Polyethylene Landscapes

Emerging photographer Julian Faulhaber’s series, LDPE, captures brand new public spaces that are untouched by human intervention.

Aesthetica Issue 80 Available Now

The December / January issue is about ideas. The notion that progress is continuous, and that we can change things if we want to, is a powerful statement.

Artificial Constructions

A selection of contemporary Swedish photographers question the nature of images at Moderna Museet, Stockholm.

Historic Celebrations

Scott Nichols Gallery, San Francisco, celebrates its 25th anniversary with a show tracking the institutions’s past exhibitions.

Shifting Methodologies

The technological revolution has inspired developments across all creative disciplines, creating reciprocal design relationships.

Unexpected Encounters

Disrupting notions of the quotidian, Leandro Erlich’s practice employs optical illusions to create surprising visual works.

Groundbreaking Processes

Experimental Dutch designer Joris Laarman and his team apply innovative digital technologies to the design process.

Significant Perspectives

A major retrospective of work by Andreas Gursky marks the reopening of Hayward Gallery, London,​ following a two year refurbishment.

Surprising Connections

A selection of images from the archives of ILEX Gallery offers unexpected dialogues between a diverse range of practitioners and themes.

Cultural Erosion

Nandita Raman’s images of abandoned single-screen theatres take the viewer on a journey through India’s forgotten cultural landmarks

Deutsche Börse: Universal Systems

The four artists shortlisted for this year’s prize respond to the pervasive nature of information in the accelerating digital age.

Opulent Scenarios

Interested in the elements that sit below the surface, Dean Bradshaw’s conceptual compositions focus on the finer details that define the exterior.

Sensory Disconnect

Jeanette Hägglund is a Swedish photographer based in Uppsala who has worked in the industry for 12 years across advertising and portraiture.

Timeless Minimalism

The ever-changing face of fashion is exemplified through a unique label that combines digital origins and clean styling with an ethical commitment.

Living Detachment

Tania Franco Klein’s works uncover the darker elements of culture from over-consumption and media over-stimulation to emotional disconnection.

Liminal Exploration

Both universal landscapes and personal experiences are represented in a new publication that considers the wider effects of architectural tourism.

United Progression

Combining unprecedented technologies with traditional techniques, Lucy Johnston navigates the future of design.

Emotive Metropolis

Clarissa Bonet (b. 1986) is a Chicago-based artist whose work explores aspects of urbanness in both a physical and psychological context

Seeking Transience

Cig Harvey returns to Aesthetica with images from You an Orchestra You a Bomb, a new photobook that pays attention to the fragile present.

Cultural Dimensions

A major retrospective offers audiences an unprecedented understanding of an artist whose vision has been shaped by accelerating worlds.

Simulated Environment

Tekla Evelina Severin is an interior architect who since 2010, has been working in the multidisciplinary fields of art direction, set design and photography.

Modes of Communication

At Light’s Edge provides desolate views of American landscapes illuminated by eerie distress signals – messages coming from above or vice-versa.

Iridescent Dreamscapes

The experimental landscape of Kate Bellm’s imagination is dreamlike and vivid, celebrating notions of youth, freedom and nature.

Manufactured Sensations

Mária Švarbová’s Swimming Pool fills places of recreation with a sense of emptiness and static stillness.

Expanding Practice

Holden Luntz Gallery explores a wealth of dynamic fashion imagery, expanding the boundaries of the medium.

Disrupted Narratives

IWM North reflects upon the proceedings in the Syria. The four-part programme invites visitors to consider their association to the country.

Living Metropolis

Capturing locations including Hong Hong, Paris, Tokyo and Chicago, Michael Wolf documents every day life in mega-cities.

Architectural Inquiry

György Gáti’s abstracted images of architectural forms offer fresh dialogues about the urban landscape.

Collective Traditions

Simon Roberts’ images explore the shared idiosyncrasies of a nation by documenting the events that define the British social landscape.

Extreme Methodologies

International Center of Photography presents The Day the Music Died, British photographer Edmund Clark’s first solo museum exhibition in the US.

Endless Communication

Lisson Gallery and The Vinyl Factory collaborate to present Everything At Once, a group exhibition condensing 50 years of artistic practice into one space.

Addressing Languages

Fotomuseum’s latest exhibition, Unwired, by Jacqueline Hassink, extends an interest in networks of global socioeconomic power in digital media.

Urban Symbiosis

London-based architecture studio Tonkin Liu creates symbiotic structures that connect art, building and nature.

Hypnotic Synthesis

Marguerite Humeau’s Echoes transfigure Tate Britain’s gallery space into a mesmerising yellow environment. that combines sound and sculpture.

Compositional Programming

Irene Scheinmann is an artist that ventures into digital worlds, combining bold, geometric forms with the open possibilities of technology.

Fluorescent Materiality

Alex Da Corte’s BAD LAND transforms the architectural space of Josh Lilley Gallery, London, into a colourful three-dimensional film set.

5 To See: This Weekend

The selection for 25-26 November investigates self-definition, uncovering what it means to be formed by experience, locale and popular culture.

Conceptual Industry

The practice of influential photographic duo Bernd and Hilla Becher is characterised by an objective uniformity,

Unearthing Connections

Concertina is a collection of structures by Richard Wentworth and Apparata that explore the social potential of art spaces and transform the gallery.

Cinematic Structures

André Cepeda’s work examines urban architectural forms using light and geometry in surprising, spatially resonant ways.

Elegiac Chronicles

Unsettling and revealing, Sasha Rudensky’s images traverse the contemporary landscape, exploring the aftermath of the Cold War.

Vivid Metropolis

Taking the city as a subject, Wayne Sorce’s images document the urban landscapes of Chicago and New York in the 1970s and 1980s.

Cultural Showground

SCOPE Miami Beach is recognised worldwide for its forward-thinking approach and focus on emerging practitioners and galleries. 

Conceptual Wilderness

SF Camerawork builds upon the rich history between the medium and the natural world, displaying fresh perspectives.

Evolving Connections

Anna Mcneil’s practice is based upon narrative ambiguity. She was included in the 2017 Lynn Painters Stainer’s Prize Exhibition. 

Temporal Journeys

Known for their unique use of light, Matthew Rolston’s images transcend their time periods, looking simultaneously backwards and forwards.

Surprising Perspectives

Wuales’ innovative approach to capturing the human form transforms the body in unexpected ways, offering new dialogues.

Unprecedented Arenas

The NGV Triennial provides a platform for innovative practitioners, foregrounding those who engage with new technologies.

Dazera: Unique Craftsmanship

Dazera brings innovative fine jewellers together both online and in exhibitions. Founder Domini Hogg discusses the 2017 exhibition.

Shattered Idylls

Marianna Rothen’s Shadows in Paradise explores notions of selfhood and the gaze in a utopian dreamworld.