An Ongoing
Fight for Freedom
The “Acts of Resistance” exhibition offers a survey of changing approaches to feminist protest over the past decade through the work of 16 artists.
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The “Acts of Resistance” exhibition offers a survey of changing approaches to feminist protest over the past decade through the work of 16 artists.
We round up five captivating shots from this year’s Open and Professional finalists, from spellbinding portraiture to ethereal architectural compositions.
Simon Phipps’ monochrome images chronicle the post-war architectural heritage of Wales. His new photobook is a bold celebration of Brutalism.
In 2023, Gareth Phillips was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize for his sculptural photobook. We catch up with the artist on his newest show.
Meet the Shortlist | We caught up with Thomas Jenkins about the complex ideas behind his project Chasing Colour and how it’s meant to be viewed.
David van Dartel’s photography focuses on friendship and masculinity, showing moments of tenderness between subjects in soothing landscapes.
Historic house and art gallery Compton Verney celebrates its 20th anniversary with a major new sculpture park spread across 120 acres of land.
Future Gaze is an exhibition showcasing the work of eight photographers who illustrate the threads connecting culture, innovation and tradition.
We spotlight creatives from the Aesthetica Art Prize longlist who create installations. These pieces examine themes like animal rights and ownership.
Meet the Shortlist | Kriss Munsya tells us about the symbolism behind “Genetic Bomb” and how the series confronts colonialism and patriarchy.
“We are part of the environment. We too are of the soil and the elements.” Enuma Okoro curates Hauser & Wirth’s latest exhibition ‘The Flesh of the Earth.’
The Museum of Modern Art brings together the most comprehensive Joan Jonas retrospective to date in the US, spanning more than 50 years’ work.
Aesthetica brings together a list of shows that consider themes like memory and heritage and reinvigorate audiences’ experience of space.
Meet the Shortlist | Edgar Martins’ series ‘I’m Still Here’ is the product of research with prisons and legal medicine institutes based in conflict zones.
What attracts us to street photography time and time again? Eighteen talented contemporary image-makers explore this question in “Street Life.”
Moderna Museet, Sweden, presents ‘Unhealed’ a mixed-media exhibition that brings together the work of artists in the Arab World and its diaspora.
This International Women’s Day, we bring you a list of exhibitions from around the world that celebrate pioneering artists across the ages.
Meet the Shortlist | Sigita Silina is a visual artist whose film explores the future possibility of collective society colliding with technology.
Johny Pitts curates an Haywood Gallery exhibition that focuses on working class British life, turning a viewer’s gaze to history, memory and culture.