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Unexpected Landscapes

Visual artist Esteban Amaro creates otherworldly works that blur the line between sculpture and photography to transform familiar landscapes.

2024 Wrapped: Interviews That Shaped The Year

Aesthetica looks back on the insightful and inspiring interviews with artists that have been featured in the magazine throughout 2024.

5 Images for Winter

Snow covered fields. Icy lakes. Glowing lights. These five lens-based artists create works full of intrigue and atmosphere – evoking winter’s chill.

Rhythms of a City

Autograph showcases the photographs of Abi Morocco Studio, with images that capture Nigeria’s cultural revolution during the 1970s.

Moving Images: The 2024 Jameel Prize

Themes of water, ecology and industrialisation are at the heart of this year’s Jameel Prize presentation, open at the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.

Natural Wonders

Sebastião Salgado’s renowned documentary photographs shines a light on the immense beauty and fragile ecosystem of the Amazon rainforest.

Berlin 1990s: A City in Transition

C/O Berlin presents over 200 photographs of the city during the 1990s – a time when it was wrestling with deep and often irreconcilable tensions.

Life in Bloom

Photographer Violeta Sofia turns points of insecurity into moments of celebration with her visually arresting photographs of blooming flowers.

Aesthetica Wrapped: Key Themes from 2024

Aesthetica looks back at the themes that have dominated its pages over the past twelve months, from abstraction to artificial intelligence and more.

A Compelling Retrospective:
Hans Haacke

Hans Haacke’s iconic works transform the gallery space into a place where questioning is encouraged, holding up a mirror to systems of power and control.

Capturing a Decade

Tate Britain presents a landmark retrospective on the photography that documented the seismic political, social and cultural shifts of the 1980s.

Rotimi Fani-Kayode:
Staging Desire

Autograph, London, showcases the work of a key contemporary artist whose practice explored themes of race, sexuality and the politics of difference.

Rethinking Landscapes

Whitney Museum of American Art brings together artists who consider the political, social and economic implications of the USA’s natural vistas.

10 Brutalist Buildings in London

The Barbican Centre, an icon of Brutalist design, is undergoing a monumental redevelopment. Here are 10 more examples of the style, found across London.

Paper Creations

Felipe Enger’s abstract paper scenes draw inspiration from the vivid landscapes of Brazil and the refined minimalism of Scandinavian designs.

Behind the Lens: 2024 in Photography

Aesthetica shares some of the world-class photographers featured during 2024, including Fares Micue, Neal Grundy and Marta Djourina.

Urgent Storytelling

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

Bathing in Nature

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

As We Rise

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.

Illuminating Spaces:
10 Immersive Shows to See Now

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