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Sunday Special:
Carlos Idun-Tawiah

Inspired by Ghana’s rich photographic archives, the artist’s series at Galerie Huit Arles focuses on themes of community, family, hope, love and kinship.

Markers of Industry

Andreas Gursky’s eye for the “industrial aesthetic” has taken him to humanmade structures that dominate landscapes everywhere.

Revelatory Performances

The Royal Academy of Arts presents a major UK survey of the internationally acclaimed Marina Abramović, celebrating 50 years of pioneering art.

Responsible Gardening

What role could gardens play in a sustainable future? And what can they tell us about history? Vitra Design Museum introduces artists addressing this question.

Empathetic Portraits

Snezhana von Büdingen-Dyba’s series of portraits invites us into the world of Sofie, a teenager with Down’s syndrome growing up in Eilenstedt, Germany.

Reframing Reality:
The World of Anne Zahalka

The artist prompts viewers to contemplate on themes such as cultural diversity within Australian society and the ecological impact of the ongoing climate crisis in MAPh’s latest exhibition.

Resilience through Structure:
Sustainable Design China Summit

Securing a sustainable future is the biggest challenge we face today. It’s a complex task intricately interwoven with the multifaceted realm of design.

PHOTOFAIRS New York:
Young Artists to Watch

The new fair dedicated to photo-based and digital art explores the evolving practices of image-making. Here, we focus on five photographers to watch.

Discovery, Dreams and Structure with Not Vital and Alma Zevi

In line with his new monograph with Skira, we catch up with the artist and the book’s editor and author, Alma Zevi, for a discussion on form and sculpture.

Power of Collaboration

Drawn to the Light highlights the influence of the Maine Media Workshops, showing the many ways photographers have experimented with their craft.

Connecting Cultures

Brooklyn Museum’s survey of María Magdalena Campos-Pons’s thought-provoking art navigates interconnected histories, identities and realities.

High-Tech Architecture:
5 Buildings to Know

Technical advancements, innovative engineering solutions and a sense of optimism are hallmarks of high-tech architectural style. Here are five to know.

Preserving Moments

Foam, Amsterdam, presents a beautiful tribute to Ara Güler, the celebrated “Eye of Istanbul” and one of Turkey’s most legendary photojournalists.

Photography Exhibitions:
This Season

Taking place across Europe and the USA, these new shows address pressing topics such as the climate crisis, equality, sustainability, history and race.

Elements from Nature

Per Bak Jensen highlights the overlooked patterns, shapes and textures in our environment, directing our attention to details we often ignore.

The Uncanny Valley:
Digital Estrangement

Marshall Gallery’s latest show focuses on the “uncanny valley”, the point where something we first recognise as human becomes unsettling.

Amongst the Waves

Allan Sekula: Fish Story is a ground-breaking research, photo and video project exploring the profound impact of the globalised shipping trade.

Elle Pérez:
Devotional Moments

Elle Pérez captures the intimacies shared among friends and partners in their newest exhibition at the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art.

Shortlist Announced:
Taylor Wessing Portrait Prize 2023

Shots of family, community and tenderness. The highly anticipated exhibition returns to the newly renovated gallery for the first time since 2020.

Outdoor Exhibitions:
5 to See this Season

Outdoor art offers us something special, proving how inspiring sculpture can be when shown outside gallery walls. Here are five to visit this summer.

Imagination According to Ajamu

Over decades, Ajamu has been reclaiming bondage and playing with power dynamics to examine Black masculinity and identity.

Vivid Abstraction

Sharp shadows. Vivid colour palettes. High contrast. Tight framing. These are hallmarks of French artist Marguerite Bornhauser’s still life compositions.

Brutalist Architecture:
5 Buildings To Know

Brutalist architecture emerged in the late 1940s. The following list comprises sites from across the world; each one is a key example of the style to know.

Guided by Love

With eye-catching colours and striking staging, Mous Lamrabat creates parallel worlds bursting with humour, empathy and playful irreverence.

Digital Abstraction:
Eric Sanders

What happens when we apply Colour Field to the contemporary world? How are emulsion techniques transformed when subject to digital rendering?

