Moment of Stillness

Nick Prideaux approaches taking pictures in a mindful way, catching fleeting and fragmented scenes as an ongoing thread of mini-vignettes.

Colour Unleashed

Fresh lilacs are paired with zesty yellows, rich greens with blues and deep reds with tangerine orange in Teklan’s new interior design projects.

Power of Expression

Anne Nobels presents a deeply personal set of photographs rooted in nature, that encourages viewers to open up to embracing vulnerability.

Worlds in Paper

Dutch artist Popel Coumou builds 3D rooms by layering and positioning geometric shapes that are hand-cut out of paper and cardboard.

Ideation to Reality

Leading designer Thomas Heatherwick looks back across 150 key projects, demonstrating the importance of hands-on collaborations.

Breaking Convention

Texture and reflection replace visual cues, as Luc Holper blurs the borderlines that usually separate recognisable and imaginary scenes.


UK Exhibitions to Look Out For in 2025

Discover one exhibition for every month of the year in 2025. This list spans shows of art, architecture, design, photography, science and technology.

An Enduring Symbol

Artist and cultural innovator Nian Liu is dedicated to preserving traditional shoemaking techniques, working at the borderlines of design and sculpture.

Hidden Cityscapes

Guido Klumpe’s abstract photography reveals unexpected beauty and poetry in the banal spaces often overlooked for more exciting destinations.

Mirroring Life Online

“Where does an image begin and where does it end?” is a pertinent question for our times. Five artists at Huis Marseille, Amsterdam, seek to answer it.

Legacy of Images

National Galleries of Scotland showcases the incredible work in its archive, celebrating 40 years of its world-class photography collection.

Beyond the Visible 

Photographer Zac Henderson makes the invisible visible with intricate imaginings of what dark matter would look like using iron filings and magnets.

Looking Forward: Aesthetica in 2025

We’re looking forward at an exciting year full of opportunities for creatives, writers, filmmakers and games developers across the twelve months.

Art, Culture and Ecology

A new show at LACMA leverages creativity, in all its forms, to spread the word about climate issues and how humanity is irrevocably changing the planet.

Memory Preserved 

Jeanne Moutoussamy-Ashe documents the unprecedented changes experienced by Black communities on Daufuskie Island.

Dawoud Bey’s Street Portraits

The landmark photographic series is on display at Denver Art Museum, foregrounding the importance of collaboration between artist and subject.

Personal Narratives

Aesthetica spoke to Raven Row curator John Millar about the gallery’s upcoming exhibition of Peter Hujar, a pioneering photographer of the 1980s.

A Sustainable Future

Whitney Museum presents a living citrus grove housed within a gallery, envisioned as a sculptural statement and a self-sustaining ecosystem.

Unexpected Landscapes

Visual artist Esteban Amaro creates otherworldly works that blur the line between sculpture and photography to transform familiar landscapes.

2024 Wrapped: Interviews That Shaped The Year

Aesthetica looks back on the insightful and inspiring interviews with artists that have been featured in the magazine throughout 2024.

5 Images for Winter

Snow covered fields. Icy lakes. Glowing lights. These five lens-based artists create works full of intrigue and atmosphere – evoking winter’s chill.

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