Sense of Narrative
Yannis Davy Guibinga is passionate about telling stories rooted in Africa and its diaspora. He uses bright hues and striking imagery to do just that
Surreal Everyday
Bobby Beasley is a self-taught photographer shaking up documentary style through the use of unexpected camera angles, intense saturation and bright lighting.
Living in Nature
Across coasts and forests, architects redefine the myth of the Canadian cabin through site-specific blueprints and more sustainable material choices.
States of Becoming
The Aesthetica Art Prize celebrates 20 years with a bold show of visionary practitioners working in film, photography, painting, sculpture and much more.
Vibrant Botanicals
Hyperreal plant pictures by Tom Leighton ask audiences to step onto another planet, which has been consumed by luminous, verdant undergrowth.
Emotive Atmosphere
Vijay Sarathy’s evocative pieces respond to the artist’s life in the Himalayas and his own deeply personal relationship with its diverse landscape.
Launching Aesthetica’s
August/September 2026 Edition
A peek inside the most recent edition of our printed magazine. Discover artists who reflect the world around us, whilst offering new ways to understand it.
Helio Oiticica’s Radical
Approach to Installation Art
Goodwood Art Foundation has unveiled the first outdoor installation to be shown in Europe by the renowned Brazilian practitioner Hélio Oiticica.
Reimagining Archives:
Edinburgh Art Festival 2026
Edinburgh Art Festival 2026 presents a city-wide programme exploring photographic archives as living spaces of memory, identity and endless possibility.
Refik Anadol’s Latent City
Memory, Data & the Future
The opening exhibition at BRUSK, Refik Anadol’s Latent City transforms data into an immersive experience, exploring memory, data and AI.
Larry Achiampong Returns
to an Iconic Moving-Image Series
Larry Achiampong will present his the latest film in his iconic series Relic 4 as part of a bold exhibition at KARST gallery in Plymouth, opening this October.
Performing Uncertainty:
Somerset House Studios at 10
A three-day event marks Somerset House Studios’ tenth anniversary, with a programme exploring the intersection of performance, AI and digital culture.
Widline Cadet’s Biggest
US Exhibition Explores Migration
Rooted in photography and expanded through video, family snapshots, and installation, Cadet explores Black diasporic life through her lived experience.
Stardust: Reframing
the Many Faces of Fame
Stardust brings together a century of portraits to examine how photography constructs public identity, placing women at the centre of the narrative.
Our Top Photography
Shows to Visit this Summer
These five exhibitions cast familiar photographs, locations and buildings in new light, asking audiences what happens when we change our perspective.
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Defines Home and Belonging
Tell Me Where Home Is gives a complex and nuanced portrait of migration, belonging and home in today’s increasingly unsettled sociopolitical climate.
John Baldessari: the Artist
Who Taught Images How to Think
The first major institutional Baldessari survey in South Florida brings together nearly 40 works
spanning five decades of an impressive career.
Five Images from the
Scottish Portrait Awards 2026
Over 180 contemporary photographers, from Orkney to Dumfries and Galloway and beyond, have been shortlisted for the Scottish Portrait Awards.
The Enduring Legacy of
Photographer Gordon Parks
An insightful new exhibition spotlights the work of Gordon Parks from the fascinating perspective of the family and friends of those he photographed.
Fotografiska Berlin Asks
How AI Is Shaping Our World
Photographer Carole Lampe asks whether we can tell the difference between what has been produced by an artist, and what has been made by AI.
States of Becoming:
Aesthetica Art Prize 2026
This month, Aesthetica opened the 20th edition of the Aesthetica Art Prize with a bold exhibition at York Art Gallery, which will run until November.
Catherine Opie Considers the
Museum as a Space of Recognition
To Be Seen at Royal Scottish Academy explores how museum can shape collective memory and challenge traditional narratives of power and identity.
A New Reading of Alexander
Calder and Georgia O’Keeffe
Hauser & Wirth opens Palo Alto gallery with Calder | O’Keeffe, an exhibition exploring the artistic dialogue between two icons of American modernism.
Gothic Photography
at Martin Parr Foundation
With images spanning a period of more than 80 years Dark Tales explores the relationship between the Gothic and British documentary photography.
Anya Gallaccio and
the Art of Impermanence
Set within the atmospheric landscapes of Gunton Park in Norfolk, Anya Gallaccio’s latest exhibition examines decay, ecology and the passage of time.
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