Overview of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival 2013
Last night saw the closing ceremony of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival. It was a fantastic affair, with guests joining us from all across the world.
Last night saw the closing ceremony of the Aesthetica Short Film Festival. It was a fantastic affair, with guests joining us from all across the world.
From 14-17 November Paris Photo will be hosting 135 galleries at the Grand Palais, including 27 newly selected participants and 27 publishers specialising in photography books.
It was fantastic to see so many of you at Meet the Filmmakers. BBC Radio Leeds film critic Tony Earnshaw led a discussion with creatives from all corners of the globe.
Celebrating a career that spans over four decades through 65 photographs, Sprüth Magers presents artist Stephen Shore’s, first London solo show for over six years.
Future Beauty: Avant-Garde Japanese Fashion, is an exhibition of nearly 100 dresses, skirts, gowns and suits that celebrate the innovation of Japanese fashion designers.
Family Politics is the newest Jerwood Encounters exhibition and presents new commissions and work by six photographers relating to the theme of family relationships.
Paintings, drawings and sculptures by Alison Turnbull and Matt Calderwood all respond to the history, space and elemental forces making an impact upon the De La Warr Pavilion.
Jan Krugier has represented many major artists, and later became the world’s foremost Pablo Picasso dealer. One of the pieces set for auction is a wooden African mask from the Ivory Coast.
All This Can Happen, a 50-minute film by David Hinton and choreographer Siobhan Davies, opens with images of men who cannot walk. It is neither documentary nor constructed reality.
Recording journeys made and food tasted on his travels around the world, Subodh Gupta’s pictorial archive glimpses into the interior life of one the most audacious contemporary artists.
Running from 7 November, Silkscreens includes 16 images, selected by gallery owner Tim Jefferies, from Moriyama’s broad portfolio and produced exclusively for Hamiltons as silkscreens on canvas.
Steve Rose of the Guardian Guide on the Aesthetica Short Film Festival: “It’s not just the ‘what’, it’s the ‘where’ with this festival, which is as much a treasure hunt as a chance to see some new short films.”
With the Barbican hosting its finale, this comprehensive review of the relationship between Pop Art and design from Vitra Design Museum has just gone up a notch.
The Tetley is set to open 29 November in Leeds. Aesthetica speaks to Co-founder and Director Kerry Harker and Curator Zoë Sawyer about the new gallery and the first exhibition A New Reality.
Bringing together a group exhibition of 20 young to mid-career artists from Australia, The Fine Art Society Contemporary examines the current masterpieces coming out of the country.
During her brief 15-year career Diane Arbus made a bold and singular impression on photography: one which is underlined and celebrated in Fraenkel Gallery’s retrospective.
Fiona Shaw presents her version of The Rape of Lucretia at Glyndebourne. This is Glyndebourne’s first production of Britten’s masterpiece since its world premiere at the opera house in 1946.
Renowned for transforming the domestic and everyday urban objects into sculpture, Burlington Gardens, the Royal Academy’s new venue for contemporary art, comprises over 50 pieces from Bill Woodrow’s oeuvre in a new exhibition.
Chris Burden is a master of many modes of expression. But his capacity with design, architecture and engineering dominates his current exhibition, Extreme Measures, at the New Museum.
