Imagined Environments

Hayward Gallery offers glimpses of the future through the work of seven international artists reflecting on the current state of play,

Preserving History

Reginald Van de Velde’s images provide an oasis for reflection. A selection of reflective photographs will be showcased at the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition.

Visual Sanctuaries

Reginald Van de Velde’s images provide an oasis for reflection. A selection of reflective photographs will be showcased at the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition.

Experimental Methodologies

Jane Gottlieb’s latest solo show is at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara, until 29 April. We speak with her about the exhibition.

Visual Energy

Boomoon’s Skogar, on display at Flowers Gallery, documents a sublime encounter between the photographer and the natural world.

Invented Moments

Dreamy doesn’t do justice to Maia Flore’s images, on show at Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris. Au lieu de ce monde places physicality at the centre.

Displaced Nature

Hans Strand’s images, on display in Manmade Land at Fotografiska, Stockholm, highlight the tragic beauty of the curated landscape.

Contemporary Innovation

Returning with timely programmes, new exhibitors and a fresh layout, Frieze New York is an imaginative arena for the arts.

A Perceptive Environment

Panasonic’s immersive installation offers visitors the opportunity to experience pure air, highlighting issues of pollution.

Responsive Vistas

Olaf Otto Becker’s photography makes the impact of human intervention visual through an engagement with sublime natural landscapes.

Media Fragmentation

Shortlisted artist Electra Lyhne-Gold questions the wider impact of advertising by fragmenting the language of publicity.

Recording Transformation

Photographer, researcher and archivist Dan Holdsworth uses high-tech software to examine the world’s changing natural topographies.

Structural Critique

Examining the changing definition of architecture after modernism, Gordon Matta-Clark’s work offers insight into deconstruction,

Conceptual Subjects

An exhibition of works by Cindy Sherman focuses on existential ideas, exploring dream landscapes, fantasy worlds and deep-rooted fears.

An Otherworldly Residence

Fernando Mastrangelo’s uncanny visual language bridges the boundary between the real and the imagined, offering a surreal experience.

5 to See: This Weekend

From future cities to manufactured histories, exhibitions open 14-15 April surpass the temporal world to offer new visions of reality.

Meticulous Curation

Gillian Hyland, who is part of the Aesthetica Art Prize, crafts highly-stylised images engaging with notions of desire and nostalgia.

Arbus: Intimate Dialogues

n a portfolio completed toward the end of her career, Diane Arbus invites us to look, uninhibited and free from the confines of society.

Responsive Documentation

Magnum photographers offer striking images of the student protests in France during May 1968, a time regarded as the start of postmodernism.

Sublime Landscapes

Ellen Jantzen unearths new states of reality through digital manipulation, looking beyond the surface to reveal new layers of meaning.

Poignant Histories

Uriel Orlow’s Theatrum Botanicum positions the natural world as a stage for politics, profoundly engaging with the impact of colonialism.

Visual Biography

Finnish photographer Elina Brotherus combines her past with tropes from the history of art, forging personal and universal connections .

The Role of Art Prizes

Lumen Prize are attending the Aesthetica Future Now Symposium to discuss how prizes help artists to develop. Carla Rapport expands upon the idea.

Transient Moments

Jocelyn Lee’s portfolio of photographs offer intimate moments, presenting a subtle yet powerful statement about the female experience.

Foreboding Compositions

Francois Ollivier’s approach is based on wandering and accepting the impromptu, magnifying the most common things into the poignant or magnificent.

Material Investigations

Mary Corse is known for an interest in notions of perception and celebration of light’s limitless potential; offering a new visual language.

Universal Elements

Seven new sculptures by Mariko Mori are on display at Sean Kelly Gallery. The works investigate the mysteries of the universe.

Sensory Details

Formerly a cinema set painter, Lorenzo Vitturi’s photographic style in infused with performativity. Money Must be Made opens at Flowers Gallery.

Celebrating Tradition

Evora Africa is a celebration of African heritage, offering fresh perspectives on the modern world and the experiences of young people.

Formal Innovation

Offering a comprehensive overview of contemporary photography, a new exhibition presents images which depart from convention.

Multilayered Practice

A new book published by Yale University Press tracks the groundbreaking work of contemporary artist Mona Hatoum.

Future Greats

The 2018 Aesthetica Art Prize exhibition explores the effects of over-consumption, media stimulation and emotional disconnection in today’s world.

An Unprecedented Approach

Pioneering photographer August Sander drew a nuanced sociological portrait of Germany’s inhabitants and surrounding urban landscapes.

Creative Destination

Bangkok Art Biennale, the first event of its kind in the region, announces its complete list of exhibiting artists, including Yayoi Kusama.

Contemporary Illumination

Breath of Light, a playful installation by Preciosa Lighting, combines technical craftsmanship with contemporary design.

Vivid Perspectives

Hatje Cantz’s Facing India brings togethe six female Indian multimedia artists who examine the country’s socio-cultural landscape.

Exploring Anonymity

As part of the 2018 Aesthetica Art Prize shortlist, Kenji Ouellet’s I Am One offers new perspectives on individuality and uniqueness in the wider city.

5 to Read: This Month

This month’s new releases negotiate how senses and visceral appreciations are integral to the creation, purpose and perception of contemporary art.

5 to See: This Weekend

The top picks for 7-8 April offer global dialogues, navigating international domains from China to Germany to examine a changing landscape.

Ethereal Inspirations

Swedish artist Marie Åkerlund’s subtle works revolve around the fragile, ethereal and essential notion of inspiration. We speak with her to find out more.

Universal Storytelling

Noémi Varga’s The Happiest Barrack recounts a personal tale of life and love within soviet Hungary. See it at as part of the Aesthetica Art Prize 2018.

Material Fragments

French practitioner Mathieu Lehanner combines new technologies with the archetypal sublimity of nature, immortalising waves in marble.

Immersive Subjects

A new publication by Hatje Cantz tracks the ongoing relationship between the swimming pool and photography.

Translating Nature

Blurring the boundaries between industrial craftsmanship and ecological growth, Stedelijk Museum presents Studio Drift: Uncoded Nature.

FotoReportage: Call for Entries

The Marilyn Stafford FotoReportage Award has just announced an international call for submissions for female practitioners for its second annual prize.

YSP: New Methodologies

YSP invite visitors to download Sculpture Cam, a brand-new web app designed to give people a new way to experience the artworks on display.

Radical Craftsmanship

In an increasingly digital world, a group of practitioners work to keep the bespoke alive at Burning Man, an annual creative gathering.

Innovative Approaches

Early fashion photographer Erwin Blumenfeld used experimental darkroom techniques to create unique and often uncanny images.

Constructed Environment

Noémie Goudal’s images combine staged structures with natural landscapes, questioning the boundaries between artificiality and reality.

Sculptural Intersections

Journeys at Australia House, London, showcases the sculptural work of Shona Nunan and Michael Francis Cartwright, along with their two sons.