Aesthetica Art Prize: Painting & Drawing Showcase

Aesthetica celebrates the visual arts in all forms and that’s why our Art Prize welcomes entries from artists working in all mediums. Artists may submit their work into any one of the four categories.

HOME: A Public Art Project for Peckham

As a society we are less fixed on living in one place, Julia Vogl’s latest work HOME is a large scale public art work, audio and visual, that reflects Peckham’s residents’ ideas of why London is their home.

Jerwood Drawing Prize 2012: Shortlisted Artists Announced

The Jerwood Drawing Prize is the largest and longest running annual open exhibition for drawing in the UK. The Prize explores and celebrates the diversity, excellence and range of drawing practices.

Frieze Film: Participating Artists Announced

Frieze Film is a programme of artist films screened to coincide with Frieze London. Curated by Sarah McCrory, this year’s commissions include five films that will be shown in a specially constructed cinema.

Behind the Scenes: The Stone Roses

The Stone Roses’ recent homecoming gig in Manchester has been hailed as a triumph. For those of you who still want more, Dennis Morris’ photo essay on the rise of the band’s career should suffice.

Vivienne Westwood’s Vision of London, Tate Britain

Fashion designer Vivienne Westwood appears in a brand new film to talk about two paintings which capture her vision of London. Westwood discusses the work of Frank Auerbach and JM Whistler.

Edvard Munch: The Modern Eye at Tate Modern, London

If Edvard Munch is mentioned in conversation; The Scream will surely follow. He may be spoken of as the Norwegian painter whose 1895 pastel version of The Scream sold by Sotheby’s for $120 million.

Prix Pictet Shortlist Announced at Les Rencontres d’Arles

The Prix Pictet uses the power of photography to raise public awareness to the environmental and social challenges of the new millennium. This year’s theme is Power: an idea with enormous breadth.

The Bloomsbury Art Fair at Goodenough College, London

The Bloomsbury Art Fair opens this week and offers visitors an opportunity to buy and enjoy works of art at an event that celebrates the talents of established, as well as emerging, contemporary artists.

A Peculiar Form Of Fiction at S1 Artspace, Sheffield

History isn’t just out there, particles of memory floating around. Since a story exists only in its telling, to convey truth requires mediation. Artworks in this exhibition lie between truth and telling.

Jenny Saville, Modern Art Oxford

Modern Art Oxford presents Jenny Saville’s first solo show in a UK public institution, an exhibition that traces Saville’s practice from the early nineties to the present day. From 23 February.

Loss, Golden Thread Gallery, Belfast

Co-curated with the Imperial War Museum, Loss explores its theme through the work of four renowned artists, Jananne Al-Ani, Annabel Dover, Rozanne Hawksley and Steve McQueen.

Richard Long, Hepworth Wakefield

Richard Long has created two new site-specific works for Hepworth Wakefield. The exhibition explores the artist’s practice across his career, from early photo-based works to later sculptures.

Preview – Art & Anarchy at the East End Film Festival

The East End Film Festival (EEFF) is now one of the biggest international film events in the UK. Their six day programme features documentaries and shorts, including 14 world premieres.

Child Hood – The Real Event, The Royal Academy, London

This show depicts trauma and neglect through sound, text, bright paintings, puppets, sculptures and costumes. Papier-mâché monsters engulf rooms and creatures fly over imagined towns.

Josef Herman: Warsaw, Brussels, Glasgow, London, 1938-44 at The Royal West of England Academy

Joseph Herman:Warsaw,Brussels,Glasgow,London, 1938-44 focuses on the formative years of Herman’s prolific career, which spanned seven decades. Born in Warsaw in 1911, the artist fled, in 1938, to Brussels.

Aesthetica Short Film Festival returns to York this November: New Venues and More Screenings!

Aesthetica is delighted to present the Aesthetica Short Film Festival in venues across the city of York in November 2012. The four-day festival programme will showcase leading short film.

Anish Kapoor: Flashback at Yorkshire Sculpture Park

The long trek from the Yorkshire Sculpture Park Centre to the Longside Gallery refreshes and furnishes the soul of the city dweller with a graceful marriage of nature and artifice.

Interview: Georgia Fendley, Mulberry AW12

This month Mulberry released its AW12 campaign, shot by British photographer Tim Walker. The series is beautiful and evocative, playing on the romance and darkness of children’s fairytales.

Aesthetica Art Prize: Installation & Performance Showcase

We celebrate the visual arts in all forms and that’s why the Aesthetica Art Prize welcomes entries from artists working in all mediums. Artists may submit their work into any one of the four categories.

Block Party: Contemporary Craft Inspired by the Art of the Tailor at New Walk Museum and Art Gallery

The Crafts Council touring exhibition entitled Block Party: Contemporary Craft Inspired by the Art of the Tailor is housed in the New Walk Museum and Art Gallery of Leicester, the third leg of its journey.

Latitude Contemporary Art Award

Now in its third year, LCA Award and Exhibition boasts one of the largest contemporary art prize funds in the country. This year’s shortlisted artists will compete for the £10,000 prize.

Preview of The 18th Biennale Of Sydney: Opens Tomorrow

The Biennale of Sydney plays a central role in the visual arts in Australia and connecting artists from around the world. It’s 18th edition opens tomorrow, unveiling the work of 100 artists.

David Bailey’s East End at Compressor House, Newham

It is a little known fact that David Bailey has photographed east London streets and their inhabitants from the early 1960s to the present day, returning time and time again to Newham.

Portrait of the Artist As… The Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House

Portrait of the Artist As… looks at the ways in which artists have portrayed themselves, their peers and predecessors over centuries. Organised by Courtauld’s Curating the Art Museum students.

