Art Terms to Know

Aesthetica explores 10 art movements to know, looking at key artists across a range of genres – including installation, minimalism and video.

Sculpting Lives

Inspired by a new podcast, Aesthetica highlights five pioneering women sculptors who have redefined the medium through materials.

An Intimate Gaze

Santiago Perez explores the concept of relationships and the romantic gaze. False eyelashes point upwards from a dewy plane of skin.

Tate: Art Online

As Tate’s galleries are currently shut, Aesthetica highlights five online collections to enjoy and explore from your home.

On the Horizon

Johannesburg-based photographer, Aart Verrips, has captured the attention of the South African fashion scene through a distinctive style.

Creative Writing Award: 10 Lines

Aesthetica brings together a collection of ten evocative lines from the Creative Writing Award, chosen to spark your creativity whilst at home.

Aesthetica Art Prize: 5 Photographs

Photography has never been so present in our lives. The Aesthetica Art Prize celebrates image-makers who are exploring today’s complex world.

Aesthetica Issue 94

The April / May edition is titled ‘Resilience.’ This issue is about ideas and innovation, standing together through cultural collaboration.

Influential Buildings to Know

Aesthetica selects ten exciting 20th century buildings from around the world – offering examples of shifting architectural movements.

Kasten: Experimental Forms

Whilst the show at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg is closed, Aesthetica speaks to Barbara Kasten about materiality, abstraction and creative perseverance.

Moments in Time

“The photography I most respect pulls something out of the ether of nothingness.” Paul Graham’s everyday snapshots connect us to the past.

The Space Inbetween

Ismail Zaidy’s images explore distance between family members – the emotional estrangement and tensions that can cloud our experiences.  

Vibrant Expression

Tropico Photo’s images – the collaborative work of Forrest Aguar and Michelle Norris – run with the idea of block colours, fluid dots, circles and lines.

Interior Evolution

A monumental show spans the last century of design, examining changing interiors and what they indicate about how society lives, works and consumes.

Creating A Platform

New European photographers are part of a vital reconstruction of visual narratives, exploring themes of overconsumption, surveillance and liberation.

Surreal Locations

A dreamlike collaboration project with creative director Daphne Westland, spatial designers Visual Citizens and photographer Carlfried Verwaayen.

Identity and Exchange

Ekow Eshun’s project offers a kaleidoscopic view of Africa, foregrounding over 50 contemporary photographers from the continent and its diaspora.

A Sense of Community

Michael Oliver Love’s photographs provide an outburst of colour, texture and energy, enhancing one another as a celebration of movement.

States of Introspection

Gabriel Isak taps into the complex pool of ideas and philosophies, digging into the subconscious through dreamscapes that are rich in symbolism.

The Role of Activism

What does it mean to be an activist? How can we use social media? In the age of Instagram, Houston Center for Photography considers visual identities.