New Possibilities

Art Beijing returns, celebrating China’s rich artistic landscape and engaging with themes such as digitalisation, sustainability and community.

Evolving Platforms

Beirut Design Week 2018 responds to the theme of Design and the City, reflecting the city’s ever-changing urban landscape.

Bauhaus: An Influential History

Thames and Hudson’s The Spirit of Bauhaus historicises the movement’s origins, reminding readers of the roots which led to an ongoing legacy.

Capturing Humanity

Shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2018, Shauna Frischkorn contemplates how photography acts as a tool to evaluate the world around us.

Moments of Transition

What does it mean to be in suspense? A collective show from Le Bal, Paris, offers a thoughtful and provoking take on the matter.

Global Signifiers

Sam Johnson finds satisfaction in creating beauty through perceivable mundanity. The images introduce viewers into Jungian landscapes.

5 to See: This Weekend

Exhibitions opening towards the end of April encompass the breadth of contemporary photographic practice.

Developing Methodologies

German photographer Michael Wolf’s first complete photographic series goes on display at Flowers Gallery, London.

Redressing the Balance

The arts industry, like any other, still carries a certain amount of imbalance. Ahead of Future Now, Amira Gad, Serpentine Gallery, looks directly at the issue.

Architectural Innovation

The design for the new National Museum of Qatar by Jean Nouvel is inspired by the desert rose, featuring a series of interlocking discs.

Evolving Art Forms

The digital age has changed our perceptions of physical space. Leading practitioners swap traditional media for the language of technology .

Material Inspiration

Hand-cut line by line, Jukhee Kwon’s Babel Library is created from disposed editions of Encyclopedia Britannica. Transforming whole objects into another through deconstruction, brings them back to life…

Exploring Solitude

The vastness of the Scandinavian landscape is highlighted in Norway Contemporary! currently on show at Museum Kunst der Westküste.

Structural Dialogues

Work by Guido Guidi examines the geometric structure of the built environment through an abstracted visions of colour and form.

The Responsive Lens

Barbican Centre runs concurrent exhibitions of work by documentary photographer Dorothea Lange and British artist Vanessa Winship.

Nostalgic Disposition

Large format photographers from the 1960s and 1970s granted Matt Porch his main inspiration – the resulting works both glamourise and simplify streets.

Bold Environments

Known for a bold and playful use of colour and form, graphic artist Camille Walala creates interactive installations and large-scale murals.

Emotional Theatricality

Encompassing 40 photographs, Silver Lake Drive is a major new exhibition that marks the first mid-career survey of Alex Prager at The Photographers’ Gallery.

Future Now: Idea Generation

It is less than a month to go until the Future Now Symposium, a two day event which brings together leading arts organisations.

Glaswegian Talent

For the April / May issue of Aesthetica, Sailor Jerry called for artists to submit flash illustrations that reflected the brand. The winners are announced.