The Responsive Lens

Barbican Centre runs concurrent exhibitions of work by documentary photographer Dorothea Lange and British artist Vanessa Winship.

Nostalgic Disposition

Large format photographers from the 1960s and 1970s granted Matt Porch his main inspiration – the resulting works both glamourise and simplify streets.

Bold Environments

Known for a bold and playful use of colour and form, graphic artist Camille Walala creates interactive installations and large-scale murals.

Emotional Theatricality

Encompassing 40 photographs, Silver Lake Drive is a major new exhibition that marks the first mid-career survey of Alex Prager at The Photographers’ Gallery.

Temporal Documents

Set against the backdrop of rural Japan, Carine Thévenau’s series documents the structural ephemera of empty playgrounds in winter.

Future Now: Idea Generation

It is less than a month to go until the Future Now Symposium, a two day event which brings together leading arts organisations.

Glaswegian Talent

For the April / May issue of Aesthetica, Sailor Jerry called for artists to submit flash illustrations that reflected the brand. The winners are announced.

Boundless Visions

In Their Own Form brings together photographic and video works exploring a range of Afro-Diasporic experiences.

Preserving Sublimity

Museum of Contemporary Photography considers the ongoing history of National Parks by delving into its photographic archives.

Redressing Physicality

Adelaide Damoah’s practice involves using her body as a “living paintbrush” to paint or print onto various surfaces. Damoah discusses her series.

Modern Perceptions

Stefanie Moshammer combines fiction and reality, tapping into key contemporary questions about the nature of truth in the digital age.

New Dimensions

A new exhibition of works by Viviane Sassen at the Hepworth Wakefield offers fragmented compositions and hyperreal landscapes.

Documenting Reality

Between 1976-1991, documentary photographer Tish Murtha recorded the lives of communities in the North East of England.

A Multimedia Investigation

An exhibition of work by Yto Barrada at Pace/MacGill Gallery features a photographic project created in the artist’s hometown, Tangier.

Global Movements

A series of photographs by Andrew Jackson explores the identities of migrants from Jamaica, investigating ideas of memory and family.

Illuminating the Everyday

Harry Gruyaert was one of the first European photographers to embrace the potential of colour. His iconic work is on show at Fotomuseum Antwerp.

Responsive Image-Making

Fotografie Forum Frankfurt highlights photographers working at the forefront of environmental awareness.

5 to See: This Weekend

Key fairs, awards and solo shows running 21-22 April celebrate the diversity of human experience through innovative practice.

Enigmatic Landscapes

The cinematic images of photographer Todd Hido are both compelling and melancholy, drawing upon memories of vanished suburban neighbourhoods.

Documenting the Present

The World Photography Organisation announce the overall winners of the Sony World Photography Awards 2018.

Staging Iconography

Anja Niemi returns with an uncanny series that lookg at the iconic image of the cowboy, a symbol largely drawn from the myths of wild west movies.

Connective Practice

French-Moroccan artist Bouchra Khalili creates films, photographs, video installations and prints that explore migration and displacement.

Ecological Influence

A show investigates the relationship between biological and architectural forms, drawing comparisons that link nature and technology.

An Influential Journey

Photographer Julia Fullerton-Batten’s most recent body of work is inspired by the River Thames and its historical significance.

Distinctive Craftsmanship

Launching as part of Milan Design Week, BEEM, a new collection of LED lamps looks to the future through an engagement with notions of form.

A Global Transition

Set against the backdrop of a changing cultural landscape, Ffotogallery retraces 40 years of history by delving into the archives.

Cultural Exploration

A new piece by artist and filmmaker Kahlil Joseph, Fly Paper, opens The Stores’ new exhibition studios in Berlin.

The Power of Moving Image

Ahead of a panel discussion at Future Now, Jasmina Cibic explores how artists’ film is establishing itself as a standalone genre that reflects social attitudes.

Pivotal Moments

Solar Gate, a new 10-metre high sundial, uses solar alignment to mark significant times in Hull’s cultural history.

Constructed Vision

Blurring the lines between artificiality and reality, Noémie Goudal combines sublime natural landscapes with staged interventions.

Reimagining Convention

A collaboration between MVRDV and Bvlgari at Milan Design Week challenges the rules of design by offering a 360 degree experience.

Imagined Environments

Hayward Gallery offers glimpses of the future through the work of seven international artists reflecting on the current state of play,

Preserving History

Reginald Van de Velde’s images provide an oasis for reflection. A selection of reflective photographs will be showcased at the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition.

Visual Sanctuaries

Reginald Van de Velde’s images provide an oasis for reflection. A selection of reflective photographs will be showcased at the Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition.

Experimental Methodologies

Jane Gottlieb’s latest solo show is at the Art, Design & Architecture Museum at the University of California, Santa Barbara, until 29 April. We speak with her about the exhibition.

Visual Energy

Boomoon’s Skogar, on display at Flowers Gallery, documents a sublime encounter between the photographer and the natural world.

Invented Moments

Dreamy doesn’t do justice to Maia Flore’s images, on show at Galerie Esther Woerdehoff, Paris. Au lieu de ce monde places physicality at the centre.

Displaced Nature

Hans Strand’s images, on display in Manmade Land at Fotografiska, Stockholm, highlight the tragic beauty of the curated landscape.

Contemporary Innovation

Returning with timely programmes, new exhibitors and a fresh layout, Frieze New York is an imaginative arena for the arts.

A Perceptive Environment

Panasonic’s immersive installation offers visitors the opportunity to experience pure air, highlighting issues of pollution.

Responsive Vistas

Olaf Otto Becker’s photography makes the impact of human intervention visual through an engagement with sublime natural landscapes.

Media Fragmentation

Shortlisted artist Electra Lyhne-Gold questions the wider impact of advertising by fragmenting the language of publicity.

Recording Transformation

Photographer, researcher and archivist Dan Holdsworth uses high-tech software to examine the world’s changing natural topographies.

Structural Critique

Examining the changing definition of architecture after modernism, Gordon Matta-Clark’s work offers insight into deconstruction,

Conceptual Subjects

An exhibition of works by Cindy Sherman focuses on existential ideas, exploring dream landscapes, fantasy worlds and deep-rooted fears.

An Otherworldly Residence

Fernando Mastrangelo’s uncanny visual language bridges the boundary between the real and the imagined, offering a surreal experience.

5 to See: This Weekend

From future cities to manufactured histories, exhibitions open 14-15 April surpass the temporal world to offer new visions of reality.

Meticulous Curation

Gillian Hyland, who is part of the Aesthetica Art Prize, crafts highly-stylised images engaging with notions of desire and nostalgia.

Arbus: Intimate Dialogues

n a portfolio completed toward the end of her career, Diane Arbus invites us to look, uninhibited and free from the confines of society.

Responsive Documentation

Magnum photographers offer striking images of the student protests in France during May 1968, a time regarded as the start of postmodernism.