Yuko Mizobuchi is a “neo-primitive” Japanese artist. Shew has recently opened the BrainBrunnGALLERY in Tokyo – a space built around freedom of imagination, where viewers are encouraged to have primitive, innate responses to art, unrestricted by the uniformity of white wall galleries.
This June, discover must-see online shows, publications and videos – featuring powerful and inspiring artwork from across the globe.
Tekla Evelina Severin’s dusky pinks, forest greens and pale yellows reflect a new interpretation of space, presenting a radical redefinition of home.
Natalie Christensen is a photographer based in Santa Fe, New Mexico, known for minimalist abstractions of the American Southwest.
What is the performative power of architecture? Andrea Grütnzer asks such questions, hovering between the familiar and unfamiliar.
Recharge and Reset, the 101st edition of Aesthetica, highlights artists and curators initiating change, and bringing important and critical works to light.
Matthew Shlian is an artist and paper engineer, innovating in the field of contemporary origami through folds, compressions and extrapolations.
High Museum, Atlanta, has a laudable aim: to confront gender imbalance in photography. A radical examination of institutional programming.
Palm Springs modernism has influenced culture from the 1940s onwards, from Hockney’s paintings to the rise of open-plan architecture.
Mue Studio specialises in “visual escapism” – through serene digital three-dimensional image design, art direction and photography.
New Color in the Times of Slow Coffee is a series from stylist Michelle Maguire, painter Kristin Texeira & photographer Kelsey McClellan.
Elements of Hip Hop, Dada and street culture can be found in the work of Robin Rhode, a multi-disciplinary artist democratising city spaces.
Lowrider car culture is an intricate art form, one that offers a sense of belonging and resilience with spring coils, hydraulics and dropped spindles.
Russian-born Kristina Varaksina sits against stark white backdrops, shrouded by materials. The self-portraits place a strong focus on emotion.
The 24th edition of Madrid’s PHotoESPAÑA festival follows a year of reckoning with the social effects of Covid-19. Discover 5 shows to see.
The Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition showcases 20 contemporary artists from across the globe, new luminaries and chroniclers of our times.
This year’s winning moving image works question the world in which we live, from complex identities to notions of truth and storytelling.
Brad Walls turns his lens to the world of synchronised swimming. Set against rippling pools of dappled water, athletes make geometric shapes.
The High Museum of Art in Atlanta delves into its permanent collections to present a survey of women photographers. We interview the curator.
Cerith Wyn Evans creates experiential artworks that use light, space, sound and time to probe our perceptual relationship with the world.
“A painting doesn’t need to exist on just one plane.” Jasper Pedyo demonstrates a strong understanding of colour and form at The Civic.
What does it mean to feel at home? This is the complex question at the centre of Phoebe Boswell’s latest exhibition at New Art Exchange.
Natalie Christensen’s abstracted, minimalist compositions capture abandoned shopping centres, concrete blocks and swimming pools.
When James Turrell first visited MASS MoCA back in 1987, something caught his eye. More than 30 years on, the artist is realising his vision.
New Contemporaries has played a key role in British art since 1949. In a challenging year, their mission is perhaps more important than ever.
Vitra Design Museum in Weil am Rhein threads together the differences and parallels of design culture in East and West Germany, 1949–1989.
The inaugural Bristol Photo Festival kicks off with a programme of resonant exhibitions and events running from Spring to Autumn 2021.
This May, museums across England are opening their doors for the first time in months. Discover our 5 selected exhibitions to attend this season.
Ori Gersht discusses how art history, science and technology collide. The artist has reimagined a classical still life painting for the digital age.
Cuban-born, Switzerland-based Dayamí Hayek engages with the key issues of our times through clever visual and textual juxtapositions.
In 2016, the work of Luigi Pericle was discovered in a house in Switzerland. Hundreds of paintings and drawings, buried for decades, were uncovered.
In 2014, a glacier in Iceland melted. It was the first lost to climate change. Luciana Abait’s work explores immigration and environmental crisis.
“What better way to collectively engage in empathy than to share the images we take?” Nabad supports artists in Southwestern Asia and North Africa.
A new exhibition at London’s Whitechapel Gallery explores the vital contribution made by women artists and photographers to surrealism in Britain.
Studio Roosegaarde works at the threshold of science, art and engineering. Their latest project harnesses UVC rays to create safer urban spaces.
“In the bodies of other women I find a union.” Carlota Guerrero’s photobook proposes a new kind of spirituality: a celebration of sisterhood.
2020 was a year marked by resilience, rebirth and renewal. Sculptor Paul Kaptein pushes the boundaries of figuration, responding to our world.
Dadaism, Surrealism and Pop Art are tied together by questioning the status quo. What does this look like today? Online gallery Avanguardian shows us.
Liz West, who was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize, creates a new striking site-specific artwork in Greenwich Peninsula, London – using vivid colour, light and space.
Assembly is a fresh online art and photography platform engaging with some of the most important social and cultural issues of our time.
‘Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts’ offers a bountiful history of the school’s formative decade – from Fluxus to feminism.
For Renaissance artists, the mirror was “a teacher.” Natalie Rudd looks at the story of self-portraiture, from early pioneers to contemporary work.
Swirls of pink and red. Green and yellow voids. Fragments of wood, fracturing and splintering. These are the works of Daniel Fuchs.
“Barbara Hepworth is one of the most important artists of the 1900s, with a unique artistic vision that demands to be looked at in-depth.”
Kunstpalast celebrates the 90th birthday of Heinz Mack – illuminating seminal environmental art and the artist’s innovative, revolutionary spirit.
A major new touring exhibition promises to shed light on the hidden histories of women’s sculpture worldwide. Aesthetica speaks to the curator.
After half of Claudia Andujar’s family were killed in WWII, she dedicated five decades to raising awareness of the Yanomami people in Brazil.
In a 2018 interview with Royal Academy, Tacita Dean stated that she “didn’t care about the long run, caring only about now.” A new show opens.
“It would be possible to continue this journey forever.” Benjamin Wolbergs presents a multidimensional portrait of LGBTQIA+ culture.
Find out more about our key speakers ahead of this year’s Future Now symposium. Héloise Winstone tells us about her role and favourite art.
