Enduring Imagery

Space, Light and Time: Edward Woodman, A Retrospective foregrounds enduring images of 20th century artworks from renowned artists.

Championing Freedom

Part of Homotopia Festival 2018, Wake up Together at Open Eye Gallery champions the rights of individuals around the world. 

Spatial Illumination

Design To Shape Light transforms perceptions of space through compositions inspired by thoughtful illumination and sculptural forms.

5 to See: This Weekend

Aesthetica’s must-see shows for mid-October investigate the politics of image-making through documentary, post-production and installation.

Enhancing Reality

After delving into commercial photography, Matthew Dempsey looked towards creating original work with draws a line between artifice and fine art.

Responsive Installation

Elmgreen & Dragset’s The Whitechapel Pool is a site-specific, derelict arena that reflects on gentrification and the fate of local amenities. 

Luminous Colour

Aesthetica Art Prize finalist Liz West is featured in a new book highlighting practitioners working at the cutting edge of light-based practice.

Post-Utopian Narratives

The Atlantic Project: After the Future is a new contemporary festival addressing today’s era of uncertainty and changing perceptions of art.

Rising Cities

Winner of the 12th Foam Paul Huf Award, photographer Daniel Shea captures the effects of capitalism on the urban landscape.

Sublime Environments

Phaidon’s Living in the Desert is a visually striking compilation of buildings situated against the stark backdrop of desert landscapes. 

Abstracted Geology

The colourful, 10-metre high Liverpool Mountain by Swiss artist Ugo Rondinone marks a variety of key cultural milestones within the city.

Democratic Exhibition

Looking towards the future of creative practice, Affordable Art Fair Battersea showcases contemporary work by new, international artists.

Unseen Portraits

Two exhibitions of fashion and portrait photography by Marilyn Stafford open across the UK this autumn, exploring a diverse oeuvre.

Compass Festival: Community Art

Compass Festival bursts onto the streets of Leeds this November, bringing live art and interactive encounters to cultural venues and city streets. 

Visualising Sound

Haroon Mirza’s works transform the gallery space through moving imagery, sculptural installation and electronic sound, questioning perception.

5 Female Artists To Watch

Looking to the 21st century experience for inspiration, a selection of visionaries occupies the changing boundaries between truth and fiction.

Global Expanses

Navigating the theme of Space, photography prize Prix Pictet investigates pressing subjects such overpopulation and the digital age. 

Collective Experience

Society has never been so connected. A new publication and exhibition, Civilization, responds to the rapid pace of global development.

A Scientific Influence

Luke Evans discovered photography through a long-term interest in physics and organic sciences – which has later fed into deeply calculative images.

Vivid Expressions

Patricia Abramovich’s paintings, textile design and wearable art are inspired by the merging of colour and the rhythms of a meditative process of painting.