Encountering New Viewpoints

PHotoEspaña returns with 96 exhibitions and over 300 photographers who reflect on timely and relevant themes –from gender to the environment.

Seen and Heard

Musical Thinking explores the powerful resonances between video art, audio and popular culture, with 29 stimulating time-based artworks.

Atmospheric Memory:
Rafael Lozano-Hemmer

This August, Powerhouse Museum presents a programme that features Rafael Lozano-Hemmer’s climate, science and technology-focused installation.

Hyperreal Photography: 5 to Know

Here are five photographers who engage with ideas of truth and fiction – presenting heightening visions of landscapes and cities through skilful techniques.

Community Spirit

Baltic’s most recent retrospective is one of the most comprehensive surveys of Chris Killip’s iconic documentary photography to launch to date.

Green Networks:
Rooted at Wakehurst

Kew Gardens celebrates the power of trees by showcasing an array of spectacular outdoor installations across its 535-acre Wakehurst site.

Postmodern Architecture:
5 Buildings You Need To Know

“Less is bore.” Architect, Robert Venturi’s iconic quote summarises the essence of Postmodern architecture. Here, we present buildings to note.

Jasmin Genzel

The art of Jasmin Genzel focuses on the emanation of form and the interaction with imagination – the “songline” – to poetically integrate and weave images into material. Her recent series, Bundles and Planches, develop printmaking into objects that bridge and create a moment in the gathering of pieces. Genzel has participated in various exhibitions throughout Europe.

Video Art Innovations

Full Burn showcases the potential of lens-based media, immersing attendees in exciting new worlds, from virtual chat rooms to the forests of Taiwan.

Outdoor Performance

Margeaux Walter’s fun, humorous self-portraits bring joy whilst responding to, and reflecting on, complex ways humans interact with landscapes.

World of Abstraction

Dublin-based Sarah Doyle harnesses bright colours and experimental shapes as a way of travelling to and inventing vast new horizons.

A Sense of Renewal

Brazilian image-maker Gleeson Paulino brings an evocative collection of pictures: a dreamlike chronicle about, and ode to, his native country.

Actions by Design

Colour is tied up with the architecture of power and control. Kapwani Kiwanga shows us how, in aesthetically pleasing, immersive installations.

Building a Universe

Origami boats sail through seas of paper-cut leaves in JeeYoung Lee’s constructed studio scenes, acting as windows to an inner world.

Beyond Narrative

We Need Colour is satisfying in its visual style and co-ordination: eyeshadows, backgrounds clothing and props are all carefully matched.

Planetary Expeditions

Maria Leonardo Cabrita imagines the discovery of a lost cosmos found in-between the Sun and Mercury, filled with neon skies and rising steam.

Creative Advocacy

Media representations of Africa are all too often based on clichéd views. Aïda Muluneh is pushing past these narratives with her surreal storytelling.

Aerial Perspective

A landmark show tracks humanity’s 21st century story, drawing attention to photo artists who are portraying the impact of industry on the Earth.

Time on Earth: The August / September Issue

Storytelling is how we recall the past and imagine possible futures. This issue is about reflection and memory, tracking complex systems across the world.

United Ecosystems

Global temperatures are set to reach new highs. Tomás Saraceno’s exhibition champions shared stewardship of the land, people and knowledge.

A Survey of Parenthood:
Intimate Strangers

Through moments of honesty, investigation and tenderness, this show grapples with the complex relationships that exist within familial life.

Compelling Terrains:
5 Photobooks for Summer

Through skilful composition and artful storytelling, these photobooks serve as a platform for crucial discourse on identity, nationhood and migration.

Translucent Facades

Glass Houses, published by Phaidon, showcases domestic residences, across the globe, which have been inspired by the material’s legacy.

Summer Memories

Summer Lovin’, the latest exhibition at Robert Mann Gallery, brings together 14 artists who capture nostalgic memories under the summer sun.

Berlin Shows: 5 to See

Berlin is recognised as one of the most important cities on the cultural map. The German capital is a hotspot for both emerging and established artists.

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