Moments of Isolation

Continuing an ongoing support of emerging talent, Next Generation is an annual collaboration with LCC that celebrates the work of graduates.

Intricate Customisation

Computer-aided designs break the material-making mould, steering the creation of increasingly responsible, adaptable and sustainable architecture.

Visions of the City

Kevin Krautgartner’s works focus on geometric elements from the evolving landscape, revelling in bold structures set against an immaculate skyline.

Urban Algorithms

Using patterns and data from intelligent surveillance systems, Esther Hovers’ images have been crafted around the detection of criminal behaviour.

Surreal Interactions

Brooke DiDonato creates rich, palpable images that document a new kind of reality – taking figures from the realms of the everyday into a state of flux.

National Construction

Photographs of the country’s interior and exterior structures provide thought-provoking insights into a society built upon fairyland aesthetics.

Spatial Recognition

James Casebere devises table-top models, creating thought-provoking and visually deceptive images that have accrued international acclaim.

Aesthetica Issue 84 Available Now

The August / September edition, Global Initiatives, looks at sustainable ways of living across range of disciplines, documenting the human story.

Collaborative Existence

La Fondation Louis Vuitton pulls together art from across the globe to highlight connections between human beings and the planet.

Reinventing History

Vogue Like A Painting at GL Strand, Copenhagen, establishes visual and thematic links between fashion photography and fine art.

Post-Production in the Arts

We live in a world that’s increasingly edited, cropped and filtered. Royal College of Art’s Nicola Koller, Matteo Mastandrea and Thomas Greenall discuss.

A Contemporary Vision

Alfred Seiland’s body of work offers a bright synthesis of colour and light, combining  analog techniques with contemporary aesthetics.

Stylised Perspectives

An exhibition at Ibasho Gallery celebrates the work of contemporary Japanese photographers, reflecting on the fast pace of everyday life.

Digital Connections

Inspired by nature, innovative design collective Studio Drift presents Franchise Freedom, a flying sculpture comprising 300 luminous drones.

Into the Metropolis

For over ten years, Nuremberg-based photographer Christian Höhn has captured the world’s largest cities and transport networks.

The Urban Vernacular

Capturing the everyday landscape, Vishal Marapon’s images connect with changing cities and the material effects of gentrification and development.

10 Sculptures from AAP

During the last month of submissions, the Aesthetica Art Prize collates 10 sculptors from past editions, foregrounding imaginative responses.

An Iconic Approach

Iconic work by Stephen Shore is highlighted as part of Edwynn Houk Gallery’s Summer Show, which delves into a diverse collection.

Geometric Structures

Victoria Miro, London, announces an exhibition of new works by Conrad Shawcross. The works offer a complex, ever-changing experience.

5 to See: This Weekend

Aesthetica selects five must-see photography exhibitions open 28-29 July. Each offers conceptual responses to contemporary life.

Printmaking in the 21st Century

British printmaker Tom Hammick, part of ING Discerning Eye, discusses the process, shedding light on his inspiration.

Design Fairs to See this Year

This selection of international design events provides fresh approaches to making, showcasing the work of upcoming practitioners.

Promoting Creativity

Polaroid Originals’ summer campaign offers bold colours and clean lines, evoking a sense of freedom and creativity.

A Bold Trajectory

Delving into the archives, Changes at Staley-Wise Gallery, New York, charts the development of 20th century photography.

Artificial Landscapes

Brilliant City at David Zwirner, Hong Kong investigates the density of the metropolis through manipulated compositions.

Responses to Modernism

British artist Edmund de Waal, known for crafting minimal ceramic forms, makes his first architectural intervention in the US.

Evolving Disciplines

Exhibitions at The Hepworth, Wakefield, and the Getty Center, Los Angeles, showcase work that occupies the boundary between fashion and fine art.

Symbolic Journeys

A new show at Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, examines the poetic nature of roads through photographs by Robert Adams.

Social Mediations

Nothing Stable Under Heaven features works by 25 artists drawn from SFMOMA’s contemporary collection focusing on social and political resistance.

A Dynamic City

The 20 photographers featured in Made in Berlin at CAMERAWORK draw a striking portrait of the cultural centre through a variety of styles.

Holzer: Language Systems

Tate Modern’s Artist’s Rooms: Jenny Holzer opens, featuring a diverse range of text-based work by the American artist.

Artists’ Film Screenings

The domestic landscape holds complex emotions at its core. Works from the Aesthetica Art Prize’s longlist of Artists’ Films explore these feelings.

Cinematic Perspectives

Gail Albert Halaban’s large-scale, stylised works possess a dark and cinematic sense of voyeurism, addressing themes of 21st century disconnection.

Unseen Environments

Anthropocene at Art Gallery of Ontario brings together science and art, unearthing the scale of industrial activity on the planet.

Documenting the Self

An exhibition at Museum of Fine Arts, Petersburgh, examines how photographers capture and rewrite notions of identity.

Future Forms

London Design Festival showcases products from Zaha Hadid Design, a studio known for its innovative approach to geometry.

Cultural Developments

The V&A Dundee, Scotland’s first design museum, opens this September, offering the city a new and dynamic creative centre.

Illuminating the Everyday

Harry Gruyaert offers a striking synthesis of colour, form and light, bringing together fragments of the everyday.

Theatrical Encounters

Lonneke van der Palen’s practice focuses on creating artificial sets. Highly stylised, the images focus on nature of circulated media and constructed realities.

A Shifting Topography

Berenice Abbott’s works represent a community in flux, documenting New York’s changing landscape through light and form.

Environmental Dialogues

The relationship between humans and the natural landscape is constantly shifting. A show responds to these changing dialogues.

5 to See: This Weekend

From UK beaches to Latin and Central America, must-see exhibitions open 21-22 July are defined by a sense of place and local identity.

Changing Perceptions

The shortlist exhibition for Artes Mundi 8 brings together visionary contemporary artists engaging with timely socio-political issues.

A World First

Artificial Intelligence has the potential to transform everything we do. Huawei launches the world’s first photography award judged by AI.

Surreal Archetypes

Kate Ballis transforms California’s iconic modernist architecture and desert landscapes into uncanny worlds.

Manipulated Space

Image Building: How Photography Transforms Architecture explores the changing dialogues between viewer, photographer and architect.

Innovative Architecture: 10 New Buildings

Aesthetica’s selection of visually arresting, newly-built galleries, hotels and industrial projects responds to social and environmental needs.

Documenting Change

Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg’s retrospective of work by Robert Lebeck uncovers different forms of rebellion and the aftermath of protest.

A Bold Vision

Hatje Cantz’s new publication, James Turrell: Extraordinary Ideas – Realized,  features bold images of the artist’s visionary installations.

Otherworldly Arenas

Intrigued by social phenomena, Al Mefer’s photographs call upon artificial elements, using an intriguing interplay between shadow and colour.