A Cinematic Showcase

Video content is integrated into our culture. Aesthetica’s Artists’ Film Screenings offer a platform innovative and thought-provoking work.

Future Greats: Moving Image

The endless possibilities of the visual narrative come to the fore in the Aesthetica Art Prize 2018’s shortlist for the field of Video & Performance.

Traversing Landscapes

Continually shifting in the face of change, fashion photographers are chroniclers of our times. A show at J. Paul Getty Museum exemplifies this.

Future Greats 2018 Winners

The winners have been announced for the 2018 Aesthetica Art Prize, an international showcase of innovative and contemporary artworks.

Visual Stimulation

Exploring the relationship between light, colour and the human condition, Liz West produces installations which illuminate spaces with multi-coloured hues.

Aesthetic Languages

BALTIC Curator of Exhibitions and Research, Alessandro Vincentelli, speaks about Jasmina Cibic’s latest exhibition, This Machine Builds Nations.

Balancing Representation

As part of Photo London 2018 at Somerset House, Huxley-Parlour, London, celebrates the work of females behind the lens.

A Bold Approach

Ethereal and dreamlike meets surreal and striking in the new Erik Madigan Heck exhibition at the Christopher Guye Galerie, Zurich.

5 to See: This Weekend

Shows running 12-13 May celebrate pioneering practitioners from the early 20th century up to the present day, offering responsive approaches.

Future Greats

12 shortlisted artists from the Aesthetica Art Prize push the boundaries of innovation, calling upon the value that we place on the world around us.

Imaginative Structures

“Creating architecture is like planting seeds of the future.” Innovative architect Sou Fujimoto is celebrated in Japan House London’s new show.

Reflective Practices

Tania Franco-Klein, a photographer shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize in 2017, is interested in documenting social behaviour.

Aesthetic Contemplation

The first exhibition by the artist duo Tania Brassesco and Lazlo Passi Norberto is a heartfelt homage to the style of 19th century painting.

Metaphoric Beachscapes

Valentina Loffredo’s images draw a parallel between our life and a seascape and observes what happens after a sudden and unexpected storm.

5 to See: This Weekend

Moving into May, major art fairs, group shows and solo exhibitions offer deeply conceptual approaches to photography and installation.  

5 to Read: This Month

This month’s new releases look at the importance of architectural and photographic forms for the continuation of social innovation and progression. 

Exploring Suburbia

Thomas Jordan is an American photographer, living and working in Illinois. He finds inspiration in Chicago Suburbs, looking for moments of clarity.

Software as Language

VR and Data-Influenced Artworks: The New Language of Software, a panel discussion at the Future Now Symposium, looks at new languages.

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.