New Directions

The inaugural Bristol Photo Festival kicks off with a programme of resonant exhibitions and events running from Spring to Autumn 2021.

5 to See: Gallery Reopenings

This May, museums across England are opening their doors for the first time in months. Discover our 5 selected exhibitions to attend this season.

Reflection and Revolution

Ori Gersht discusses how art history, science and technology collide. The artist has reimagined a classical still life painting for the digital age.

Visual Messaging

Cuban-born, Switzerland-based Dayamí Hayek engages with the key issues of our times through clever visual and textual juxtapositions.

Luigi Pericle: Uncovering the Archive

In 2016, the work of Luigi Pericle was discovered in a house in Switzerland. Hundreds of paintings and drawings, buried for decades, were uncovered.

Isolated Landscapes

In 2014, a glacier in Iceland melted. It was the first lost to climate change. Luciana Abait’s work explores immigration and environmental crisis.

Art and Empowerment

“What better way to collectively engage in empathy than to share the images we take?” Nabad supports artists in Southwestern Asia and North Africa.

Reframing Surrealism

A new exhibition at London’s Whitechapel Gallery explores the vital contribution made by women artists and photographers to surrealism in Britain.

Lighting the Future

Studio Roosegaarde works at the threshold of science, art and engineering. Their latest project harnesses UVC rays to create safer urban spaces.

Matriarchal Utopia

“In the bodies of other women I find a union.” Carlota Guerrero’s photobook proposes a new kind of spirituality: a celebration of sisterhood.

Collapse and Reform

2020 was a year marked by resilience, rebirth and renewal. Sculptor Paul Kaptein pushes the boundaries of figuration, responding to our world.

An Experimental Spirit

Dadaism, Surrealism and Pop Art are tied together by questioning the status quo. What does this look like today? Online gallery Avanguardian shows us.

A Kaleidoscopic Journey

Liz West, who was shortlisted for the Aesthetica Art Prize, creates a new striking site-specific artwork – using vivid colour, light and space.

Responsive Image Making

Assembly is a fresh online art and photography platform engaging with some of the most important social and cultural issues of our time.

Space for Experimentation

‘Where Art Might Happen: The Early Years of CalArts’ offers a bountiful history of the school’s formative decade – from Fluxus to feminism.

The Story of Self Portraits

For Renaissance artists, the mirror was “a teacher.” Natalie Rudd looks at the story of self-portraiture, from early pioneers to contemporary work.

Working with Nature

Swirls of pink and red. Green and yellow voids. Fragments of wood, fracturing and splintering. These are the works of Daniel Fuchs.

The Shape of Inspiration

“Barbara Hepworth is one of the most important artists of the 1900s, with a unique artistic vision that demands to be looked at in-depth.”

A Trailblazing Light Artist

Kunstpalast celebrates the 90th birthday of Heinz Mack – illuminating seminal environmental art and the artist’s innovative, revolutionary spirit.

Breaking the Mould

A major new touring exhibition promises to shed light on the hidden histories of women’s sculpture worldwide. Aesthetica speaks to the curator.