Shaping Elements
Lachlan Turczan, one of this year’s Lumen Prize finalists, experiments with natural phenomena in order to shape multisensory installation artwork.
Latent Memories
Albarrán Cabrera’s photographs traverse luscious, light-drenched forests and lakes, where sunbeams dapple through tree branches and over the water.
Garden Up Close
Marine Lanier’s Le Jardin d’Hannibal series is set in one of Europe’s highest botanical gardens, home to a variety of plants from the largest mountains.
Evoking Paintings
Cristina Spagnolo showcases crisp photographic portraits and nature images inspired by the light, detail and form of art from the 1500s and 1600s.
Silent Interiors
Architecture is Satijn Panyigay’s subject of choice, creating brooding depictions of empty buildings and cinematically-lit homes under construction.
Meet the Aesthetica Art Prize
Shortlist: Susanna Wallin
Susanna Wallin’s multi-media work asks questions about what we do with our time and what we can gain if we view the world from a new perspective.
For All At Last Return:
Oceans as Archive & Imagination
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art presents a major group exhibition on marine ecosystems, from near-shore and intertidal zones to coral reefs.
A Shared Vision
In the next installment of our MPB: The Next Shot series, filmmaker Hilary Powell shares the joy in passing on a camera to give it a new lease of life.
Lygia Clark:
Art as Experience
A new retrospective of pioneering artist Lygia Clark at the Kunsthaus Zürich features more than 120 original pieces alongside 50 participatory replicas.
Science/Fiction:
A Non-History of Plants
A new exhibition at Foto Arsenal Wien brings together over 40 artists who foreground plants and nature as protagonists in contemporary art.
Liz West: Chromatic Encounters
Liz West is renowned for installations that play with light and colour. Her latest work transforms a Manchester building into an immersive experience.
Contemporary Portraiture In Focus
These artists use symbolism, colour theory, paint strokes and bubbles to tell stories, uncover hidden meanings and encourage us to see differently.
The Stillness of Life
A new publication foregrounds the landscape and still life photography of Don McCullin, an artist best-known for documenting global conflicts.
Time, Memory & the Future:
Saatchi Gallery Marks 40 Years
Over its four-decade history, Saatchi Gallery has continuously reshaped the cultural landscape. Its anniversary exhibition celebrates this legacy.
Cosmic Exploration
Fotografiska Tallinn’s latest exhibition features 14 acclaimed artists who are grappling with questions around who experiences space, how and why.
Saodat Ismailova: Suspended States
Melted into the Sun, opening at BALTIC, is a meditation on thresholds, transitions and the suspended state where history and myth converge.
Abstracted Visions:
Photographers to Know
Spotlighting five contemporary creatives, previously featured in Aesthetica, who are using microscopes, mirrors, paper and more to reimagine photography.
Technological Worlds:
Ayoung Kim at MoMA PS1
Three acclaimed video installations are being shown together for the first time in New York, using video game engines to hold up a mirror to the gig economy.
Memory, Emotion and Craft
We’re excited to release the first film in the MPB: The Next Shot series. Filmmaker Andi Hampton shares the story of how cameras shape his practice.
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