The latest exhibition at Vitra Design Museum traces more than 100 years of fashion show history, from intimate Parisian salons to today’s digital spectacles.

Aesthetica shares some of the world-class photographers featured during 2025, including Margeaux Walter, Reuben Wu and Tamara Dean.

The photographer’s new book documents massive greenhouses in the USA, Swedish data centres, plus algae, insect and jellyfish farms all across Europe.

We bring you five contemporary photographers who capture people in the landscape, transforming a beautiful view into a compelling narrative.

Marina Abramović is unequivocally one of the most important living artists today. Now, a major retrospective is on display at Albertina Modern.

We highlight five fascinating books from 2025, each one driving forward conversations about the future of contemporary art, architecture and design.

Amerikahaus in Munich foregrounds one of the most exciting photographic voices of recent times, who shows how representation can be a force for change.

Vlad Hrynko experiments with traditional still-life forms and projected light, challenging how we see ordinary objects such as paper and cardboard.

A new group exhibition in London considers the subversive power of humour, wit, pun and playful disruption in contemporary art and photography.

Aesthetica looks back on the insightful and inspiring interviews with artists that have been featured in the magazine throughout 2025.

These selections amplify voices marginalised within the canon, honour posthumous legacies, and tell powerful life stories through sculptural forms.

n the midst of a busy season, we’ve selected five exhibitions that offer a welcome change of pace. They invite viewers to reflect on the passage of time.

Ben Cullen Williams creates digital artworks that questions what self-portraiture and reflection means in an current era defined by generative AI.

London Art Fair returns this January for its 38th edition, bringing together a curated selection of leading Modern and Contemporary galleries.

Artist and photographer Kate Hrynko documents the abstract scenes that are left behind after colourful, painted ice evaporates to become a gas.

Thames & Hudson published a comprehensive new book that spotlights the bold, vibrant photography coming out of Australia and New Zealand.

A new book, published by GOST, brings together the work of Lorenzo Tugnoli, a photojournalist known for documenting everyday life of people in Afghanistan.

Ceilings full of stars: a new book traces the artist’s evolution from early experiments in code-based art to monumental achievements in the public realm.

National Gallery of Canada presents the work of more than 100 photographers, each one documenting the vibrancy of modern city life.

Mónica Alcázar-Duarte is a Mexican-British visual artist, who explores current ideals of progress while acknowledging her indigenous heritage.