We’re spotlighting our 2025 award winners, each one represents the very best of emerging talent across contemporary art, film, writing and music.

Pritzker Prize-winner Shigeru Ban has spent over four decades redefining what architecture can achieve, creating spaces that humane and visionary.

We spotlight five architectural photographers whose work redefines how we see urban spaces, experimenting with light, texture and abstraction.

A fresh look at the work of Nan Goldin, who has spent her career documenting intimacy, friendship, addiction and loss with an honest, unflinching eye.

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

We spotlight five photographers who capture the quiet magic found in woodlands, reminding audiences why it’s important to connect with nature.

Kunsthal Rotterdam’s retrospective of the designer offers not only a reflection on an extraordinary career, but also a vision of fashion’s future.

These highlights reflect our ongoing commitment to championing innovation across art, film, music and design, while creating space for new voices.

When Chen Chuanduan was a child, he often dreamt of the stars. Now, he’s presenting a work of docu-fiction that attempts to recapture these lost visions.

The Brooklyn Museum presents the most expansive North American exhibition of the legendary Malian photographer’s work to date, with over 280 works.

From dense green foliage to obscured portraits, Aesthetica takes a look back at the remarkable photographers that made it onto this year’s covers.

We recommend one show for every month of 2026, spanning retrospectives and group shows across art, design, photography and more. Mark your calendars.

We’re looking back at a year of magazines, sharing the remarkable photographers and creatives who have been part of the publication throughout 2025.

Dance once belonged to the stage. But in the hands of Wayne McGregor, it has quietly begun to outgrow architecture. Somerset House shows audiences how.

Ayo Akingbade’s film explores intersecting narratives of legacy, labour and architecture, focusing on a Guiness factory based in Nigeria.

The latest exhibition at Vitra Design Museum traces more than 100 years of fashion show history, from intimate Parisian salons to today’s digital spectacles.

Aesthetica shares some of the world-class photographers featured during 2025, including Margeaux Walter, Reuben Wu and Tamara Dean.

The photographer’s new book documents massive greenhouses in the USA, Swedish data centres, plus algae, insect and jellyfish farms all across Europe.

We bring you five contemporary photographers who capture people in the landscape, transforming a beautiful view into a compelling narrative.

Marina Abramović is unequivocally one of the most important living artists today. Now, a major retrospective is on display at Albertina Modern.

We highlight five fascinating books from 2025, each one driving forward conversations about the future of contemporary art, architecture and design.

Amerikahaus in Munich foregrounds one of the most exciting photographic voices of recent times, who shows how representation can be a force for change.

Vlad Hrynko experiments with traditional still-life forms and projected light, challenging how we see ordinary objects such as paper and cardboard.