5 to See: This Weekend

Shows opening at the end of September examine the nature of photography in an increasingly digital landscape, looking to ideas of authenticity.

Capturing the Elements

Laura Zalenga utilises the power of photography to tell stories, communicating emotions and tapping into the therapeutic quality of image-making.

Cultural Anthropology

Reconsidering humanity’s place within a complex, media-saturated and accelerating world through the presence of contemporary image-making.

Shifting Perceptions

Olafur Eliasson connects art, architecture, installation and design,  dismantling the presence of physical and cultural barriers in the process.

Playful Messages

Sing-Sing is an award-winning duo that work together on everything from design to film, creating projects for the likes of Lyft and Sagmeister & Walsh.

Spatial Landmarks

Kris Provoost is a Belgian-born photographer, currently designing and documenting buildings in order to better understand the world.

Reviving Analogue

A self-taught filmmaker and photographer, Glashier works exclusively on film, capturing narrative images and producing documentaries and music videos.

Networks of the World

Contemporary Chinese artists demonstrate a consideration of censorship in the wider industry, offering figurative and metaphorical messages.

Digital Possibilities

A self-taught 3D artist, Alexis Christodoulou has spent years building a collection of works that focuses on the creation of imaginary architecture.

Minimal Construction

Louis MacLean has a keen eye for detail, taking away the formal function of landscapes and reinjecting dynamism through a considered perspective.

Inclusive Collections

A new fashion label redresses the notion of femininity with clean lines and workwear staples as well as a worldview that extends to social activism.

Dramatic Portraiture

Incorporating a filmic sense of drama in his works, Alessio Albi uses wildlife to embed anonymous figures within a highly textured landscape.

Expansive Practice

An exhibition of works by Bruce Nauman at MoMA investigates timely ideas of truth and fiction through neon, video, sculpture and more.

Visual Repetition

Intrigued by the structures which define the everyday experience,  Basir Mahmood explores themes of labour, hierarchy and identity.

National Responses

Reflecting on geopolitical events, Brighton Photo Biennial 2018 demonstrates the power of lens-based media to construct ideas of identity.

Success Story: Caroline Burraway

Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Caroline Burraway is announced as the first Prize-winner of the 2018 Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize.

5 Female Fashion Designers

This selection of female-led fashion brands paves the way for the future of an ever-growing industry, responding to key 21st century issues.

Anonymous Figures

Agnes Wonke Toth’s Hide and Seek series explores hidden bodies and the intimate nature of humanity. Part of the 2018 Next Generation of Talent.

Imaginary Landscapes

Douglas Mandry’s Equivalences bridges the boundary between analogue and digital techniques, creating images awash with colour.

Curatorial Insights

Now in its 10th year, The Manchester Contemporary takes a uniquely artist-focused approach. Aesthetica interviews Nathaniel Pitt, Curator.