Uncanny Cities

Luca Campigotto’s nocturnal photographs border on the hyperreal, capturing monumental sites of cultural importance.

Filmic Neighbourhoods

Todd Hido’s enigmatic images capture suburban houses, landscapes and female characters, offering a deeply cinematic viewing experience.

AIPAD: Visual Platforms

More than 100 of the world’s leading galleries come together this April for The Photography Show, taking place at the huge Pier 94 venue in New York.

Remastered Translations

An exhibition at Kunsthalle Krems, Austria, foregrounds artists who practice the art of appropriation.

Lexus Design Award: Collective Progression

Lexus Design Award ‘s 12 selected finalists respond collaboratively to contemporary challenges, offering solutions to key issues.

Summer Tones

Inspired by femininity, summer vibes and tropical motifs, Adrienne Raquel’s work is playful and vibrant whilst communicating a sense of hazy nostalgia.

Charting Transformation

Using drones, lasers, photography and high-end software, Dan Holdsworth captures Alpine glaciers and other harsh natural environments.

Evolving Structures

Space and Photography revitalises the discussion of how social-political events impacted architecture, embracing varying time periods and geographies.

Alternative Interiors

Vitra Design Museum tracks the design history of the nightclub, examining the influence of discothèques on contemporary culture.

Call for Entries: New Designers

Sailor Jerry is on the search for new talent in Glasgow. Submit your design and feature in the April / May edition of Aesthetica Magazine.

Geometric Symmetry

A new release from Hatje Cantz documents the installation of Fred Sandback’s sculptures at Casa Estudio Luis Barragán, Mexico.

Cataloguing Performance

To celebrate the impact of an influential institution, Whitechapel Gallery, London, has opened its doors to the first exhibition tracing Performa’s history.

PHOTOFAIRS: Remote Investigations

Barren environments can offer fertile ground for creative endeavour. PHOTOFAIRS brings together practitioners investigating such locales.

DAIWA: Creative Developments

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation has announced the three artists shortlisted for the 2018 Art Prize. Kate Groobey expands on her practice.

Simultaneous Transcendence

Complex Systems, a video work by Desiree Dolron, explores the dichotomy between the individual and collective.

The Ambiguous Self

Being is the buzzword for MoMA’s next New Photography exhibition, inviting 17 global artists to explore issues of identity and the wider self.

Science and Art: New Solutions

Somewhere in Between at Wellcome Collection offers a collaborative examination of the human condition, bringing together science and art.

Iconic Narratives

Magnum Photos’s Manifesto, an exhibition celebrating the legacy of the agency, foregrounds the ideas behind its founding and development.

5 to See: This Weekend

Habitats shape the way people live. Exhibitions running 3-4 February examine the interactions between individuals and their surroundings.

Enduring Construction

Sigrid Neubert’s work depicts the formal structures and surfaces of the built environment with a unique focus on contrast.

Ethical Manufacture

Design label in-grid believe that designers and brands have a responsibility to produce garments in a sustainable way.

A Cultural Institution

Opening in May 2018, the Guardian Art Center (Beijing) is an intelligent hybrid space designed by award-winning architect Ole Scheeran.

Artificial Scenery

Thibault Brunet records the landscape using a 3D scanner, foregrounding the virtual nature of reality.

Critical Responses

Gender stereotypes come under the lens at the National Museum of Women in the Arts, offering a sequence dialogues around the notion of home.

Ecological Dichotomies

The average American spends 93% of their life indoors. Lucas Foglia navigates society’s ever-changing connection to the environment.

Architectural Regeneration

A major redevelopment of National Portrait Gallery, London, is undertaken by Jamie Fobert Architects.

Symbolic Compositions

Deeply influenced by the Surrealists and fantastical childhood stories, Vikram Kushwah produces images that illustrate the complexities of the subconscious.

Kinetic Structures

Focusing on lesser-known buildings of Istanbul, Yener Torun has developed a vision of asymmetry, creating satisfying balance in vibrant compositions.

Embracing Modification

Promoting customer-led fashion through customisation, innovation and sustainability, Unmade present a new, flexible model for retail.

Natural Consideration

For contemporary architects, water is a complex tool through which one can sculpt and re-imagine domestic structures within organic environments.

State of Transcendence

Anastasia Cazabon is a photographer and filmmaker based in Berlin, whose featured images are inspired by cultural narratives and the subjective experience.

Hidden Narratives

Returning to the midwest as a spectral, indefinable subject, Eric Ogden’s compositions centre around palpable psychological histories.

Aesthetica Issue 81 Available Now

The new issue, Beyond the Horizon, pays homage to the power of the individual, demonstrating how what makes us special is our ability to innovate.

Empirical Landscapes

Sallie Harrison’s series Geometric Los Angeles is a celebration of the city and a discovery of a multi-dimensional culture.

Cultural Perspectives

A new book published by Prestel delves into the recontextualisation of images, considering how photography creates layers of understanding.

Presenting the Unknown

Zacharie Gaudrillot-Roy’s Façades is an intriguing conceptual series that focuses on the ever-imposing nature of superficiality and visual preconception.

Distinct Geometry

Sydney-born George Byrne creates collage-like images that depict landscapes as painterly abstractions, utilising the process of reduction.

Charting Individualism

Deeply influenced by modernist canons, Emre Yunus Uzun, an emerging designer, looks to the future of production through material integrity.

A New Design World

Nectar’s Home and Living Seasonal Style Guide  poses intriguing questions about e-commerce and trending ideas as pillars of accessible design.

Collective Action

WaterAid’s participatory photo project in Tombohuaun, Sierra Leone, documents life in the jungle.

Examining Urban Terrains

A rare collection of vintage prints by Daido Moriyama are at Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, celebrating a view into lesser-known city streets.

Virtual Fabrication

Michael Reisch’s practice occupies the space between realism and digital transformation, expanding the boundaries of photography .

Innovative Principles

Design in the Digital Age at High Museum, Atlanta, offers the first comprehensive overview of Joris Laarman, exploring the very notion of craftsmanship.

Metropolitan Development

Werner Bischof’s photos explore topical dichotomies, from industrial development and poverty to modernity and tradition.

Investigating Chronologies

The 2018 edition of India Art Fair foregrounds contemporary art from South Asia, offering insights into the region’s thriving cultural scene.

Expanded Platforms

City of Oslo announces its first public art biennial, curated by Eva González-Sancho and Per Gunnar Eeg-Tverbakk.

Expanded Viewpoints

A major touring exhibition draws a diverse and fragmented portrait of Israel and the West Bank, highlighting the complex nature of the region.

Shared Environments

Suki Dhanda is interested in ethnicity, people and place. A new body of work at Plymouth College of Art highlights the changing landscape of the city.

Forging Representation

Hot Metal Modern: Design in Pittsburgh and Beyond situates the locale as a major design centre, foregrounding female practitioners.

Hypnotic Melodies

Co-commissioned by National Museum Cardiff and Artes Mundi, Ragnar Kjartansson’s The Sky in a Room takes place over a five-week period.