Photography, Travel and Place

Luigi Ghirri’s colour pictures invite viewers to scenic locations in Italy, Switzerland and beyond, reflecting on image-making and artifice in the process.

Together Forever

Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, and macLYON have come together to explore the concept of friendship in a group exhibition titled ‘Friends in Love and War.’

In Conversation with Mire Lee

Dangling silicone tubes take on the impression of veins. Hanging membranous fabric mimics skin, accumulating as time goes on. Pink liquid is pumped around the…

Creative Recognition

Fotografiska Tallinn’s groundbreaking group show spotlights 32 female artists who explore the nude, from Brooke DiDonato to Prue Stent & Honey Long.

Radiant Installation

This year, pioneering visual artist Anthony McCall has presented a series of large-scale shows at iconic venues: Tate Modern and Guggenheim Bilbao.

An Enduring Legacy 

Virginia Museum of Fine Arts explores how American-Hungarian artists helped shape modern ideas of documentary and portrait photography.

Excavating the Image

Photographer Felicity Hammond unveils ‘Variations,’ in an evolving exhibition that explores geological vs data mining and image-making vs machine-learning.

Photography at 1-54
Contemporary African Art Fair

Over the past decade, 1-54 has established itself as an essential part of the cultural calendar, dedicated to celebrating artists from Africa and its diaspora.

Documenting an Era

Discover five exhibitions that explore how photography has developed over time and showcase how images come to define an era.

Photo Cymru: 5 to See

Ffoto Cymru is a new photography biennial that takes over Wales this October. Works address the theme and question: What You See is What You Get?

Hidden Legacies

Dawit L. Petros examines the legacy and lasting impact of Italy’s colonial past in a new exhibition at Museum of Contemporary Photography.

Critical Reportage

The Photographers’ Gallery dedicates an exhibition to the powerful photojournalism of Letizia Battaglia, inviting viewers to see her work over five decades.

Family Ties

Tina Barney blends the spontaneity of snapshots with the composition of classical paintings. Jeu de Paume, Paris, celebrates the photographer’s career.

Focus Art Fair:
Moving Experiences

This October, Focus Art Fair opens the doors of London’s Saatchi Gallery to lovers of contemporary art. Meet three of the incredible artists on display.

Archiving Community

We spoke to Paul Wright from the British Culture Archive about the importance of documentary photography in capturing local communities.

Artistic Dialogue

Bildhalle Amsterdam and Harper’s Bazaar NL have come together to present ‘I See You – 14 Artists in a Dialogue,’ an exhibition all about creative exchange.

Luminous Creations 

These five exhibitions combine pioneering new technology with immersive light installations to create experiences that play with human perception.

Landmark Designs

Susan Kare is the creator of Macintosh’s original icons, typefaces and user interface graphics – one of the world’s most influential women in technology.

Crystallised Memories

How does it feel to leave home? Photographer Luca Iovino explores memory and moving in his debut book, ‘The Name We Hold’, published by Disko Bay.

Intersections: The October / November Issue is Here

This issue celebrates how, when we open our minds to unexpected collaborations, we allow ourselves to be surprised, challenged and transformed by ideas.

10 to See:
Black History Month 2024

Aligned with the theme of Black History Month 2024 – Reclaiming Narratives – these are 10 shows in which creatives take on the role of chroniclers.

Fleeting Moments

The International Centre of Photography celebrates the resistance, self-expression and community spirit captured across 50 years of street photography.

Moments of Nostalgia

Based in Accra, Ghana, Carlos Idun-Tawiah is tapping into childhood memories and family photo albums to construct fictional narratives.

Spatially Responsive

Site-specific sculpture and installation are used to push back against art’s commodification and reproduction in Cerith Wyn Evans’ latest exhibit.

The Self Reflected

Charting the role of mirrors in the history of art, from Renaissance paintings to the latest in photography and immersive installations.

Details Up Close

Unnoticed moments are the subjects of Lotte Ekkel’s images, from single leaves to moonlit raindrops and eerie, lonesome tree branches.

Echoes Preserved

Brendan George Ko’s portraits of friends, often bathed in light and shadow, meet high-quality, crisp close-up shots of foliage to set the scene.

Society Transforms

Right now, Cao Fei is one of the biggest names in the art world. She is making multimedia work about technology and urban change in China.

Distilled Atmosphere

Colour dances across onoko’s pages, forming complex, textured, impressionistic images that bleed into the paper like watercolour paintings.

Sense of Detachment

Out in the landscape, Bootsy Holler harnesses the self-portraiture genre as a way to visualise and work through difficult, personal emotions.

Boundless Imagination

A new architecture book shows what happens when we combine the human imagination with powerful digital tools to realise escapist ideas.

Uplifting Narratives

Fares Micue returns to Aesthetica with positivity and optimism, sharing a joyful outlook on life through a meticulous image-making process.

40 Years of the Turner Prize

This year marks the 40-year anniversary of the Turner Prize, which returns to Tate Britain for the first time in six years. Here are the shortlisted artists.

Collective Action

Decades on from the Miners’ Strikes, the political, social and economic toll of the events continues to run deep. A new photobook chronicles 1984-1985.

Sculpted Matter

“You can’t really pick your medium. Your medium picks you.” Today, we present sculpture exhibitions from Anya Gallaccio, Takis and Saad Qureshi.

Identity in Focus

These five photography shows on display this autumn explore national, cultural and personal identity through intimate and reflective images.

Skin and Metal

Photographer Vera van Dam’s debut monograph focuses on the connection between women and cars, with tender close ups and moody shots of seats.

In Conversation with Jasmina Cibic

Jasmina Cibic’s work explores the use of art and architecture as tools for ‘soft power’. We speak to her about the inspiration behind her latest show.

An Outsider’s Perspective

Rotimi Fani-Kayode was a self-described “outsider”, whose work documented his intersecting identities as a queer Black man from Africa living in the UK.

Limitless Possibility

Discover the first and largest exhibition of African photography in Asia, with stellar work from Atong Atem, Maïmouna Guerresi, Zanele Muholi and more.

Tides Turn

The reopened Centro De Arte Moderno welcomes visitors into ‘Tide Line,’ a fluid display of installations from Mónica De Miranda, Filipa César and more.

Art that Moves

We bring you a selection of compelling exhibitions that are united by a shared interest in participants’ sensory experiences and movement through space.

Celebrating Photography Now

The AOP Open Award celebrates the universality of photography. This year, finalists’ images foreground the joy of community spirit and collective action.

Perfect and Flawed

The Met considers the Sunshine State, exploring how photographers, generations apart, have pictured Florida as a place where fantasy and reality collide.

Reimagining the Muse 

Photographer Kelli Connell examines the complex dynamics of the artist and their muse through the relationship of Edward Weston and Charis Wilson.

Revisiting Histories

Discover new work from Aesthetica Art Prize winner Maryam Tafakory in this roundup of powerful artists’ films screening at the BFI London Film Festival.

In Conversation with Bharti Kher

Artist Bharti Kher’s new installation at Hayward Gallery has been unveiled – the work foreground the bindi, a symbol of spirituality and femininity.

Transmitted through Ages

Transmission – whether of knowledge, stories, memories or landscapes – is the thread connecting the works in Saodat Ismailova’s major retrospective.

Audio-Visual Connections

180 Studios and The Vinyl Factory have teamed up to present an exhibition devoted to the sensory bliss where sight and sound meet.

Innovative Designs

London Design Festival showcases the artists and collectives who represent the future of art and design, creating breathtaking installations.