Aesthetica Issue 79 Available Now

The October / November issue looks at practitioners who are responding to the current global situation in intelligent and meaningful ways.

Social Restoration

Burberry’s new venue, the Old Sessions House in Clerkenwell, London, opens to the public for the first time with works from leading social photographers.

Cultural Assertion

Isaac Julien, Wangechi Mutu and Chris Ofili feature in the Heatherwick Studio-designed Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa’s opening displays.

Unbound Agency

London’s Fashion and Textile Museum celebrates both old and new styles with a retrospective of Louise Dahl-Wolfe.

5 to See: This Weekend

30 September – 1 October. These unique shows utilise the constraints of two and three-dimensional forms in order to recreate sensory experiences.

Developing Synergies

Foam Talent and Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation have decided to create a partnership under the banner of the Foam Talent programme.

Shadow Play

Shadow Lines reflects on Jeanloup Sieff as an artist who challenges the limits of wide-lens & black & white photography to achieve a cinematic aesthetic.

Contemporary Diversity

The second edition of the Biennial of Photography in the Contemporary Arab World focuses on two countries in the Maghrib: Tunisia and Algeria.

Neo-Realistic Landscapes

Fashion and fine art embrace each other in the photography of Jacques Olivar, where the mise-en-scene often subtly references literature and film.

Sculptural Articulations

Viviane Sassen’s celebrated exhibition UMBRA comes to Fotografiska, Stockholm, following its success at the Nederlands Fotomuseum.

Revolving Sustainability

With climate change and the political and economic consequences that follow from environmental disaster increasingly becoming the dominant issue of our age, new solutions are…

Juxtaposed Constructs

Andrea Grützner wins the ING Unseen Talent Award Jury Prize. Her work addresses how architecture acts as a metaphor for orientation or alienation.

Composed Ambience

Axel Hütte’s imagery, taken on various continents, surprises viewers with pictorial structures that place his work beyond the documentary.

Sombre Effects

Bildhalle takes René Groebli’s upcoming 90th birthday as an opportunity to honour the Swiss photographer with a comprehensive solo exhibition.

The Residency: Decoding Culture

Fact Not Fiction Films’ fifth artist, Sam Stopford, demonstrates free-flowing lines. See the work at Herrick Gallery, London, from 26 September.

Tracing Hardship

The Bitter Years – Edward Steichen’s last exhibition as Director of MoMA’s Photography Department – finds a permanent home in Luxembourg.

Next Generation 2017: Geological Territories

Cameron Williamson plays with proximity to allow for an orientation and subsequent image territory to form out of a spatial inquiry.

Seminal Platforms

The Martin Parr Foundation is now set to open to the public this October in a purpose-built space in the Paintworks complex, Bristol.

British Portraits

Hull’s moment in the international spotlight as UK City of Culture 2017 offers a chance to reconsider the city as it is at this instant in time.

Intwined Mementos

Hatje Cantz publishes the first retrospective of the Japanese installation artist, Chiharu Shiota. Everyday objects characterise the artist’s pictorial language.