Aesthetica shares some of the world-class photographers featured during 2024, including Reuben Wu, Tyler Mitchell and Cody Cobb.

Icelandic photographer Ragnar Axelsson has documented the people, animals and landscape of remote Arctic regions for over forty years.

Mary Mattingly’s extensive photographs bottle the transformational quality of nature in a new exhibition at Robert Mann Gallery, New York.

A monumental body of work by Black artists from the Wedge Collection is at Saatchi Gallery in London, looking at themes of identity, community and power.

Towering mushrooms, polka-dot rooms and bright neon lights. Aesthetica rounds-up ten contemporary art experiences to visit this winter.

Marie Dreezen explores Belgium’s forgotten places, using light and colour to build locations that feel at once strange yet eerily familiar.

The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases best in contemporary photography. The 2024 artists are now at the National Portrait Gallery.

From vibrant autumn leaves to obscured portraits, Aesthetica takes a look back at the remarkable photographers that made it onto this year’s covers.

Ekow Eshun curates photography by David Ụzọchukwu, responding to the parable: “There is nothing new under the sun, but there are new suns.”

Nick Prideaux approaches taking pictures in a mindful way, catching fleeting and fragmented scenes as an ongoing thread of mini-vignettes.

Fresh lilacs are paired with zesty yellows, rich greens with blues and deep reds with tangerine orange in Teklan’s new interior design projects.

Anne Nobels presents a deeply personal set of photographs rooted in nature, that encourages viewers to open up to embracing vulnerability.

Dutch artist Popel Coumou builds 3D rooms by layering and positioning geometric shapes that are hand-cut out of paper and cardboard.

Leading designer Thomas Heatherwick looks back across 150 key projects, demonstrating the importance of hands-on collaborations.

Every day, we are reminded of the boundless power of creativity. Dive into our preview of the magazine and meet artists who demonstrate innovation.

Cody Cobb discusses his enigmatic approach to American landscape photography, considering his place within the genre’s changing narratives.

In a world dominated by post-production and AI tools, abstract and cameraless photographic techniques offer a chance to return to the real.

Guillaume Lavrut’s close-up compositions draw focus away from the busyness of everyday life, and towards the things we sometimes overlook.

Texture and reflection replace visual cues, as Luc Holper blurs the borderlines that usually separate recognisable and imaginary scenes.

Honey Long and Prue Stent are ones-to-watch. The Melbourne-based duo express the complex relationship between femininity and nature.