MoMA: Art Online

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, has the largest digital audience of any museum.
Aesthetica delves into its online programme.

Collecting the World

Sony World Photography Awards celebrates images with a powerful visual narrative. This year’s Open Competition winners are announced.

Intuitive Associations

‘Venus & Mercury’ is the latest series from Viviane Sassen. Whilst the show is closed, Huis Marseille’s Director, discusses the legacy of Sassen.

Aesthetica Archives: JUCO

Creative duo Julia Galdo and Cody Cloud formed JUCO after meeting at the San Francisco Art Institute in 2002. Aesthetica surveys their work.

Towards Preservation

After half of Claudia Andujar’s family were killed in WWII, she dedicated five decades to raising awareness of the Yanomami people in Brazil.

Expansive Arenas

Growing up on the east coast of South Africa, Travys Owen is invested in his surroundings, translating bright blue skies into the still image. 

Still Life Reinvented

Doan Ly’s images are reminiscent of Caravaggio’s legacy – light draping past segments of melon, orange peels and split pomegranates.

Aesthetica Archives: Jimmy Marble

Jimmy Marble’s first camera was an iPhone 3 – it “helped me to get over my fears about photography.” Aesthetica surveys five years’ work.

5 to Read: This Month

Aesthetica selects five new books across photography, architecture and sculpture. Stay home and read about seminal names in visual art.

An Intimate Gaze

Santiago Perez explores the concept of relationships and the romantic gaze. False eyelashes point upwards from a dewy plane of skin.

Tate: Art Online

As Tate’s galleries are currently shut, Aesthetica highlights five online collections to enjoy and explore from your home.

On the Horizon

Johannesburg-based photographer, Aart Verrips, has captured the attention of the South African fashion scene through a distinctive style.

Creative Writing Award: 10 Lines

Aesthetica brings together a collection of ten evocative lines from the Creative Writing Award, chosen to spark your creativity whilst at home.

Aesthetica Art Prize: 5 Photographs

Photography has never been so present in our lives. The Aesthetica Art Prize celebrates image-makers who are exploring today’s complex world.

Aesthetica Issue 94

The April / May edition is titled ‘Resilience.’ This issue is about ideas and innovation, standing together through cultural collaboration.

Kasten: Experimental Forms

Whilst the show at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg is closed, Aesthetica speaks to Barbara Kasten about materiality, abstraction and creative perseverance.

Moments in Time

“The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether of nothingness.” Paul Graham’s everyday snapshots connect us to the past.

The Space Inbetween

Ismail Zaidy’s images explore distance between family members – the emotional estrangement and tensions that can cloud our experiences.  

Vibrant Expression

Tropico Photo’s images – the collaborative work of Forrest Aguar and Michelle Norris – run with the idea of block colours, fluid dots, circles and lines.

Interior Evolution

A monumental show spans the last century of design, examining changing interiors and what they indicate about how society lives, works and consumes.