What have you been reading this year? Aesthetica rounds up its most-read online articles of 2021, from emerging artists to the latest book reviews.

In 2020, far from her own family in England, Laura Stevens observed an extended French family learning to live together amidst the pandemic.

“The freedom lets you create anything you can imagine.” Tobi Schnorpfeil’s 3D world is a place where the sun is always setting – full of potential.

Erik Paul is a California-based sign maker, graphic designer, painter, sculptor and engineer; the technical and creative aspects of printmaking are a particular passion. This approach has fuelled a varied, joyful career in which the experience in one medium has helped to inform another.

A new retrospective of work by photographer Imogen Cunningham explores her extraordinary range: from botanical studies to portraits.

LA-based Hugh Kretschmer’s characters inhabit altered realities, where everyday objects appear off-kilter and things are slightly askew.

Photography plays a significant role in highlighting environmental damage, which can be difficult to see, much less identify.

This year, Aesthetica marked its 100th issue. To celebrate, we’re looking back at 2021 through the lens of our most recent cover photographers.

“My ambition is, in a sense, to make you see a little bit more tomorrow than you saw today.” A new show brings the minimalist spirit of Robert Irwin to Berlin.

BIENALSUR – the International Biennial of Contemporary Art of the South – creates a network of associative collaboration around the globe.

Thomas Demand’s work may, at first glance, appear to show empty, mundane interiors. These are, in fact, highly politically charged locations.

New Era brings together the many strands of American artist Doug Aitken’s creative output from the 1990s to the present day.

John Madu plays with time. He is best known for bright figurative paintings: symbolic portraits which look to the past, present and future.

Anna Huix’s works are bright, energetic and full of motion. Figures twist, bend and stretch – creating unexpected shapes and silhouettes.

Patrick Wack’s new monograph, DUST, explores whether China’s 21st century push westward mirrors events in America 200 years ago.

Lonneke Gordijn and Ralph Nauta are interested in using light and technology to refresh audiences’ ideas of the natural world.

Exploded paintings. Shattered flowers. Fragmented images. In a new series, Ori Gersht draws on postcards from renowned galleries worldwide.

This festive season, London is aglow with immersive and interactive artworks: from mist-filled rooms to giant tree-like sculptures.

10 gift ideas for culture lovers this season. 2021’s list includes gallery memberships, photobooks, subscriptions and camera accessories.

The winners have been announced for the 2022 award, including one winner in poetry and one in short fiction, each receiving £2,500 prize money.