Derrick Breidenthal is an award-winning American artist based in Kansas City. He uses painting to communicate themes of peace, power, struggle and renewal. The artist is currently participating in the group exhibition Fresh Perspectives at Walker Fine Art, Denver until 12 March and his work has been longlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize 2022.
“Non-places” and “any-space-whatevers” are anonymous locations people pass through. Five artists explore these ideas through photography.
Martin Parr Foundation’s latest photography exhibition considers how people, the environment and its resources are tightly interwoven.
Lydia Panas photographs women and girls amongst lush foliage. Lying surrounded by grass, leaves and branches, they stare back into the lens.
Mexico City-based artist Rodrigo Chapa draws on the legacy of colour theory, producing scenarios which explore its psychological implications.
Craig Easton’s new photobook confronts the media misrepresentation of communities in Blackburn, England, through nuanced black and white portraits.
“I see one function of the museum as being a space for experimentation.” Artist Carsten Höller presents acclaimed installations and relational aesthetics.
Roy DeCarava took up photography in the 1940s as an information-gathering tool to help with his painting. The results were groundbreaking.
February is LGBTQ+ History Month in the UK. From protest photography to untold stories, here’s our pick of key shows and digital resources to explore.
Are there too many images in the world? A new show explores mass media excess and image over-saturation spanning from the 1920s to today.
How do we imagine the future? Designers, visual artists and researchers respond to the experience of living in the anxiety of the present.
Bill Brandt’s photography has often been perceived as “sinister”, capturing dark scenes across turbulent decades of the 20th century.
New Contemporaries continues to play a key role in art from the UK: a story of towering medicine cabinets and potent portraits of identity.
From close-up photography to digital world-building, contemporary artists are always building on the legacies of minimalism and abstraction.
The new print issue of Aesthetica is all about points of view: idea generation and a developing a greater sense of perspective. Read a preview here.
Each year, The Arts Foundation’s Futures Awards take the temperature of contemporary art and design. The 2022 winner is Libita Sibungu.
Deborah Moss is a New Zealand-based artist interested in expressing an intimate connection with the natural world and its transcendent quality through colour and emotive mark making to convey the sensation of being immersed in a place.
From deserts to suburbia, Brooke DiDonato creates an off-kilter universe. Meanings of familiar objects are twisted; laws of physics unhinged.
Digital artist Andres Reisinger establishes a virtual winter haven – a place of respite and simplicity amidst the clutter of life online.
