Translating History
Viviane Sassen’s ‘Venus & Mercury’ is a photography series is inspired by accounts of the French royal court in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Viviane Sassen’s ‘Venus & Mercury’ is a photography series is inspired by accounts of the French royal court in the 17th and 18th centuries.
Trees play an essential role in our lives. A new exhibition at Hayward Gallery highlights the importance of the world’s forests through art.
Emmanuelle Moureaux’s ‘Slices of Time’ responds to the Greenwich Peninsula – encouraging audiences to reflect on the here and now.
How do designers shape the way we understand the world around us, as we tackle the climate emergency, political tensions and digital ethics?
Data plays a huge role in our lives today. Emmanuelle Moureaux creates an immersive installation that assesses how numbers are related to memory.
After half of Claudia Andujar’s family were killed in WWII, she dedicated five decades to photographing and raising awareness of the Yanomami people.
Cornelia Parker has spent the last 40 years making installations that make sense of the volatile, violent and precarious world in which we live.
Cerith Wyn Evans’ bold, linear neon sculptures utilise light and shadow to explore truth in a climate of fake news and digital misinformation.
The Aesthetica Art Prize returns with artworks making sense of our changing world, responding to digital identities and global constructs.
James Turrell’s latest colour-changing light works, on view at London’s Pace Gallery, offer a moment of quiet in a fast-paced world.
Saudi Arabia’s new Ministry of Culture marks a turning point in the nation’s history. A new residency programme seeks seven artists.
Federica Belli taps into a quality of light that is filled with narrative and intimacy. Portraits are aglow with shadow and highlight.
“We might not have a future unless we do something to mitigate what’s happening.” Cornelia Parker is speaking at Future Now 2020.
Aesthetica selects recommended shows for late January – offering viewers contemplative landscapes, utopian visions and feminist artwork.
Martin Parr is one of the world’s most celebrated documentary photographers. He will discuss a distinguished career at Future Now 2020.
German-American photographer Evelyn Hofer created a photographic kaleidoscope spanning almost half a century and a variety of genres.
A year after his release from a Dhaka jail, Bangladeshi photographer, writer and activist Shahidul Alam features at Rubin Museum.
Martin Parr, Cornelia Parker, Nadav Kander and John Keane are key speakers for this year’s edition of the Aesthetica Future Now Symposium.
Aesthetica selects five exhibitions opening this weekend. They are self-reflective and intimate – delving into personal and familial histories.