With three weeks to go until the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries closes, we reflect on the striking variety of artists’ film submitted to the competition including José Ramón Da Cruz’s audiovisual composition Madre Quentina.
We review land artist Richard Long’s new exhibition at the Arnolfini Centre, Bristol which focuses on the artist’s personal relationship to place and local materials in the area where he grew up and lives.
Now in its eighth year, Designs of the Year at Design Museum, London, celebrates projects that enable access and promote or deliver change.
Following its successful inauguration in 2014, Shaped in Mexico returns to London with a selection of over 150 works by 32 international artists. On view from 3 September, this unique, free show will take place at the Bargehouse.
There are 23 days to go in the call for submissions for the Aesthetica Art Prize. In the countdown, we spotlight finalist Rebeka Lord, whose painting Send Me on My Way was published in the Aesthetica Art Prize Anthology 2015, Future Now.
Keith Arnatt has occupied a key position in the history of British conceptual art for almost 50 years.
Anish Kapoor returns to Italy with Descension, an exhibition project conceived specially for the former cinema and theatre space of Galleria Continua.
Casino at Hangar Bicocca, Milan, is the first solo exhibition in Italy by Damián Ortega.
Charles Avery: The People And Things of Onomatopoeia is currently on display at Ingleby Gallery, as part of the Edinburgh Art Festival 2015.
Clare Lilley is Director of Programme at Yorkshire Sculpture Park (YSP), Wakefield, and a member of the judging panel for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2016. We speak with Lilley about her work at YSP and curatorial projects further afield.
Foam, Amsterdam, showcases the first solo exhibition of young French artist Noémie Goudal.
John Waters’ Beverly Hills John continues at Sprüth Magers, London, and finds Waters in a more reflective mood, hoping to resolve issues about childhood fame and the horrors of nouveau-riche excess.
As part of our countdown to the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries deadline, we speak to photographer Lottie Davies about her intimate depictions of past moments and hear about her developing career.
This August marks the 70th anniversary of Indonesian independence. As part of the celebration Cryptic (Glasgow) are putting together the largest show case of Indonesian culture within the UK.
Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America, 1960–1980 focuses on the connections among an international scene of artists.
Conceptual artist Denys Blacker uses performance, sculpture and drawing to explore themes of symmetry and precision, as in The Noble Gases, which featured in the Aesthetica Art Prize 2015.
In collaboration with Autograph ABP, London, a retrospective of the late Rotimi Fani-Kayode, a seminal figure in 1980s black British and African contemporary art opens at Light Work, New York.
Plunging the spectator into a series of immersive environments, Infinity Theory offers audiences a unique sensory and psychological experience.
In the countdown to the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries deadline on 31 August, we interview 2016 panel judge Pavel S. Pyś, Exhibitions & Displays Curator at the Henry Moore Institute.
ExtraORDINARY at The Lowry, Manchester, explores everyday objects and actions in contemporary art, and will allow visitors to interact and contribute to the fabric of this engaging exhibition.
Tara Donovan’s freestanding sculpture Untitled (Mylar) and expansive installation Untitled (Plastic Cups) are on view at Jupiter Artland, Edinburgh.
Taiwanese artist Wu Tien-Chang’s series of light box stills, interactive video projections and installation explore westernisation in post-war Taiwan in a Collateral Event of the 56th International Exhibition, La Biennale di Venezia.
Tate Sensorium is the winning project of IK Prize 2015, an annual prize supported by the Porter Foundation and presented by Tate.
In the countdown to the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries deadline on 31 August, we look in detail at one of last year’s finalists, Chiang Lup Hong, a fine art illustrator based in Kuala Lumpur.
Renowned for her trademark oil on glass paintings, award-winning Beirut-born artist Ilona Szalay presents a selection of new work made specially for her first solo exhibition at Arusha Gallery, Edinburgh.
Dominique Lévy unveils its plans for the autumn with a display of Gerhard Richter’s Colour Charts.
Beetles+Huxley, London, opens an exhibition of hand printed images, made from photographer Vivian Maier’s original negatives.
With 29 days to go until the Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries closes, we shine a spotlight on Bangkok-based artist and designer Sanitas Pradittasnee’s longlisted sculpture KHOA MO (Mythical Escapism).
Arifa Akbar is Literary Editor of The Independent and inewspapers. She was a judge for the Orwell Prize in 2013, the Fiction Uncovered Prize in 2014 and is on the judging panel for the current Aesthetica Creative Writing Award.
Karen Thomas, a British artist based in France, creates dynamic, painterly depictions of pop culture icons such as Mickey Mouse, which are characterised by their thick, quick brush strokes.
New Photography, MoMA’s longstanding exhibition series of work in photography, returns this autumn.
Pushkin’s Fold is the first solo show by artist Pushkin. Based in Norwich for the past 11 years, his exhibition at Fairhurst Gallery is his first venture into focusing and dedicating all his time to his art.
Artist John Keane, winner of the Aesthetica Art Prize in 2015, joins the judging panel for next year’s award. We continue the countdown to 31 August with a look at Keane’s practice.
There is one month to go until the annual Aesthetica Art Prize call for entries closes. Shortlisted artists will participate in a group exhibition in partnership with York Museums Trust and receive editorial coverage in Aesthetica.
Isabelle Cornaro has created an installation of wall paintings for the Palais de Tokyo, Paris.
Mazzoleni London announces its forthcoming landmark exhibition of works by Alberto Burri, on display from 2 October – 30 November.
HyperAmerica at Kunsthaus Graz turns its focus on the notion of the American landscape in the second half of the 20th century.
Dutch photographer Ellen Kooi’s theatrical images challenge assumed perceptions of the world and transform bleak landscapes into dramatic stories.
Photographer Laurent Chehere records urban and residential spaces, tracing the city streets using both reportage and conceptual imagery.
Gemeentemuseum Den Haag presents a sumptuous celebration of Dutch fashion, exploring the cultural context that fostered enterprising designs.
Aesthetica handpicks a fresh selection of promising young photographers, in partnership with London College of Communication.
New Museum in New York presents the first major retrospective of the artist Sarah Charlesworth, whose work explores mass media saturation.
Ryan Schude’s theatrical tableaux relate the minutiae of suburban life, fusing fairytale Gothic with a lurid technicolour pop sensibility.
This mid-career survey explores one of architecture’s youngest and most prolific innovators, who has set the bar for construction worldwide.
Pastel chevrons divide sparse, sun-bleached compositions in self-taught photographer Matthieu Venot’s architectural vistas.
Man, machine and science: MUDAM Luxembourg presents a reappraisal of the continuing relationship between the arts and science.
Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, presents an exhibition by Peter Doig in the Palazzetto Tito. The show features new paintings and several intimately scaled works drawing on found sources.
An exhibition of new work by Yto Barrada at Pace, London, delving into her research on Moroccan fossils and dinosaurs, and exploring notions of imprint, trace and the status of archives.
Carolina Redondo looks to her origins in the Chilean Pucón for inspiration in her performative practice. We speak to the artist about her use of the body to explore migration and interculturality.
Tate Modern presents the first retrospective of Agnes Martin’s work since 1994, tracing her development from biomorphic abstraction to her mesmerising grid and striped canvases.
