Disseminating Practices

Ahead of a panel on the future of photography at the upcoming Symposium, Thomas Dukes expands on the concept of visual arts in the digital landscape.

New Connections

The 16 practitioners who have been shortlisted for this year’s Aesthetica Art prize discuss contemporary themes and methods of working at Future Now.

Shifting Homelands

As a collateral event of the 57th Venice Biennale, the Museo Correr shows 26 of Shirin Neshat’s portraits from The Home of My Eyes alongside new film, Roja.

Sculptural Solace

Lead airplanes dominate a 1500-square-metre space and converse with a series of paintings in Anselm Kiefer’s installation at Copenhagen Contemporary.

Industrial Legacies

A series of new work by Theo Simpson will be presented at the Webber Gallery Space booth at Photo London, from 18-21 May.

Sustainable Concepts

Shanghai Project’s Seeds of Time takes its title from the documentary of the same name, which shares the exhibition’s call for action regarding climate change.

Visual Anomalies

Esther Hovers’ False Positives features intelligent surveillance systems – cameras that are able to detect deviant behaviour within public spaces.

Colossal Relics

The first major solo exhibition dedicated to the British artist Damien Hirst in Italy since his 2004 retrospective opens across two Venetian venues.

Historic Territories

Anne-Marie Filaire’s Temporary Security Zone at Mucem features a body of work that is dense, engaged, rigorous and monumental.

Exchanging Ideas

At the heart of Future Now is the understanding that bringing artists together encourages discussion, our portfolio reviews reflect this.

Venice Biennale: Nigerian Identity

The inaugural Nigerian Pavilion comes to the Venice Biennale featuring the work of three leading Nigerian artists and exploring themes of identity.

Seismic Visuals

Joel Meyerowitz: Towards Colour documents a seminal movement away from monochrome into the search for tonal complexity.

Digitalised Visions

Jane Gottlieb’s compositions are a saturated depiction of cities and nature, reworking recognisable locations into hallucinatory snapshots.

Beyond Gender

This year’s Belfast Photo Festival challenges the colour binaries of pink and blue that are commonly assigned to newborns at birth.

Cultural Exchange

Culture Shifts: Global at Open Eye Gallery explores the dynamic urban landscapes of Liverpool and Hong Kong as the cities seek to redefine themselves.

Global Discussions

Future Now illustrates Aesthetica’s commitment to promoting emerging artists, offering portfolio review sessions with influential organisations.

Diffusion: Visual Intervention

kennardphillipps dig into the surface of words and images to visualise the connection between the oppressed and the political elites of the everyday.

Photomonitor: Digital Landscapes

Ahead of a panel alongside Aesthetica, Corridor8 and Elephant Magazine, Christiane Monarchi expands on digitalised culture.

Uncanny Perspectives

Yuge Zhou is a Chinese born, Chicago-based artist whose video and installation works explore the complex interactions between humans and their environment.

Art as Mechanism

The status of the gallery is in flux, demonstrating why arenas for discussion such as Future Now are vital to making sense of the art world.