Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Sara Morawetz’s latest project, étalon, is a study of both the length and the lengths taken by science.

The first American survey of work by John Akomfrah investigates the legacy of colonialism, climate change and the experiences of migrants.

Katrina Palmer’s new piece, opening at Yorkshire Sculpture Park, acknowledges a group of pioneering women during WWI.

Using infrared techniques, artist and photographer Sanne De Wilde captures Pingelap and Pohnpei, islands in Micronesia.

Candida Höfer: Portraits of Spaces depicts empty public places, presenting cultural institutions as devoid of human presence.

Exploring the interactions between individuals and the 21st century landscape, must-see exhibitions unearth the uncanny in the everyday.

Reshaping our understanding of industrial landscapes, David Maisel’s Atlas demonstrates the physical impact of human activities.

Inspired by the studio spaces of Luis Barragan, and Ricardo Bofill’s La Muralla Roja, Massimo Colonna’s images provide an arena for uncanny movement.

New media has changed the way we communicate. A series of talks at the Aesthetica Art Prize exhibition contextualise the show,

Marco Miehling, winner of the 2017 Artists’ Collecting Society Studio Award, creates site specific, spatially & historically responsive works.

Leslie-Lohman Museum brings together work by 12 emerging photographers who engage with ideas of sexuality, gender, race and ethnicity.

Bringing together work by Zoe Wetherall and Ashok Sinha, Front Room Gallery’s Strata investigates the medium of aerial photography.

Trevor Paglen: Sites Unseen, a new show opening at Smithsonian, Washington, occupies the boundaries between art, science and investigative journalism.

In a new exhibition titled Architecture and People, Nederlands Fotomuseum brings Werner Mantz’s architectural and portrait works together.

Coinciding with Art Basel, photo basel, Switzerland’s first photography fair, investigates the boundaries between truth and fiction.

Design duo Objects of Common Interest is known for creating still life installations and experiential environments.

Founded in 1995 in the city of Gwangju in South Korea, the Gwangju Biennale is Asia’s first and most well-known contemporary art biennale.

Tish Murtha captures a sense of timelessness through photography that addresses neglected youth in the north of England.

Deconstructing myths and clichés, Wild West is the outcome of a trip that Joachim Hildebrand took around the seven states of the American Southwest.

Wim Wenders’ visual diary of instant snapshots from the 1960s – 1980s offers a glimpse into life on set that predates social media.

I Was Raised on the Internet looks at a specific moment in time to explore the rapid cultural shifts the world has experienced since the millennium.

Identities overlap and intersect: no one is defined solely by their race, gender, class or nationality, but rather by a combination of complex factors. This…

Photography exhibitions opening at the start of June offer encounters with the natural environment, testing the limits of representation.

Celebrating 100 years since the birth of Irving Penn, an extensive retrospective of the photographer’s portfolio is presented at C/O Berlin.

In a fast-developing visual and digital world, graduates offer unique, forward-thinking perspectives on a globalised landscape.

The first UK solo exhibition of German photographer, Olaf Otto Becker, opens at Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London. 

Openstudio Architects’ Swartberg House is the subject of a five-channel video installation at La Biennale di Venezia.

Art Basel’s photography selection includes key voices, raising awareness of ongoing social, political and ecological questions.

Photographer Jean Molitor has been tracking the legacy of Bauhaus since 2009, capturing the movement’s bold aesthetic.

Exploring the timely boundary between truth and fiction, Thomas Wrede’s works offer a surreal reflection on the fidelity of photography.

Sabine Weiss and Fred Herzog articulate the post-war urban landscape through a bold use of contrast, holding up a mirror to society.

Fjordenhus, the first building realised by Olafur Eliasson and his architectural team, builds on a socially and conceptually responsive practice.

Mary Mattingly looks into the wider effects of mining and chemical cultivation, investigating supply chains through a critical approach.

Combining strong geometric patterns, clean lines and bold colours, Leonardo Pucci’s body of work, documents the urban landscape.

During travels throughout Europe, the US, Asia and North Africa, Otto Reitsperger captured the sea illuminated only by moonlight.

Chris Dorley-Brown’s hyperreal works capture the breadth of contemporary experience, documenting street corners in East London.

2018’s first Magnum Square Print Sale explores the theme of Freedom, investigating its definition and legacy through influential photographers.

Museum of London brings together portraiture, documentary, conceptual photography and film to draw a striking portrait of the nocturnal city.

Having worked as a freelance illustrator for years, Recchia now focuses on the banality of everyday life, looking at the forms of the urban environment. 

Emily Shur’s Super Extra Natural!, documents the American photographer’s time in Japan, offering personal reflections on a unique landscape.

Mark Ruwedel’s work demonstrates how geological, historical and political events have shaped the natural landscape.

This month’s publications offer surveys across a range of industries, from the changing face of architecture to fine art photography and installation.

Cindy Sherman is one of the most influential figures in contemporary art. A new body of work is inspired by 1920s Hollywood cinema.

How can photography make sense of the world? Shows running 2-3 June demonstrate the ways practitioners are engaging with timely ideas.

Fashion photographer Gösta Peterson combined styled compositions with spontaneity, foregrounding the individuality of each subject.

Landscapes After Ruskin at Grey Art Gallery, New York, explores how practitioners are making sense of the changing environment.

The June / July edition of Aesthetica is available now. Issue 83, A New Way of Seeing, considers the intersection between the created and the real.

Erica Nyholm’s body of work explores familial relationships, reflecting on defining moments from a female perspective.

Between Art & Fashion: Photographs from the Collection of Carla Sozzani offers dialogues about the authenticity and autonomy of images.

Technological advances have altered our conception of space. James Turrell questions notions of materiality and physical location.