Spontaneous Forms

Control, chance and chaos are all qualities that characterise Bernar Venet’s work. The sculptor crosses lines between art and engineering.

Pioneering Women Artists

“We need connection and community now more than ever,” says Susan Fisher Sterling, Director of National Museum of Women in the Arts.

A Wider Lens

“This is what builds the future.” Magnum Photos’ new nominees are Sabiha Çimen, Hannah Price, Khalik Allah, Colby Deal and Yael Martínez.

Top 10 Virtual Degree Shows

This summer, globally, art schools have had to move their Degree Shows online. Browse 10 universities launching inspiring virtual portals.

Aesthetica Art Prize:
5 Winners

Meet five of our talented Main and Emerging Aeshetica Art Prize winners. These artists use video to hold up a mirror to the world around us.

Static Encounters

Veronique Boyens’ photography series, At a Distance, embraces a new normal as the globe moved into lockdown and a period of isolation.

Tools for Change

“I saw that the camera could be a weapon against poverty, against racism, against all sorts of social wrongs.” A Gordon Parks show opens in London.

Aesthetica Archives:
Portraiture

Discover innovative image-makers capturing subjects in new ways. These bold and fresh images blend analogue and digital techniques.

Enduring Nature

To coincide with the reopening of a show at Hauser & Wirth Somerset, Don McCullin presents a special online exhibition of platinum prints.

Cinematic Influence

Using the beach towns of East Coast New Jersey as his backdrop, Dana Yurcisin explores themes of loneliness throughout empty neighbourhoods.

Materialising Colour

What dictates the colour of the designed world? Who chooses the colours of a building, a sofa, or a pair of shoes? A new book answers these questions.

5 UK Gallery Reopenings

Museums in London and across the UK are announcing plans to reopen to the public after a period of prolonged closure. Discover five shows.

Films About Transformations

Watch films from Aesthetica Film Festival’s video library. These selected shorts reflect on moments of personal change, development and renewal.

Deconstructed Façades

Mariyan Atanasov transforms Sofia’s buildings into Tetris-like constructions – removing, editing and rearranging sections of buildings in pale skylines.

Aesthetica Archives:
Documentary Photography

Discover image-makers expanding upon the definition of documentary through architectural images, portraits and conceptual visual projects.

Into the Imaginary

Rachel Louise Brown is Photo Director at Harper’s Bazaar and a photographer who observes the world as a stage, exploring unfamiliar places.

A Dystopian Vision

Eric Ogden is is a Michigan-born photographer and director. His latest series, Collapse, was shot across Brooklyn during lockdown.

Reframing Isolation

Informality Gallery launches an artist spotlight for Tamara Dean. The online selection provides “an antidote” – drawing energy from nature.

5 Artist Interviews
to Watch Online

Aesthetica collates five videos to watch and YouTube channels to browse – offering insights direct from some of the world’s leading creatives.

Films about Place

Watch 5 short films from the Aesthetica Shorts Film Festival Archives. These works examine our changing relationship with the landscape.