Considering Artifice

The topic of editing, cropping and filtering, as well as the impact of digital circulation, is addressed in several exhibitions and publications this month.

Design Insights

Dutch Stuff at London Design Fair takes a pared down approach, offering an eclectic yet nuanced selection of products from the region.

Visionary Enterprise

Looking to the future of creative production, New Designers brings together over 3000 emerging practitioners from leading institutions.

Profiling Innovation

A new book by Libby Sellers, Women Design, profiles 21 pioneers who have shaped the design world over the past 100 years, redressing the gender balance.

Curating Experiences

Pioneering in its extent of research, a new book from Phaidon presents a concentrated and intriguing overview of architectural exhibitions.

The New York Years

Depicting optimism and honesty, Feinstein’s street photography from the latter half of the century continues to delight and inspire.

Recovering Truth

An honest representation of joy and community spirit erupts from Shirley Baker’s images, which document the effects of urban clearance programmes in Manchester during the 1960s.

10 to See: Summer Shows

This summer’s must-see solo exhibitions, group shows and biennales demonstrate the UK’s dynamic artistic landscape.

Chromatic Portraits

Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life in Color offers personal insight into the photographer’s wider oeuvre and the vividness of the world.

New Worlds

Constructing a series of neon utopias, Reine Paradis’ surreal images celebrate the perplexities of the contemporary Los Angeles landscape.

Historical Devices

Mark Wallinger’s recently opened public artwork reflects upon notions of justice and democracy, offering an immersive experience.

Diverse Arenas

Bringing together London’s leading galleries, Mayfair Art Weekend celebrates the diversity of London’s artistic landscape.

Reflecting the Present

As part of arts festival Rockaway!, Museum of Modern Art presents Yayoi Kusama’s site-specific installation of Narcissus Garden.

Methodological Practice

Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Sara Morawetz’s latest project, étalon, is a study of both the length and the lengths taken by science.

Akomfrah: Literary Expanses

The first American survey of work by John Akomfrah investigates the legacy of colonialism, climate change and the experiences of migrants.

Inspiring Narrative

Katrina Palmer’s new piece, opening at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, acknowledges a group of pioneering women during WWI.

5 to See: This Weekend

Exploring the interactions between individuals and the 21st century landscape, must-see exhibitions unearth the uncanny in the everyday.

Spatial Responses

Marco Miehling, winner of the 2017 Artists’ Collecting Society Studio Award, creates site specific, spatially & historically responsive works.

Global Surveillance

Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen, a new show opening at Smithsonian, Washington, occupies the boundaries between art, science and investigative journalism.

Constructing Light

In a new exhibition titled Architecture and People, Nederlands Fotomuseum brings Werner Mantz’s architectural and portrait works together.