Fashioning the Future

Here are five exhibitions that showcase creatives who demonstrate the many ways that the fashion industry shapes our culture, politics and identity.

The Influence of Light and Video

Art Gallery of Ontario highlights the myriad ways artists create powerful and thought-provoking experiences using light, sound and moving images.

Reality Distorted 

Galerie Lelong presents a tribute to the work of late photographer Rosemary Laing, spotlighting her activism for Indigenous rights and climate action.

Spellbinding UK Installations

Installations invite us to step into the mind of the artist. Today, we are bringing you five incredible immersive exhibitions to experience across the UK.

Honouring Trailblazers

The African Gaze is an essential archive that spotlights photographers from the continent who, up until now, have been overlooked by the canon.

Space for Reflection

Artist, archivist and video game developer Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley talks to us about her first solo exhibition in Germany, titled ‘THE SOUL STATION.’

The Future of Photography

Thames and Hudson showcases 10 emerging voices in photography from the Savannah College of Art and Design – they represent the future of image-making.

FORECAST 2024:
Talents of Tomorrow

FORECAST 2024 highlights a new wave of up-and-coming photographers. These awards continue celebrations of SF Camerawork’s 50th anniversary.

Challenging Conventions

Thousands of screens across the country will display work from creatives – from Sin Wai Kin to Joanna Hogg – who explore the idea of ” A Real Woman.”

Boundless Exploration

Oscar Murillo speaks to Aesthetica about his collaborative painting, ‘The Flooded Garden’, which is part of this year’s UNIQLO Tate Play initiative.

Expansive Self-Portraiture

Zanele Muholi releases their anticipated sequel to ‘Somnyama Ngonyama’, filled with with 100 new photographs as well as essays, letters and poems.

Visions of the Future

Today we spotlight exhibition by creatives who are using their platforms to raise awareness of the climate emergency and demand lasting change.

Quiet Confidence

Thandiwe Muriu collates eight years of artistic evolution in her first photo book. ‘Camo’ is a beautiful showcase of her boundless creativity.

Orienting the Unknown

Olafur Eliasson’s ‘Your Unexpected Encounter’ show at Istanbul Modern explores colour, environments, geometry, light, movement, perception and water.

Staging Womanhood

Diana Sosnowska investigates constructions of womanhood through the lens of two distinct roles: the magician’s assistant and the hysterical patient.

Trust in Photographs

Does the camera never lie? Sainsbury Centre’s new exhibition explores the ways in which photography has the power to influence how we view the world.

History of Uncertainty

Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Noémie Goudal shares insights into her new exhibition at Mostyn, which builds upon on her fascination with doubt, illusion and scientific inquiry.

Shape of a Nation

Jamie Hawkesworth (b. 1987) has been documenting the people, architecture and landscape of Great Britain for almost two decades. In a period punctuated by referendums…

Must-See Photography Shows

We bring you 2024 photography exhibitions that place women and ethnic minority groups at the centre – reframing the focus to include everyone.

Overlooked Labour

We’ve brought together new exhibitions and recent publications that explore women’s labour today, from paid jobs to uncompensated work at home.

Sabine Weiss: A Humanist Lens

Before she passed away in 2021, Sabine Weiss was dubbed “the last of the humanists.” Now, her remarkable photographs are celebrated in Lausanne.

Rencontres D’Arles 2024: Five Exhibitions to See

This year, the major photography festival brings together provocative exhibitions, challenging dominant narratives of power and control.

Breaking the Rules

Blandine Soulage is a Lyon-based French visual artist who is interested in the “architecture of bodies” and the relationship between humans and urbanity.

Challenging Conventions

Angel Qin is an interdisciplinary artist, fashion stylist and posthuman image weaver based in London. She weaves patterns of imagery from a non-human-centric perspective, questioning the ontological nature of humanity and its relationship with ecology.

Midnight Serenity

Photographer Satijn Panyigay captures the calming beauty of urban exteriors in ‘Nightcall’, which is now on display at Galerie Peter Sillem.

