The Past Reimagined
Omar Victor Diop uses self-portraiture to spotlight Black people from important histories that are overlooked by Eurocentric societies.
Omar Victor Diop uses self-portraiture to spotlight Black people from important histories that are overlooked by Eurocentric societies.
The Royal Academy of Arts addresses its connections to the legacies of the British Empire in its newest exhibition, “Entangled Pasts.”
When Forms Come Alive, a show at the Hayward Gallery displays over 60 years of sculpture trends.
We select five significant objects from the exhibition.
Light Festival returns to Battersea Power Station to illuminate London’s riverside. Aesthetica talks to Antony Rowe, from art collective Squidsoup, about their glistening installations.
We look at our favourite images from Sony World Photography’s Regional and National Winners, spanning landscape pictures and portraiture.
Aesthetica presents a list of installation shows. These site-specific pieces evoke spatial awareness and reflect on humanity’s relationship with nature.
Daniel Grizelj draws inspiration from classical paintings. Focused light is essential – whether it appears from under branches, rocks or snowy peaks.
We interview the curator of Fotografiska New York’s current exhibition, “Human/Nature”, to learn more about the key ideas behind the show.
Yannis Davy Guibinga is passionately committed to rewriting outdated narratives about Africa, showing how myths and folklore have a global resonance.
In honour of Black History Month in the USA, we spotlight five key exhibitions that use creative expression to remember forgotten histories.
For LGBTQ+ History Month we highlight a list of exhibitions, festivals and books that focus on topics of gender liberation, activism and representation.
The fifteenth edition of IAF returns, showcasing the best of South Asian art. Here, we highlight image-makers to know, including Gauri Gill and Güler Ates.
Barbara Kruger returns to Serpentine after 20 years, with her iconic work printed on walls, broadcast on screens and transmitted through soundscapes.
Duo Kaya & Blank draw attention to concealed markers of industry across southern California: telephone masts camouflaged as real life trees.
What’s the place of analogue in an increasingly digital world? Jonathan Knowles’ machines are fun, and achieve mundane tasks through play.
Tropico Photo is a studio dedicated to making work transporting us to idyllic locations: places filled with bright painted buildings and clear skies.
A major London show looks at six decades of contemporary sculptures, spotlighting large works that move, shapeshift and transfigure.
Tom Hegen flies us over the Palouse region in the American northwest, producing satisfying aerial shots akin to the folds of moss-coloured fabrics.
Through bold light and shadow, Ibai Acevedo stages compelling, hyperreal and cinematic scenes that seem to belong to an odd world not quite our own.
