Creative Portraiture
Jordan Diomandé shows a masterful command of natural lighting, shooting at golden hour to capture sunlit reflections and dramatic shadows.
Jordan Diomandé shows a masterful command of natural lighting, shooting at golden hour to capture sunlit reflections and dramatic shadows.
The imaginative contemporary photography of Dublin-based Sarah Doyle plays with shapes and colours, to offer up a joyful viewing experience.
Cig Harvey engages all five of our senses, with pictures that bring together bright floral motifs, domestic interiors and figures in the landscape.
The publication thoughtfully examines recent artistic breakthroughs and experiments while exploring possibilities for the future of creativity.
In Andoni Beristain’s hands, the camera becomes a tool for remembrance and healing, honouring love and loss through 63 symbolic compositions.
Klaus Vedfelt’s Elevate is an invitation to occupy open horizons, where dancers and acrobats rise and fall, jump and fly, against bright blue skies.
Blue tones, dark contrasts and buildings are the hallmarks of Marco Wilm’s visual style, finding symmetry and balance within busy cityscapes.
Charting one artist’s journey from Florida, all the way to Maine, whilst examining the US landscape, as a site of mythmaking, nostalgia, fracture and longing.
Alejandro Cartagena reveals how the camera can be used as a tool to probe questions surrounding urban expansion and public infrastructure in Mexico.
A new show at Sainsbury Centre explores how seven different artists have witnessed, experienced and responded to conflicts with powerful artworks.
Each year, the UK experiences an average of 156 days of rain. That’s almost every other day. It was during one of these downpours that…
“You’re never going to kill storytelling, because it’s built into the human plan. We come with it.” These words from Margaret Atwood, author of The…
Brendan Dawes is a British artist and designer renowned for his playful yet thought-provoking explorations of data, technology and objects
Zorg (Yifan Jing) (b. 1998) is a London-based visual artist whose practice is grounded in field research. A graduate in illustration from Goldsmiths, University of…
Our top five shows this winter encourage audiences to see the world from new and exciting perspectives, rewriting established and traditional narratives.
The winners of the 2025 RPS Awards have been announced. It is the world’s oldest photography prize, celebrating the very best of the medium.
In the final film of our MPB: The Next Shot series, director Theo Tennant reflects on how his camera shaped his BAFTA Cymru-winning documentary.
Cristina De Middel’s poignant series Journey to the Center, presents a compelling exploration of migration, shared myths and human resilience.
The winners of the 2025 Jarman Award have been announced. This year, the illustrious prize is shared between Morgan Quaintance and Onyeka Igwe.
Artist Sam Metz creates sculptures that centre neurodivergence and chronic pain, challenging conventional perceptions of contemporary art.
A new show traces over 20 years of the Chiharu Shiota’s practice, bringing together drawings, sculptures, photographs and huge installations.
Alive, a new publication from Thames & Hudson, considers the design and technological innovations that are redefining what it means to be human.
A new show at C/O Berlin presents the work of 12 women photographers from Magnum Photos, whose work questions what it means to be “close enough.”
We bring you five contemporary artists who are experimenting with collage, photomontage and digital composition to expand what an image can be.
Michelle Blancke meticulously uses the camera as a way to preserve quiet moments of wonder and introspection, creating otherworldly images.
Julia Fullerton-Batten constructs images that hover between historical record and myth, where the light, costume and gesture expand the detailed narrative.
In the next installation of our MPB: The Next Shot series, filmmaker Xiona Li considers how the equipment we use influences our creative paths
This year’s Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize winners have been announced, featuring images that showcase character, history and context.
We look back at the inaugural New Music Stage, which spotlighted ten bold emerging artists and audiences all-day access to live performances.
Konstantin Chaykin is an internationally renowned watchmaker. Now, he’s turning his attention to painting his mechanical creations.
These five contemporary artists continue the rich tradition of Surrealism, creating photographs that give the movement a fresh and modern perspective.
A new exhibition at New Art Exchange presents photographs by Heather Agyepong, who explores rest as an act of personal and political resistance.
We look back at the 2025 Aesthetica Film Festival, packed with more than 300 films plus VR, games, podcasts and the inaugural New Music Stage.
Joel Meyerowitz wins Sony’s 2025 Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize, an award that recognises people who have shaped lens-based art.
Elina Brotherus creates ambiguous staged portraits, often documenting a solitary figure from behind as they look out at the sweeping Norwegian landscape.
Susanna Wallin’s multi-media work asks questions about what we do with our time and what we can gain if we view the world from a new perspective.
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art presents a major new group exhibition on our marine ecosystems, from near-shore and intertidal zones to coral reefs.
Dutch-born artist Gís Marí creates large-scale abstract paintings inspired by the natural world, that explore colour, texture and movement.
In the next installment of our MPB: The Next Shot series, filmmaker Hilary Powell shares the joy in passing on a camera to give it a new lease of life.
A new retrospective of pioneering artist Lygia Clark at the Kunsthaus Zürich features more than 120 original pieces alongside 50 participatory replicas.
A new exhibition at Foto Arsenal Wien brings together over 40 artists who foreground plants and nature as protagonists in contemporary art.
Liz West is renowned for installations that play with light and colour. Her latest work transforms a Manchester building into an immersive experience.
These artists use symbolism, colour theory, paint strokes and bubbles to tell stories, uncover hidden meanings and encourage us to see differently.
For Hongqian Zhang, founder of ArtFlow Studio, becoming a curator was a necessity. “I witnessed many talented artists – especially from East Asian backgrounds…
A new publication foregrounds the landscape and still life photography of Don McCullin, an artist best-known for documenting global conflicts.
Over its four-decade history, Saatchi Gallery has continuously reshaped the cultural landscape. Its anniversary exhibition celebrates this legacy.
Fotografiska Tallinn’s latest exhibition features 14 acclaimed artists who are grappling with questions around who experiences space, how and why.
Melted into the Sun, opening at BALTIC, is a meditation on thresholds, transitions and the suspended state where history and myth converge.
Spotlighting five contemporary creatives, previously featured in Aesthetica, who are using microscopes, mirrors, paper and more to reimagine photography.
Three acclaimed video installations are being shown together for the first time in New York, using video game engines to hold up a mirror to the gig economy.