New Artists: Fikri Amanda Abubakar crafts endless utopias where open windows, mirrors and empty rooms are diffused by pastel sunsets.

Across the UK, Europe and US, photography exhibitions opening at the start of May explore diverse subcultures and global communities.

Must-read publications for May draw a wide reaching survey of life around the world: from the British seaside to San Francisco and beyond.

Expansive natural landscapes, intriguing shapes and contrasting colours. Dutch artist Scarlett Hooft Graafland’s images heighten reality.

Matla’s Pavilion at the Venice Biennale considers the importance of place, belonging, migration and displacement through alternate realities.

The 58th International Art Exhibition is titled May You Live In Interesting Times. 2019’s artists creatively respond to political and social realities.

Chiara Gatti and the Archivio Luigi Pericle association present a post-humous retrospective of Pericle’s works during the 58th Venice Art Biennale.

The late Armenian-Turkish artist Ara Güler was born in 1928 in Istanbul – a city which would become the subject of an iconic body of work.

Toronto’s month-long Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival opens, transforming urban spaces through contemporary artwork.

Presenting work by nearly 100 of the latest voices in contemporary art, The Other Art Fair returns to Brooklyn for the Spring 2019 edition.

New Artists: Karol Malecki’s images pose questions about our exterior world. Through taste, touch, warmth and cold, the answers are for the senses.

Powerful documentary photography, dreamlike images and collaborative installations come together towards the end of April.

For Belgium-based American artist Matthew J. Frock, balance provides the central theme of his meditative, colour-laden paintings.

An ominous light glows through open doorways. Palm trees linger outside suburban buildings. These are scenes captured by Henry Wessel.

Aesthetica selects events and presentations to watch at Photo London 2019, navigating the past, present and future of photography.

The Royal Photographic Society’s International Photography Exhibition is the world’s longest running show dedicated to image-making.

In 2018 American photographer and filmmaker Tyler Mitchell made history. The first solo exhibition of the artist’s work opens at Foam.

Clarence John Laughlin was dubbed the father of American surrealism. Atlanta’s High Museum holds the largest collection of his work.

Circulation(s) is a festival dedicated to discovering and promoting Europe’s young photographic talent. It returns for 2019.

New Artists: “Like so many people I get overwhelmed by outside stimuli.” Maarten Rots’ images stretch over textured walls, reclining in sunlight.