Museum für Fotografie, Berlin’s new exhibition features more than 300 photographs, which showcase the influence of Female Bauhaus-artists. 

Five sculpture exhibitions that place monumental names, like Henry Moore, Yayoi Kusama and Lynn Chadwick, in direct dialogue with the natural world.

V&A, London’s latest show features works by 40 artists from 25 countries from Asia Pacific region, celebrating 30 years of the Asia Pacific Triennial

Here is Aesthetica’s run-down of national pavilions – paying attention to timely themes like connection, communication, ecology, identity and legacy.

MoMA presents a major show examining modern architecture from the 1950s to the 1980s in the context of political independence in Western Africa.

How can ideas transform into a visuals? How does engineering and technology intersect with art? These questions are at the heart of Manlin Zhang’s practice.

Black Bricolage at MEP in Paris brings together photographs, notebooks and documents that bear witness to Black experiences in Europe and beyond.

The summer season at Fotografiska Tallinn begins with two exhibitions that celebrate the biggest names in photography, and the next generation.

KYOTOGRAPHIE International Photography Festival returns for its 14th edition, bringing together innovative artists from around the world.

Photo London marks an exciting milestone this May, by making a new home at Olympia in Kensington. Discover what’s new at this year’s photography fair.

Sainsbury Centre brings together work by artists Kalliopi Lemos, Marina Abramović and Gillian Wearing to reflect on the passage of time

The 2026 winner of the Max Mara Prize for Women is Yogyakarta-based artist Dian Suci, whose work was selected from an impressive shortlist of finalists.

John Baer: The Extraordinary Ordinary is a remarkable collection of images of postwar Europe and 1950s New York City, bursting with new optimism.

The 14th edition of Portrait(s) in Vichy, France brings together David LaChapelle, Paul Graham, Yohanne Lamoulère, Julia Gat and Patrick Tournebœuf.

A new book from Damiani celebrates the youth culture of Mexico, where individuals are reimagining expression, gender, identity, culture and tradition.

Vancouver Art Gallery is now home to the work of Stephen Shore, offering audiences the chance to explore his most iconic series, Uncommon Ground.

Harewood House presents over 60 photographs which explore how Beaton reshaped 20th-century portraiture across monarchy, stage and screen.

Renature, presented at Bildhalle Zürich, explores the shifting relationship between nature, perception and materiality in contemporary lens-based art.

This May, exhibitions around the world interrogate pressing themes, from the importance of proper representation to the future of our natural spaces.

Multidisciplinary artist Lucia Shuyu Li is dedicated to challenging the confines of conventional painting, often through physical de- and re-construction.

LUMA Arles showcases a powerful exhibition from Julianknxx, where sculpture, film, sound, and found objects form a living architecture of memory.

Es Devlin’s The Everythingists, a new 10-metre-wide installation at V&A Storehouse, is made in response to Natalia Goncharova’s spectacular Firebird.

Stills in Edinburgh presents The Queering of Photography, which explores the relationship between queer identity and photography.

Two parallel exhibitions at Moderna Museet in Malmö place people at the centre of images marked by presence, atmosphere and timelessness.

A new book from Magnum photographer Sohrab Hura documents the three stages of winter in Kashmir, capturing life under military occupation.

Gallerie d’Italia presents a new body of work by photographer Diana Markosian, which confronts the relationship between love and heartbreak.

This summer, Tate Modern will present a new major exhibition exploring how Frida Kahlo became a global icon and lasting influence on a generation of artists.

The latest edition of Enter Art Fair presents 80 leading galleries, connecting international audiences with some of the most exciting artists working today.

Xin Zhang is a London and Beijing artist and rope practitioner whose practice interrogates the intersections of intimacy, resistance and the body.

Tilda Swinton, an iconic, daring performer and subversive visual artist, takes center stage in a personal exhibition of her artistic collaborators.

We spotlight five photographers from the All About Photo 2026, which this year were selected by Magnum photographer Steve McCurry.

Vietnamese multidisciplinary artist Nhu Xuan Hua reflects on the fragility of how shared stories are communicated – or withheld – across generations.

The four artists shortlisted for the Turner Prize are Simeon Barclay, Kira Freije, Marguerite Humeau, and Tanoa Sasraku, representing the best of visual art.

We celebrate Earth Day 2026 with five exhibitions that highlight the beauty of our natural environment, as well as the urgent need for sustainable action. 

A unique 24-hour performance piece by artist and activist Ai Weiwei will be at Aviva Studios, the home of Factory International, between 3 and 4 July

Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam celebrates the legendary street photographer Ed van der Elsken with a major exhibition spanning decades of his renowned career

An exhibition of portraits by the legendary Mary Ellen Mark and the acclaimed Sabiha Çimen celebrates the timeless activities of girlhood.

The Anthropocene Illusion, a solo presentation by Sony Photographer of the Year 2025 Zed Nelson, is on view at Somerset House as part of this year’s prize.

Thames & Hudson’s Cut Out presents the untold relationship between photography, feminist art, and collage through the V&A’s extensive collection.

Chairs hung from the ceiling. Colourful playgrounds as interior spaces. Two-metre-high seating towers. Vitra Design Museum marks 100 years of Panton.

Toronto-based CONTACT Photography Festival celebrates its 30th anniversary this summer, featuring a wide range of exhibitions across the city.

MK Gallery presents a major exhibition dedicated to colour photographs by the pioneering French photographer and painter Jacques Henri Lartigue.

In Rome, Gagosian presents a new exhibition that focuses on Francesca Woodman’s connection to Surrealism, through black-and-white self portraits.

London-based artist and curator Fanglin Luo’s interdisciplinary practice seamlessly moves between performance, painting and photography.

A new exhibition at VISU Contemporary spotlights the women artists who are continuing the long tradition of Surrealism for the modern age.

This spring, a new immersive experience dedicated to David Bowie is opening at London’s Lightroom, transporting viewers into his creative mind.

A new collection of Sebastião Salgado’s photographs is dedicated to some of the planet’s most remote places, drawing attention to decline and melt.

The 10th edition of the Max Mara Art Prize for Women is a remarkable display of creativity, place and dialogue, acknowledging a vibrant art scene.

The UK’s first exhibition on Elsa Schiaparelli spans the 1920s to today, celebrating the innovative designer’s influence and tracing its origins.

This April, galleries from around the world come together as part of The Photography Show, taking place at the Park Avenue Armory in New York.