Iconic Architecture

Fondation Louis Vuitton, Paris, reveals the winners of its #MyFLV competition, which encouraged visitors to photograph its building.

Eclectic Installations

Whilst science fiction and futurism are a constant in Lee Bul’s work, an eclectic approach to material makes for an immersive experience.

A Nostalgic Journey

In capturing the structures that define the British coastline, Will Scott celebrates the iconography of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Constructed Reality

In The Potemkin Village, Gregor Sailer captures illusionistic architecture around the world, from military training camps to replica cities.

Kusama: Boundless Forms

Victoria Miro, London, announces an exhibition of new paintings, sculptures and installations by Japan’s best-known living artist, Yayoi Kusama.

Structural Iconography

Vancouver Art Gallery’s Cabin Fever investigates the influence of an architectural form on the cultural identity of the US and Canada.

Charting Expansion

In mapping the growth of urban space, work by Naoya Hatakeyama reveals the impact of industrial activity on the natural landscape

Transcendent Sculptures

An exhibition of new work by Nathaniel Rackowe at Letitia Beirut examines the changing nature of the built environment, reflecting on urban dwellings.

Redefined Imagery

A show at Whitechapel Gallery reveals a series of destroyed images taken by American photographers during the 1930s.

Top 5 UK Architecture Shows

Aesthetica collates five must-see exhibitions that pave the way for the future of urban planning through sustainable methods and new materials.

Cultural Memory

Candida Höfer’s atmospheric work offers a new perspective on cultural institutions, providing unparalleled views of architectural structures.

Visual Allegory

Bastiaan Woudt’s series, Mukono, documents the story of a community in Uganda through bold yet metaphorical portraiture and still life.

Reflecting Life

By presenting images by the next generation of documentary photographers, a show offers a fresh look at the contemporary state-of-play.

Illuminating Reality

Questioning the boundaries between art and photojournalism, an exhibition offers new perspectives on contemporary conflict.

Surreal Topographies

Matthew Murray’s images offer atmospheric, uncanny representations of the British landscape through colour, light and form.

Responsive Simulation

John Gerrard’s Solar Reserve recreates  a solar thermal power plant in Nevada through new media, looking to the future of energy.

Delicate Landscapes

Turin-born Alberto Selvestrel creates indefinite landscapes that stretch into large, open expanses filled with natural contrasts and sweeping spaces.

Colour Revolution

Thames & Hudson release All About Saul Leiter, a collection exploring the artist’s entire career, from fashion photography to urban documentation.

Poetic Techniques

Meng Zhou’s artistic projects draw on analogies of Chinese cultural history and myth. We speak with him to find out more about his past and current work.

Sensory Arenas

Offering seven immersive installations, the new teamLab Planets Tokyo is an imaginative sensory playground.

Cultural Diversity

By documenting the cultural landscape of London’s East End in the 1970s, David Hoffman’s images highlight the socially diverse nature of the region.

5 to See: This Weekend

This weekend’s round-up reinvents the built environment through virtual simulations, photography and sculpture.

Spatial Expansion

James Turrell’s works create an illusion of structure through projected light, challenging the limits of perception.

Addressing Diaspora

Signs of Empire, New Museum, New York, shines a light on John Akomfrah’s exploration of the global black diaspora through moving-image installations.

Uncanny Encounters

Evelyn Bencicova interprets contemporary life through an existential yet highly curated approach to visual art and photography.

Responsive Construction

Offering unique solutions to social housing, ELEMENTAL studio create sustainable residential areas through social engagement.

Traversing Mythologies

A show at Center for Creative Photography, Arizona, taps into the mythos of the American Dream through a selection of key artists.

Eclectic Approaches

From portraiture to landscape, fine art to architecture, Robin Rice Gallery’s Summer Salon 2018 offers a diverse range of approaches.

Chronicles of Modernity

A collection of images by Mama Casset and an unknown photographer offer new perspectives on 20th century Senegal.

Expressive Construction

As the pace of life quickens, structures are required to become more adaptable. Zaha Hadid Architects’ latest project offers a solution.

A Distinctive Landscape

Steve Fitch’s collection, entitled Vanishing Vernacular, captures the distinctive roadsides of Western America.

Rural Escapism

The Hepworth examines the intermediate points between urban and rural; a series of photographers convey Britain’s desire to preserve the natural world.

Industrial Topographies

By capturing impact of human intervention in the natural landscape, Edward Burtynsky reveals the effects of industrialisation.

Vibrant Cities

Positioning city architecture as a locus for social interaction, Fred Herzog’s bright images focus on public spaces and crowds of people.

5 Photobooks to Read This Summer

A selection of this season’s must-read publications respond to key contemporary themes of post-truth, media culture, race and gender.

Observing Architecture

Focusing on 10 key photographs from the 1950s and 1960s, a show reveals iconic architect Denise Scott Brown’s interdisciplinary lens.

Cultural Identifiers

MoMA, Focal Point Gallery and the current issue of Aesthetica look towards utopian ideals through architecture and photography.

TOAF: New Ventures

The Other Art Fair’s Bristol edition is an international place for emerging creatives to showcase their works from around the world.

Charting Creativity

A show celebrates the legacy of influential fashion photographers, tracking the genre’s transformation into an art form.

Curating the Everyday

Dutch multidisciplinary artist Erwin Olaf rewrites the conventions of fashion photography through highly stylised, affecting works.

Sculptural Compositions

William Bunce and Lisa Jahovic explore shape, texture and sculpture to create minimalist imagery centred around geometry and balance.

Changing Gaze

Some things are not meant to be seen. But Trevor Paglen has made it his mission to highlight secret CIA prison sites, spy satellites and military installations.

The Jarman Award Shortlist

The shortlist for the 2018  Jarman Award is announced. This year’s selection includes Aesthetica Art Prize artist Jasmina Cibic.

5 to See: This Weekend

Moving into July, new photography and moving-image exhibitions explore notions of selfhood, representation and globalisation.

Multiple Selves

ICP’s survey of an intergenerational group of women artists from the 1990s to today explores the self in its multiplicity rather than its singularity.

Repositioning Reality

Documenting  the world from above, a new exhibition offers new angles on the urban and natural environment,

Top Design Shows

Expanding the boundaries of traditional practice, must-see shows open  this season occupy the intersection between art, technology and design.

Social Milieu

Photographer Inge Morath documented 20th century culture in America and Europe with a wide-reaching lens.

Utopian Structures

Catherine Hyland’s images capture Essex’s modernist architecture, reflecting upon their position within the social landscape.

Capturing the Moment

Two exhibitions  at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, celebrate the spontaneous and joyful images of Jacques Henri Lartigue.