Into the Sunlight
French visual artist Maia Flore has cultivated a reputation from constructing dreamworlds where figures fly, balance and bend – bringing magic to life.
French visual artist Maia Flore has cultivated a reputation from constructing dreamworlds where figures fly, balance and bend – bringing magic to life.
Laure Winants, an interdisciplinary artist and researcher, studies Arctic sea ice – presenting thousands of years’ history in a single frame.
This issue celebrates humanity’s creative impulse, exploring the power of interdisciplinary making with Shigeru Ban, Anthony McCall, Maia Flore and more.
Giuseppe Lo Schiavo makes simulated views driven by the psychology that’s behind how
we interpret what is, or isn’t, a real landscape.
Artists, scientists and activists champion the iconic Joshua tree in a rallying cry for much wider environmental and cultural awareness.
French-American photographer Karine Laval visits gardens across Europe and the USA to produce hallucinatory views of their green plants and trees.
Shigeru Ban, a Pritzker Prize-winning architect, speaks about his new book, charting a notable career marked by innovation and compassion.
Svante Gullichsen positions himself amidst the vast forces of nature, reflecting on selfcare and acceptance through his portraits.
Sin Wai Kin talks to us about their ‘Essence’ project, which addresses fantasies sold by brands that suggest happiness and fulfilment can be bought.
Richard Misrach finds hope in capturing the human spirit in harmony with the natural world. His latest series is imbued with a distinct sense of optimism.
Hayward Gallery presents the first mid-career survey of Tavares Strachan, featuring monumental sculptural commissions alongside large-scale works.
Bruges is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. But it is also a key destination for contemporary art, as the city’s 2024 Triennial establishes in clear terms.
Human.Kind. is an important publication, sharing the work of 30 Prix Pictet photographers who compassionately engage with humanitarian issues.
Harewood House’s 2024 Biennial ‘Create/Elevate’ foregrounds the artists and collectives using craft to pass down knowledge to future generations.
We speak to photographer Laura Chen, whose work is part of a group show at Impressions Gallery that asks us to critically reconsider the archives.
James Casebere has been at the forefront of constructed photography for decades. His latest work is designed to spark climate conversations.
Here are five exhibitions that showcase creatives who demonstrate the many ways that the fashion industry shapes our culture, politics and identity.
Art Gallery of Ontario highlights the myriad ways artists create powerful and thought-provoking experiences using light, sound and moving images.
Galerie Lelong presents a tribute to the work of late photographer Rosemary Laing, spotlighting her activism for Indigenous rights and climate action.
Installations invite us to step into the mind of the artist. Today, we are bringing you five incredible immersive exhibitions to experience across the UK.
The African Gaze is an essential archive that spotlights photographers from the continent who, up until now, have been overlooked by the canon.
Artist, archivist and video game developer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley talks to us about her first solo exhibition in Germany, titled ‘THE SOUL STATION.’
Thames and Hudson showcases 10 emerging voices in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design – they represent the future of image-making.
FORECAST 2024 highlights a new wave of up-and-coming photographers. These awards continue celebrations of SF Camerawork’s 50th anniversary.
Thousands of screens across the country will display work from creatives – from Sin Wai Kin to Joanna Hogg – who explore the idea of ” A Real Woman.”
Oscar Murillo speaks to Aesthetica about his collaborative painting, ‘The Flooded Garden’, which is part of this year’s UNIQLO Tate Play initiative.
Zanele Muholi releases their anticipated sequel to ‘Somnyama Ngonyama’, filled with with 100 new photographs as well as essays, letters and poems.
Today we spotlight exhibition by creatives who are using their platforms to raise awareness of the climate emergency and demand lasting change.
Thandiwe Muriu collates eight years of artistic evolution in her first photo book. ‘Camo’ is a beautiful showcase of her boundless creativity.
Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Your Unexpected Encounter’ show at Istanbul Modern explores colour, environments, geometry, light, movement, perception and water.
Diana Sosnowska investigates constructions of womanhood through the lens of two distinct roles: the magician’s assistant and the hysterical patient.
Does the camera never lie? Sainsbury Centre’s new exhibition explores the ways in which photography has the power to influence how we view the world.
Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Noémie Goudal shares insights into her new exhibition at Mostyn, which builds upon on her fascination with doubt, illusion and scientific inquiry.
Jamie Hawkesworth (b. 1987) has been documenting the people, architecture and landscape of Great Britain for almost two decades. In a period punctuated by referendums…
We bring you 2024 photography exhibitions that place women and ethnic minority groups at the centre – reframing the focus to include everyone.
We’ve brought together new exhibitions and recent publications that explore women’s labour today, from paid jobs to uncompensated work at home.
Before she passed away in 2021, Sabine Weiss was dubbed “the last of the humanists.” Now, her remarkable photographs are celebrated in Lausanne.
This year, the major photography festival brings together provocative exhibitions, challenging dominant narratives of power and control.
Blandine Soulage is a Lyon-based French visual artist who is interested in the “architecture of bodies” and the relationship between humans and urbanity.
Angel Qin is an interdisciplinary artist, fashion stylist and posthuman image weaver based in London. She weaves patterns of imagery from a non-human-centric perspective, questioning the ontological nature of humanity and its relationship with ecology.
Photographer Satijn Panyigay captures the calming beauty of urban exteriors in ‘Nightcall’, which is now on display at Galerie Peter Sillem.
Here are five exhibitions that ripple with innovation and experimentation, celebrating contemporary and 20th century approaches to abstraction and the lens.
Renowned architectural names and next generation designers are shortlisted, setting positive precedents for how we think about the built environment.
C. Rose Smith presents an evocative collection of black and white self-portraits that revolve around one garment: the white cotton shirt.
Carnegie Museum’s exhibition spotlights contemporary landscape photographers who explore colonial legacies, environmental anxiety and memory.
Tim Hetherington’s legacy is marked in an IWM show that asks: “what is the role and responsibility of the photojournalist when documenting conflict?”
We interviewed documentary photographer Sophie Gerrard to learn more about her work spotlighting women-led farming initiatives across Scotland.
Connor Daly depicts liminal spaces where lurid green, blue and purple shapes emerge from stark black backgrounds, delineated by white borders.
Poland-born artist and art historian Lydia Bauman is based in London. Deeply moved by the fragility of the environment, her mixed media paintings harness the beauty and timelessness of the natural world. The resulting works are displayed worldwide and feature in numerous corporate collections.
Faces have fascinated us since the dawn of art. This summer, Portrait(s) Festival returns for its annual celebration of face-focused photography.