Aesthetica Art Prize: Photographic & Digital Art Showcase

As a celebration of excellence in art from across the world, the Aesthetica Art Prize welcomes entries from artists working in all mediums. Artists may submit their work into any one of the four categories.

Zoe Strauss: 10 Years: A Slideshow at Bruce Silverstein Gallery, New York

Zoe Strauss (b. 1970) is a self-taught photographer and installation artist. This exhibition at Bruce Silverstein gallery marks the culmination of Strauss’ I-95 project, a 10-year long endeavour.

Stéphane Coutelle: Shoebox Studio

There’s no doubt that Stéphane Coutelle’s Shoebox Studio is a striking collection of images. Published by Damiani, Shoebox Studio features portraits of young women, all new to modelling.

Anouk Mercier: Excursus at Antlers Gallery, Bristol.

Bristol-based artist Anouk Mercier has been championing the art of drawing within Bristol since graduated from UWE in 2008. Her latest exhibition Excursus open in…

Bruce Nauman: Days and SOUNDWORKS, ICA, London

Entering through the sliding doors of the ICA, a perceptible chatter drifts around the corner from the gallery’s ground floor exhibition space. It sounds as if the private view of the show is still underway.

Heatherwick Studio: Designing The Extraordinary at V&A, London

The Rolling Bridge is one of the studio’s better known projects, along with the Seed Cathedral, East Beach Café in Littlehampton, the B of the Bang sculpture, and most recently the new Routemaster bus.

Simon Pope: Memory Marathon, John Hansard Gallery Central

Simon Pope explores the interactions of memory and dialogue in relation to landscape representation. His work Memory Marathon will be on show at John Hansard Gallery Central during July.

Graham Gussin: In and Out, Back and Forth at New Art Centre, Salisbury

Graham Gussin (b. 1960) is renowned for using diverse media, including text, photography, drawing, film and installation, to explore perceptions of time and space. We spoke to the artist recently.

Polly Morgan Talks About Endless Plains at All Visual Arts, London

Ever since we spoke to Polly Morgan last month, we have been following her movements as she elevates taxidermy to an art form by creating vignettes that emphasise the beauty of nature.

Alessandro Imbriaco: The Garden

Photographer Alessandro Imbriaco is the 19th winner of the European Publishers Award for Photography, and will see his project – The Garden – published in a book in five European countries.

Interview with Nigel Walker, Curator of Creation Fine Arts, Beverley

Creation Fine Arts is a brand new art gallery in Beverley, East Yorkshire, showcasing the work of talented artists from the local area and around the globe. Aesthetica spoke to Curator, Nigel Walker.

Obsession at Louis Vuitton Maison, New Bond Street

Collaborations between fashion houses and the art world are nothing new. Unlike some of the commercial tie-ins we witness today, everyone is a winner when these spheres work creatively together.

Yto Barrada: RIFFS at Ikon Gallery, Birmingham

Yto Barrada’s RIFFS is a highly anticipated and significant exhibition for Ikon. The show focuses on the realities around her, in particular the process of the “new” into a society where the “old” prevails.

The Dead of Night: William Eckersley: Dark City at VEGAS Gallery, London

In our Dec/Jan 2011 issue, we previewed photographer William Eckersley’s book Dark City. Eckersley’s vision of nocturnal London dissembles the conventional imagery of built environments.

FormContent: It’s Moving from I to It at Eastside Projects, Birmingham

Tucked away in the far corner of Eastside Projects in a side-room is the exhibition It’s Moving from I to It. This exhibition is put on by the performance group FormContent, made up of six participants.

Re-coding Narratives: Aesthetica speaks to Laureana Toledo

With a background in photography, Laureana Toledo’s (b. 1970, Mexico) practice incorporates various media, chosen in relation to a specific concept or theme of the work.

The Kunsthalle Zürich Re-Opens: Interview with Director, Beatrix Ruf

Switzerland’s leading contemporary art organisation, the Kunsthalle Zürich will open to the public this weekend in its new home within the Löwenbräukunst for a special preview week.

Grayson Perry: The Vanity of Small Differences at Victoria Miro, London

Standing in the entrance of Grayson Perry’s exhibition at the Victoria Miro gallery I find myself caught between two images. On the left, a child is cradled in the arms of a young mother.

The Happy Couple: Laura Stevens: Us Alone in Paris

Laura Stevens looks at the dark and melancholy aspects of relationships. Us Alone explores the moment when the romance of cohabitation is betrayed by the banal aspects of day-to-day living.

We Face Forward: Contemporary Art and Music from West Africa

We Face Forward is a season of art and music from West Africa, celebrated across Manchester’s galleries, museums, music venues and public spaces, as part of London 2012 Festival.

Curator Liz Wells, Sense of Place, BOZAR, Brussels

The focus of the 4th edition of the Summer of Photography, an international biennale that focuses on photography and related media, is on landscape. Central to the festival is Sense of Place.

Jenny Holzer: Sophisticated Devices at Sprüth Magers

Jenny Holzer is an artist known for her words. Whether it’s T-shirts, plaques or LED signs, she emblazons her medium of choice with witty quotes – or truisms – to create instantly satisfying pieces.

Near and Far: Landscape Photographs by Per Bak Jensen at 12 Star Gallery

It is hard to overestimate the importance of attitudes to nature and ideas around the representation of landscape in Nordic culture and thinking.

Babak Ghazi and Gareth Jones at Raven Row, London

The top floor of Raven Row is divided into two adjacent, small, white spaces. Each room contains two sets of shelves, back-to-back. On the shelves are arranged an assortment of uniform black box-files.

HowTheLightGetsIn, The Philosophy and Music Festival at Hay

HowTheLightGetsIn, the philosophy and music festival, offers an intellectually rigorous programme of innovative and inspirational debate, alongside live performances from world-class musicians.