Berlin 1990s: A City in Transition

C/O Berlin presents over 200 photographs of the city during the 1990s – a time when it was wrestling with deep and often irreconcilable tensions.

Life in Bloom

Photographer Violeta Sofia turns points of insecurity into moments of celebration with her visually arresting photographs of blooming flowers.

Aesthetica Wrapped: Key Themes from 2024

Aesthetica looks back at the themes that have dominated its pages over the past twelve months, from abstraction to artificial intelligence and more.

Capturing a Decade

Tate Britain presents a landmark retrospective on the photography that documented the seismic political, social and cultural shifts of the 1980s.

Rotimi Fani-Kayode:
Staging Desire

Autograph, London, showcases the work of a key contemporary artist whose practice explored themes of race, sexuality and the politics of difference.

Behind the Lens: 2024 in Photography

Aesthetica shares some of the world-class photographers featured during 2024, including Fares Micue, Neal Grundy and Marta Djourina.

Urgent Storytelling

Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson has documented the people, animals and landscape of remote Arctic regions for over forty years.

As We Rise

A monumental body of work by Black artists from the Wedge Collection is at Saatchi Gallery in London, looking at themes of identity, community and power.

Nocturnal Wandering

Marie Dreezen explores Belgium’s forgotten places, using light and colour to build locations that feel at once strange yet eerily familiar.

An Intimate Portrait

The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases best in contemporary photography. The 2024 artists are now at the National Portrait Gallery.

2024: A Year in Covers

From vibrant autumn leaves to obscured portraits, Aesthetica takes a look back at the remarkable photographers that made it onto this year’s covers.

Speculative Visions

Ekow Eshun curates photography by David Ụzọchukwu, responding to the parable: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.”

Colour Unleashed

Fresh lilacs are paired with zesty yellows, rich greens with blues and deep reds with tangerine orange in Teklan’s new interior design projects.

Power of Expression

Anne Nobels presents a deeply personal set of photographs rooted in nature, that encourages viewers to open up to embracing vulnerability.

Worlds in Paper

Dutch artist Popel Coumou builds 3D rooms by layering and positioning geometric shapes that are hand-cut out of paper and cardboard.

Breaking Convention

Texture and reflection replace visual cues, as Luc Holper blurs the borderlines that usually separate recognisable and imaginary scenes.

Graphic Reduction

Guillaume Lavrut’s close-up compositions draw focus away from the busyness of everyday life, and towards the things we sometimes overlook.

Paths to Abstraction

In a world dominated by post-production and AI tools, abstract and cameraless photographic techniques offer a chance to return to the real.

Here and Now: The December / January Issue

Every day, we are reminded of the boundless power of creativity. Dive into our preview of the magazine and meet artists who demonstrate innovation.

Surrealism in Landscape

Honey Long and Prue Stent are ones-to-watch. The Melbourne-based duo express the complex relationship between femininity and nature.