The Aesthetica Awards:
Open for Entries
The Aesthetica Awards open for entries on 1 December, celebrating the best contemporary talent across art, photography, literature and film.
The Aesthetica Awards open for entries on 1 December, celebrating the best contemporary talent across art, photography, literature and film.
Buildings inspired by metabolism. Surrealist objects. Lighting made from smartphones. These exhibitions are innovative, forward-thinking and surprising.
An exhibition illuminates the creative lineage of Black women ceramicists and artists from the last 70 years, celebrating their remarkable contributions.
Frieze opens its first art fair in Asia this September, featuring more than 110 global institutions. Here is Aesthetica’s run down of what to see.
Pioneering sculptor Ruth Asawa believed in the power of art to change lives. Modern Art Oxford explores her dedication to education and advocacy.
Power! Light! at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg highlights bold artworks in which light is used to make sense of political, social and ecological situations.
Art, design and film, as ever, hold up a mirror to our world. Discover those paving the way, with our round up of unmissable graduate shows.
Katie Paterson condenses subjects of vast scope and significance into singular artworks – navigating the the geological history of our planet.
Artist duo Feipel & Bechameil are influenced by our growing dependence on technology, considering the consequences of a robotised world on humans.
The Light and Space movement emerged in the mid-20th century during technological optimism. How has it evolved with the rise of the digital age?
Spanning the globe, these creatives address some of the most pressing issues facing us right now: climate crisis, inequality and new technology among them.
Colourful vines growing from gallery walls. Woven blobs reaching towards the ceiling. These are works by iconic textile artist Sheila Hicks.
Artists Larry Achiampong and Sutapa Biswas join photographers Poulomi Basu, Hannah Starkey and Jamie Hawkesworth at our annual symposium.
Jyll Bradley’s latest sculpture is a space for rest, recuperation and inspiration, adding a sense of human warmth to the visual language of minimalism.
How do we imagine the future? Designers, visual artists and researchers respond to the experience of living in the anxiety of the present.
The United Nations cite climate change as the defining crisis of our time. This year, designers and galleries are coming together to find ways to help.
The word “photosynthesis” translates as “a putting together of light.” Roosmarijn Pallandt’s COP26 sound sculpture delves into this phenomenon.
“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.