5 to See: This Weekend

Habitats shape the way people live. Exhibitions running 3-4 February examine the interactions between individuals and their surroundings.

A Cultural Institution

Opening in May 2018, the Guardian Art Center (Beijing) is an intelligent hybrid space designed by award-winning architect Ole Scheeran.

Critical Responses

Gender stereotypes come under the lens at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, offering a sequence dialogues around the notion of home.

Symbolic Compositions

Deeply influenced by the Surrealists and fantastical childhood stories, Vikram Kushwah produces images that illustrate the complexities of the subconscious.

Kinetic Structures

Focusing on lesser-known buildings of Istanbul, Yener Torun has developed a vision of asymmetry, creating satisfying balance in vibrant compositions.

Embracing Modification

Promoting customer-led fashion through customisation, innovation and sustainability, Unmade present a new, flexible model for retail.

Natural Consideration

For contemporary architects, water is a complex tool through which one can sculpt and re-imagine domestic structures within organic environments.

State of Transcendence

Anastasia Cazabon is a photographer and filmmaker based in Berlin, whose featured images are inspired by cultural narratives and the subjective experience.

Hidden Narratives

Returning to the midwest as a spectral, indefinable subject, Eric Ogden’s compositions centre around palpable psychological histories.

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The new issue, Beyond the Horizon, pays homage to the power of the individual, demonstrating how what makes us special is our ability to innovate.

Cultural Perspectives

A new book published by Prestel delves into the recontextualisation of images, considering how photography creates layers of understanding.

Charting Individualism

Deeply influenced by modernist canons, Emre Yunus Uzun, an emerging designer, looks to the future of production through material integrity.

Examining Urban Terrains

A rare collection of vintage prints by Daido Moriyama are at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, celebrating a view into lesser-known city streets.

Investigating Chronologies

The 2018 edition of India Art Fair foregrounds contemporary art from South Asia, offering insights into the region’s thriving cultural scene.

Shared Environments

Suki Dhanda is interested in ethnicity, people and place. A new body of work at Plymouth College of Art highlights the changing landscape of the city.

5 to See: This Weekend

Systems define the human experience. Exhibitions running 27-28 January inspect a range of contemporary structures.

Dissolving Binaries

The Photographers’ Gallery, London, provides an intimate glimpse into a pocketed history of cross-dressing, and those that lived through it.

Photographic Mastery

Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York, showcases a point of innovative transformation for one of America’s greatest colour photographers: Stephen Shore.

Exploring Resistance

A Universal History of Infamy, an ongoing multisite show, presents an examination of the relationship between Latin America and the wider US.

Demographic Insights

Moldova is the focus of a new exhibition at Fotografiska, Stockholm, which presents the work of award-winning photo-journalist Åsa Sjöström.