Storm on the Horizon

Elsa Bleda turns her gaze skywards, picturing lightning as it strikes tumultuous clouds. The images are made at midnight in South Africa.

Transforming Ideas: The October / November Issue

What’s an idea and where does it come from? The October / November issue of Aesthetica is a love letter to ideation.

On the Basis of Love

Twelve artists at MoCP share the ways they experience powerful emotions, as they journey through poignant and affecting relationships.

Armet Francis:
Reimagining The Black Triangle

The Autograph exhibition brings together works, from the Jamaican-British artist’s four-decade long career, focusing on the Black British experience.

Femme Noire:
Highlighting Nuance

“Naked woman, Black woman // Clothed with your colour which is life, with // your form which is beauty.” These lines have inspired Seattle Art Museum’s show.

Lasting Devastation

Documentary photographer Eddo Hartmann explores the Semipalatinsk Test Site, the largest nuclear research area in Kazakhstan.

Sunday Special:
Carlos Idun-Tawiah

Inspired by Ghana’s rich photographic archives, the artist’s series at Galerie Huit Arles focuses on themes of community, family, hope, love and kinship.

Markers of Industry

Andreas Gursky’s eye for the “industrial aesthetic” has taken him to humanmade structures that dominate landscapes everywhere.

Revelatory Performances

The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major UK survey of the internationally acclaimed Marina Abramović, celebrating 50 years of pioneering art.

5 Projects to Know:
London Design Festival

Each year, LDF provides a global platform for the city’s creative community to share their ideas and connect with audiences from around the world.

Empathetic Portraits

Snezhana von Büdingen-Dyba’s series of portraits invites us into the world of Sofie, a teenager with Down’s syndrome growing up in Eilenstedt, Germany.

Reframing Reality:
The World of Anne Zahalka

The artist prompts viewers to contemplate on themes such as the ecological impact of the ongoing climate crisis in MAPh’s latest exhibition.

PHOTOFAIRS New York:
Young Artists to Watch

The new fair dedicated to photo-based and digital art explores the evolving practices of image-making. Here, we focus on five photographers to watch.

Power of Collaboration

Drawn to the Light highlights the influence of the Maine Media Workshops, showing the many ways photographers have experimented with their craft.

Connecting Cultures

Brooklyn Museum’s survey of María Magdalena Campos-Pons’s thought-provoking art navigates interconnected histories, identities and realities.

Preserving Moments

Foam, Amsterdam, presents a beautiful tribute to Ara Güler, the celebrated “Eye of Istanbul” and one of Turkey’s most legendary photojournalists.

Elements from Nature

Per Bak Jensen highlights the overlooked patterns, shapes and textures in our environment, directing our attention to details we often ignore.

The Uncanny Valley:
Digital Estrangement

Marshall Gallery’s latest show focuses on the “uncanny valley”, the point where something we first recognise as human becomes unsettling.

Amongst the Waves

Allan Sekula: Fish Story is a ground-breaking research, photo and video project exploring the profound impact of the globalised shipping trade.

Elle Pérez:
Devotional Moments

Elle Pérez captures the intimacies shared among friends and partners in their newest exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.