The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh is home to a plant collection comprising over 13,500 species. Artists respond with powerful botanical works.

The International Awards for Art Criticism are open for entries. Recent winner Nadim Samman reflects on contemporary art writing today.

Susan van Wyk, Senior Curator of Photography at NGV Australia explores the 2020 Triennial, including themes of isolation, representation and cataclysm.

Building on the success of its A+Awards programme, the Architizer A+Firm Awards celebrates its inaugural edition.

IWM London explores a century of refugee experiences. It looks at the devastating impact of conflict, putting human stories at the centre.

Photo London Digital is the first international photography fair to take place online. Aesthetica selects must-see emerging galleries for 2020.

Can a photograph be an abstraction? This is the question Barbara Kasten has been asking for over 40 years. The artist moves into video and sculpture.

Michael McCluskey’s cinematic photobook is full of compelling images taken under nightfall. It leaves viewers to plot the beginning, middle and end.

“The way to heaven out of all places is of length and distance.” Stefano Giacomello renders landscapes that offer a sense of freedom and visual serenity.

The 2020 edition of 1-54 Contemporary African Art Fair is a hybrid model with both physical and
digital components, welcoming 35 exhibitors.

Evgenia Arbugaeva’s documentary photographs record remote landscapes and communities of the Russian Arctic through magical realism.

We are living in a precarious moment where the very idea of democracy is being threatened. Issue 97, Rebirth and Renewal, looks to a better future.

Julie Blackmon’s works are intricately composed, with busy details and hectic scenarios. In these images, accidents are just a stone’s throw away.

Brad Walls provides an alternative perspective of swimming pools, using drone technology and aerial footage to capture the shapes and colours.

Phaidon’s Editor-in-Chief Spencer Bailey asks questions about the art of the memorial in an age defined by division, disconnect and isolation.

Ulrich Hartmann is a fashion photographer who’s pushing boundaries with an Alice in Wonderland– esque imagination and avid attention to detail.

George Byrne transforms cities through reduction and collage, rendering Californian streets with geometric minimalism and pastel palettes.

Pia Kintrup’s horror vacui series speaks to the fear of empty space. Plastic bags and packaging are paired with onion skins and pistachio shells.

Mary & Davit Jilavyan spent the last few months of lockdown developing an imaginary village
in Mexico filled with rainbow-coloured houses.

Jackie Black reproduces last meals of those who have been subjected to capital punishment. The photographer draws attention to social injustice.