Czech carnivals and a "Pandora's Box" of shape-shifting, imaginary scenes as photographer Markéta Luskačová and painter Francis West combine mystical forces.

Model Court, a collective of visual and conceptual artists, provides a striking interrogation of the controversial use of technology in universal jurisdiction.

Maurizio Anzeri creates imagined identities from found photographs and abstract embroidery as part of Diffusion, Cardiff's Biennial International Photography Festival.

Marc Wilson's project to photograph World War II defences has resulted in a thought-provoking series of ethereal "documentary landscapes" at Fort Nelson.

David Shrigley, Laure Prouvost, Lynette Yiadom-Boakye and Tino Sehgal are the four artists who will compete for this year's Turner Prize.

Having seen deforestation on his native Brazilian farm, acclaimed photographer Sebastião Salgado went to five corners of the earth in pursuit of a portrait of the natural world.

From dancers in Fatboy Slim videos to works directed by Andy Warhol, an extensive survey of pop videos past and present features Queen, Prince, Björk, Ladytron and Bob Dylan.

Led by an award-winning artist, new photographers from six local places of worship - including Sikh, Islamic, Hindu and Jewish centres - have portrayed their communities.

A rock and roll soundtrack and more than 100 snaps of the Beatles and friends as the V&A's touring show of Harry Hammond's iconic shots visits Scarborough Art Gallery.

More than 3,000 photographs taken by famed American photographer Lee Miller will be published online in a new image library created by the Lee Miller Archive.

The Whitworth in Manchester is showing a video spinoff from Michael Landy's milestone installation at Tate Britain, Semi Detached.

Drawing inspiration from a collection of more than 800,000 objects, taxidermy, insects, eggs and skulls add up to a natural history exhibition with a difference.

Irish artist Gerard Byrne picks through ephemeral media from the previous century to reanimate past debates for an absorbing exhibition at the Whitechapel.

Voting is about to open to decide which artists head where for Culture24's Museums at Night competition, Connect10. Every vote will count. Find out which venues are taking part.

Following a record number of competitors last year, entries have just opened for this year's edition of the Royal Observatory's annual search for super space snappers.

In an exhibition in Nottingham, an all-female photography collective reveal alternative realities in the much-stereotyped Middle East.

Hockney returns to the Walker in Liverpool, Henry Moore pops up everywhere, Jeremy Deller heads out on tour and the Fry Art Gallery has another trump card up its sleeve. Make a visit to a gallery your new year resolution.

Sheffield's Millennium Gallery is the setting for an exciting exhibition of landscape art inspired by the writings and beliefs of John Ruskin.

The official engagement card of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge and a Christmas card featuring the Prince of Wales are among eight exhibits on show in London.

A dramatic underwater photo of Emperor Penguins and a striking photo of a kite are the two main winners in the Veolia Environnement Wildlife Photographer of the Year Awards.

Satellite events compete with Brighton Photo Biennial for venues and attention in the growing sibling event, which once again finds a hub at Phoenix Brighton.

The Merseyside gallery brings together works about nationhood and migration as part of the Liverpool Biennial, which has launched under the theme The Unexpected Guest.

An extraordinary 17-year project putting cameras into the hands of Brazilian street kids is getting its first gallery showing at Fabrica for the Brighton Photo Biennial.

A new exhibition at the Harris Museum in Preston, part of this weekend's Digital Aesthetic³ 2012 conference, reveals some of the different ways artists are using digital technologies.

Modern Art Oxford is hosting a major solo exhibition of celebrated French artist Jean-Luc Moulène with an eclectic collection of works from the 1990s to the present.

A London exhibition on the graphic design work of husband and wife team Charles and Ray Eames features the furniture, toys, sculptures and films of a 40-year career.

A FACT commision which saw artist Liliane Lijn "fly" a flock of geese to the moon and relay the journey back to the gallery has won an international digital arts award.

Selected anonymously from an open competition, the final four in this year's Taylor Wessing prize reflect a range of approaches to photographic portraiture.

The Royal West of England Academy has issued an open invitation for entries from all artistic disciplines to feature in its annual exhibition in Bristol this October.

The Natural History Museum previews one of the entries from this year’s Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition as tickets go on sale for the October exhibition.

Bill Brandt, Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Frank all feature in a show which documents life in the capital between 1930 and 1980.

Northamptonshire's boot and shoe heritage is being celebrated with a series of art events, beginning with the booting of Coventry's Cultural Olympiad Godiva Awakes.

Brighton Photo Biennial 2012 is set to burst across the city's streets in October with a bold and radical programme encompassing squatting, surveillance, protest and warfare.

Part of the London 2012 festival, the Gallery's largest ever commission features an array of faces working on the Olympic games, including Boris Johnson and Mark Cavendish.

Saatchi Online's mission to give up-and-coming artists a chance to find an audience - and flog some work - sees 100 curators select 1,000 emerging artists for an online exhibition.

Seven films, more than 30 drawings and a new commission comprise Stanya Kahn's exhibition It's Cool, I'm Good at Cornerhouse in Manchester.

The first show of Daniel Meadows' work in Wales includes the holiday resorts and buses-turned-darkrooms of the man who once joined Martin Parr in portraying Britain.

Benin artist Romuald Hazoumé's third solo show at London's October Gallery turns masks into portraits of real people from his native country. Referencing unspoken language, they are wry, beautiful and enlightening, says Jennie Gillions.

Ben Miller is mesmerised by the sculptural installations of Richard Long and the poetic social histories embedded in the film installation of Luke Fowler at the Hepworth Wakefield.

The team behind Bristol's media studio and cultural cinema is marking the date with a programme showcasing art, television and creative work all made in the city.

Rooted in the 1982 Falklands/Malvinas War, the display mixes landscape imagery with testimonies from both British and Argentine veterans who fought in the conflict.

The French artist brings film and documentation to the South London gallery, with testimonies from May Shigenobu and Masao Adachi.

There is plenty to say about The Artist Talks, a North London exhibition exploring discourses surrounding artwork.

The Chichester gallery hosts photos and paintings by David Dawson, the late great portrait artist's friend, model and assistant.

One of a group chosen to play themselves in a movie by the Turner Prize-winning artist, Akhtar tells Culture24 about the experience.

A first UK survey for American artist Daria Martin features four 16mm films, including the brand new Sensorium Tests, aiming to suggest that objects "can be sentient or animate”.

The first major survey of the Japanese artist's work brings together painting, documentation, film, and installation in a show of two halves.

Artist Chrisptopher Baker collates 5,000 video diaries to make moving image debut for an annexe to the Cheslea gallery.

Last Monday, Martin Boyce won the 2011 Turner Prize at a lavish awards bash at Gateshead's BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art. Mark Sheerin was there to see it - almost.

Footage from a voyage to the Galapagos forms basis of a solo show from Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt at FACT.