Ciarán Murphy are on display at the Taymour Grahne Gallery until 22 January.

Light installation GRID is a work of designer Christopher Bauder (WHITEvoid) and consists of 50 motorised LED-rod triangles that form a massive dynamic grid, spreading over 200 square meters.

Returning for its sixth edition, India Art Fair opens 30 January in New Delhi. The premier modern and contemporary fair has a global reputation as being one of South Asia’s leading art events.

A selection of 19 artists working across a range of media trace the contours of the human body in Body Language. This show spans the grotesque to the uncanny, and the poignant to the satirical.

As one of the UK’s leading photography spaces, Open Eye’s latest offering explores the work of two very different artists in an exhibition that opens up their works parallels and shared interests.

Moving restlessly between disciplines of film, performance, sound and site-specific installation, the exhibition captures the diversity and complexity of Laure Prouvost whose name has now become a topical buzzword of the contemporary art scene.

The inaugural Jerwood Open Forest exhibition examines art in the environment and what it has the potential to be in its broadest definition. This unique, multisensory exhibition of new work charts the five selected projects over a six-­‐month period.

As one of the most celebrated British photographers of the 20th century, with a career spanning six decades, Terry O’Neill is famed for his iconic photos of actors, musicians and politicians.

Opening on 10 January, an exhibition of work by Thomas Struth will be on display at Marian Goodman Gallery. Struth’s recent series investigates the complexity of techno-scientific spaces throughout Asia, Europe and the Americas.

The Zabludowicz Collection will unveil a solo exhibition of New York-based artist Trisha Baga, in her first non-commercial gallery in the UK. It will unfold around the dramatic architecture of the Collection’s north London home.

Mass media and new technologies have been influencing art as early as the 19th century. More recently with the Internet, technology and the media have increased the accessibility of experiencing art.

For Stan Douglas‘ 12 solo show at David Zwirner, the artist will debut a new film Luanda-Kinshasa on 9 January, marking the first time the artist has filmed on location in New York.

Hannah Höch was a driving force in the development of 20th century collage. Splicing together images taken from fashion magazines and journals, she created a humorous and moving commentary on society.