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.

Dreamlike Architecture 

Charley Broyez and Laurent Kronental’s ‘Oasis City’ explore a dreamlike reality where architecture and the natural world are seamlessly intertwined.

Journeys in Time and Space

Mark Armijo McKnight presents a collection of evocative, high-contrast photographs of bodies and landscapes at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Barbara Crane:
Photography Beyond Limits

Centre Pompidou celebrates an American photographer who did it all: from glimmering windowpanes in Chicago to off-the-cuff portraits.