Aesthetica Magazine – The Art & Culture Magazine

Images Mirrored

Sarah Meyohas is widely known for works that make invisible systems visible. Now, the artist presents an exciting new piece of installation art at Desert X.

Detailed Perspective

Claudio Dell’Osa presents cross-section views of Mediterranean fruits and vegetables: asparagus, chicory, fennel, parsley, peppers and strawberry.

Worlds Up Close

Images by Bevil Templeton-Smith make use of the microscope to document sweeping abstract shapes and colours found in everyday household objects.

Beneath the Waves

Thirza Schaap’s sculptures are constructed with plastic collected on beaches, raising awareness of the urgent pollution crisis through visual juxtapositions.

Stories Unfolding

Carter Baran captures surreal, hazy images that are lit by an eerie glow, making audiences pause and wonder: what’s going to happen next in the story?

Study in Humanity

The portraits of Han Yang are imbued with deep emotion, drawing inspiration from abstraction, fashion, philosophy, posthumanism and surrealism.

Powerful Storytelling

Fondazione Brescia Musei shows Joel Meyerowitz’s pioneering street photography, highlighting his innovative use of colour and rich urban portraits.

Rediscovering the Self

The Box Plymouth’s retrospective of Jyll Bradley highlights a varied and distinguished career that considers identity, light, nature and queerness.

Illuminating the Cosmos

For Bradford 2025 UK City of Culture, experiential collective Marshmallow Laser Feast turns its visionary lens towards our place in the universe.

Aesthetica Art Prize:
Open For Entries

Submit to one of the UK’s most prestigious awards for creative talent, celebrating boundary-pushing work across a range of media. Win £10,000 & more.

Undiscovered Worlds

Rob Blanken’s abstract photography uncovers the hidden world of crystals, offering an insight into how the patterns are mirrored in the human body.

May’s Top Photography Shows

The top exhibitions to see this May bring emerging artists to the fore, spotlight overlooked creatives and offer new perspectives on well established names.

Lawrence Lek: A Dystopian
Vision of Tomorrow’s Mind

Lawrence Lek’s immersive installation presents a vision of the future where the boundaries between humans, machines and AI have been blurred.

A Stark Reality

Zed Nelson’s book, ‘The Anthropocene Illusion’, shines a light on the ways that humanity tries to recreate nature despite environmental destruction.

Visionary Installation

NSU Art Museum presents a collection of iconic duo Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s work, highlighting their creative process and large-scale installations.

Ocean Futures

‘Beach of Dreams’ brings eight new commissions to coastal locations around the UK, working with communities to create art that celebrates the sea.

Celebrating Art and Nature

In a time of accelerating climate anxiety and ecological crisis, Kew Gardens invites us to pause, look closely and reconnect with the natural world.

Creative Discoveries

Photographer Nadia Attura transforms typical desert landscapes into surreal, dreamlike locations, inviting audiences to step into a technicolour paradise.

York Minster Talent Award:
Call for Applications

York Minster and Aesthetica have teamed up to launch two £10,000 commissions, recognising bold new voices in sound and contemporary art.

Memories of Home

Tate Modern’s new exhibition of Korean artist Do Ho Suh’s large-scale, fabric installations considers the question: is home is a place, an idea or a feeling?