Abstract Photography In Focus

Here are five exhibitions that ripple with innovation and experimentation, celebrating contemporary and 20th century approaches to abstraction and the lens.

Reuse and Renovation: Architizer A+Awards

Renowned architectural names and next generation designers are shortlisted, setting positive precedents for how we think about the built environment.

Viewed in Context

C. Rose Smith presents an evocative collection of black and white self-portraits that revolve around one garment: the white cotton shirt.

Affecting Landscapes

Carnegie Museum’s exhibition spotlights contemporary landscape photographers who explore colonial legacies, environmental anxiety and memory.

The Realities of War

Tim Hetherington’s legacy is marked in an IWM show that asks: “what is the role and responsibility of the photojournalist when documenting conflict?”

Cultivating Equality

We interviewed documentary photographer Sophie Gerrard to learn more about her work spotlighting women-led farming initiatives across Scotland.

Space, Colour, Form

Connor Daly depicts liminal spaces where lurid green, blue and purple shapes emerge from stark black backgrounds, delineated by white borders.

Lydia Bauman: Video Profile

Poland-born artist and art historian Lydia Bauman is based in London. Deeply moved by the fragility of the environment, her mixed media paintings harness the beauty and timelessness of the natural world. The resulting works are displayed worldwide and feature in numerous corporate collections. 

Expressive Portraits

Faces have fascinated us since the dawn of art. This summer, Portrait(s) Festival returns for its annual celebration of face-focused photography.

Among the Waves: Kevin Cooley in Conversation 

Kevin Cooley has spent more than two decades exploring humanity’s relationship with the five classical elements – earth, air, fire, water and aether.

UK Shows to See This Summer

The mid-to-late 20th century was defined by social and political change. This summer, art encourages us to think about society and those who shaped it.

New Frontiers in Filmmaking

The Jarman Award 2024 shortlist has just been announced and we are thrilled to see previous Aesthetica Art Prize winners Maryam Tafakory and Larry Achiampong included in the lineup.

10 Questions With… Silvia Rosi

Silvia Rosi is a rising star in the realm of staged self portraiture. She draws on West African studio photography to restage stories of family history.

Organic Viewpoint

‘Imagine Another Perspective’ is a group show featuring outstanding environmental work from Mandy Barker, Caleb Charland and more.

Capturing Tradition

In Shadowlines, relationship-building and sensitivity emerge as cornerstones of Graciela Iturbide’s distinguished documentation of Mexican culture.

A Circular Future

Humans are always making, so it’s crucial to look at architecture and design as a key area of change. Sustainable Design China Summit does just that.

Tangible Memories

Lydia Goldblatt shares her personal series ‘Fugue’ in photo book form, inviting us to witness her honest emotions, daily experiences and core memories.

Transformational Light

Erleuchten Lamps was founded in 2016 by Matthew Johnson, a fine artist based in Oregon, USA. Inspired by forms and textures found in the natural world, he uses specific materials such as hard wood gourds and maple burl to create a variety of highly-detailed lighting art.

Fragments of Nature

Miko Okada visits and revisits, takes and retakes, in order to develop repeated exposures of the same location. The result is a series of dreamlike collages.

Being Observed

The “female-identifying gaze” underpins the work of award-winning British photographer Hannah Starkey and her new show at Maureen Paley Gallery.

Life After Dark

A new photo book explores how our nocturnal habits can be ones of protest and resistance, pleasure and connection, or fraught with danger and fear.

A Summer of Sculpture

Towering monoliths. Surreal forms. Organic materials. Today, we bring you five stellar contemporary sculpture shows around the world.

World of Design

This year’s Design Shanghai – the 11th edition of Asia’s leading design event – is dedicated to international collaboration and idea generation.

Imagining the Future

Vitra Design Museum brings the connection between science fiction and contemporary art to life. Its new space age inspired exhibition spans six decades.

10 Questions With… George Byrne

George Byrne presents a brand new interpretation of New Topographics, using analogue film, collage and layering to reframe urban LA and beyond.