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Saodat Ismailova: Suspended States

Melted into the Sun, opening at BALTIC, is a meditation on thresholds, transitions and the suspended state where history and myth converge.

Technological Worlds:
Ayoung Kim at MoMA PS1

Three acclaimed video installations are being shown together for the first time in New York, using video game engines to hold up a mirror to the gig economy.

Memory, Emotion and Craft

We’re excited to release the first film in the MPB: The Next Shot series. Filmmaker Andi Hampton shares the story of how cameras shape his practice.

Meet the Aesthetica Art
Prize Shortlist: Rayvenn D’Clark

Artist Rayvenn D’Clark creates sculptural works that reframe the Black body, reclaim agency over representation and push against colonial narratives

Abstracted Visions:
Photographers to Know

Spotlighting five contemporary creatives, previously featured in Aesthetica, who are using microscopes, mirrors, paper and more to reimagine photography.

Joy Gregory:
A Major Retrospective

Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey  is a landmark show that brings together 250 works encompassing photography, film, installation and textile works.

MPB: The Next Shot
Creative Legacies

Today we’re announcing the four filmmakers who are part of MPB: The Next Shot, a project which sees creatives share the stories behind their cameras.

Experiments in Neon

The artistic duo Rob and Nick Carter, exhibiting at Connaught Village Art Month, share a singular aim: to use technology to reimagine the canon.

Documenting a Nation

The Zofia Rydet show at The Photographers’ Gallery in London offers a documentary portrait of domestic life in Poland, unparalleled in ambition or scale. 

Jennie Baptiste:
Rhythm and Roots

Somerset House presents the biggest exhibition of Baptiste’s work to date, rightfully placing her within the canon of pioneering 20th century photography.

Virtual Worldbuilding: Digital Visions by Peiyan Xu

Peiyan Xu investigates the relationship between information systems and human perception, exploring the impact of the digital age on cognition.

Meet the Aesthetica Art
Prize Shortlist: Stephen Johnston

Contemporary artist Stephen Johnston continues the rich tradition of memento mori, with paintings that focus on food and flowers decomposing in jars.

Expressions of Identity

In His Own Image, presented as part of Connaught Village Art Month, considers the representation of Black masculinity in dominant cultural narratives.

This Season:
Installation Art to See

These shows – spanning New York to Kyoto, Lisbon to London – invite viewers to step inside immersive worlds where light and sound take on physical form.

Images from PAN Amsterdam 2025

We spotlight five photographers whose work is on show at PAN Amsterdam, the leading art fair which is returning to the Dutch capital from 2-9 November.

Stepping Into Colour

M+ in Hong Kong foregrounds the contribution of women to the history of installation art, featuring 20th century works alongside new commissions.

Speculative Futures:
Feminist Realities

Poulomi Basu is a compelling voice in contemporary visual culture, interrogating structures of power, exclusion and gender-based violence.

Objects, Memory and Meaning

In London, Connaught Village Art Month presents work by three artists exploring concepts of nostalgia and memory, through sculpture and installation.

Meet the Aesthetica Art
Prize Shortlist: Ellie Davies

Ellie Davies has been photographing wild places since 2007. Her shortlisted series captures volumes of water that roll, roar and tumble downstream.

The Deutsche Börse Photography
Foundation Prize Shortlist 2026

Amak Mahmoodian, Jane Evelyn Atwood, Rene Matić and Weronika Gęsicka have been recognised for their significant contributions to the medium.

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