Inspired by journeys through Mexico, Adam Wiseman’s Free Architecture captures the striking buildings that define the landscape.

Combining nostalgia with a sense of minimalism, a new, playful project by Sella Concept adheres to an interest in usability and movement.

London Design Biennale 2018 opens at Somerset House, London, offering international interpretations of the theme Emotional States.

The 2018 edition of Unseen Amsterdam – a leading event for the discovery of new photographic talent – announces its responsive programme.

Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Gabriela Torres Ruiz uses photography to preserve an experience of silence, reflecting on the passage of time.

Looking to the future, Sydney Contemporary celebrates cutting edge emerging talent from Australia, New Zealand and South East Asia.

An exhibition celebrates the bold architectural landmarks of the 20th century through images by influential photographer Ezra Stoller.

Today is the last day to submit to the Aesthetica Art Prize, an international award celebrating excellence and innovation in art around the world.

Moving into September, must-see shows use documentary photographs, fashion imagery and new technologies to depict the urban landscape.

UNESCO’s Creative Cities network comprises destinations which celebrate innovation. Aesthetica offers insight into these locations.

Photography at Berlin Art Week questions life in a performance-orientated society through playful, surprising angles and uncanny postures.

 Katerina Belkina blends photography and painting to craft surreal compositions that combine muted tones and otherworldly elements.

Innovative work by Henry Driver – shortlisted for the 2016 Aesthetica Art Prize – explores the speed at which technology is shaping daily life.

New York-based Changyeon Lee’s practice specialises in kinetic sculpture through the use of mechanical components and natural objects.

START Art Fair at Saatchi Gallery highlights emerging artists, young galleries and art scenes across the globe, offering varied perspectives.

Laurent Grasso’s work explores sacred spaces, mythologies and scientific theories through video, sculpture, painting and installation.

Living and working in San Francisco, Colin Pollard’s pop-coloured projects revel in pastel compositions and deceptive block landscapes.

Milan-based British artist Denholm Berry approaches portraiture with an innovative and unconventional methodology.

Recommended shows running 25-26 August look to contemporary visual culture, investigating the impacts of censorship and media saturation.

With just one week left of our call for entries, we select five artists from the Aesthetica Art Prize who draw on the natural world for inspiration.

The 2018 Liverpool Biennial is a lamentation over what is lost: cultures and identities. Beautiful World Where Are You? works towards an inclusive future.

Jacques-Henri Lartigue’s signature style revels in spontaneity and the joyful everyday, capturing bright scenes of leisure and idealism.

Aesthetica selects five awards which foster emerging talent, offering wider platforms for the next generation of creative visionaries.

Experimental design practice Studio INI unveil a kinetic installation at London Design Biennale, responding to the theme of Emotional States.

The stories of 1960s and 1970s America are examined in Matt Henry’s photography, which is highlighted in a new show at Polka Galerie, Paris.

Aesthetica selects ten destinations across the world which offer visually and conceptually arresting architecture, galleries and museums.

Daniel Libeskind is known for a series of striking, resonant and sustainable buildings and design projects, combining intersecting angular forms.

Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Alinka Echeverria combines a background in anthropology with a critical, responsive approach to image-making.

A collection of work by Noémie Goudal comprises constructed images that reinvent built and natural environments through surreal visuals.

Maia Flore’s bright compositions combine feelings of joy and freedom with surreal themes, often evoking the very essence of summer.

We are delighted to announce the judging panel for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2019, comprising influential art figures across a range of media.

Drenched in theatrical suspense, Julia Fullerton-Batten’s images mix fine art with cinematic imagery to create multilayered narratives.

Over the past seven years, Dan Matthews has developed a uniquely graphic and cropped aesthetic that conjures a sense of the surreal.

Christo’s new public commission, The London Mastaba, is a puzzling monument which makes a jarring statement in the heart of Hyde Park.

Calling upon innovative practices, get inspired by winners from the past five years of the Aesthetica Art Prize. Entries open until 30 August.

Portraiture is a time-honoured genre. We select five artists from the Aesthetica Art Prize who redefine the style for the 21st century.

Shows open 18-19 August navigate private and public worlds, demonstrating the  power of photography to communicate personal messages.

A new series by Todd Hido looks to the darkness of Northern Europe for inspiration, drawing audiences into unfamiliar yet curious worlds.

British painter and printmaker Tess Jaray RA is one of the inspiring female artists exhibiting in the ING Discerning Eye exhibition 2018.

PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai returns for 2018, showcasing contemporary and classic photography from Asia and around the world.

A new cultural hub brings the latest developments in Japanese art and design to the heart of London; Japan House launches with work from Sou Fujimoto.

On Common Ground at Goodman Gallery positions work by two of South Africa’s most renowned photographers side-by-side. 

With two weeks to go until our call for entries closes, we reflect on the responsive works of 2016 Aesthetica Art Prize winner Rachel Ara.

Two exhibitions celebrate the versatile and deeply affecting oeuvre of Roman Vishniac, who captured a changing social landscape.

The escalation of the creation, interaction and circulation of images is highlighted by Foam Talent at The Frankfurt Art Association.

My Nights are brighter than your Days by Franck Abd-Bakar Fanny records the metropolis and surrounding suburban landscapes after dark.

In 2014, Stefanie Moshammer embarked on a three-month assignment in Las Vegas. Whilst there, a strange encounter inspired a deluge of images.

A new exhibition at Hayward Gallery, entitled DRAG​: Self-portraits and Body Politics, explores notions of identity, gender, class, politics and race.

 A major exhibition of interactive works by Japanese creative studio TeamLab marks the opening of Amos Rex, Helsinki.

Edmund Clark’s Control Order House explores detention through photographs, architectural representations and handwritten documents,