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Galvanise:
The December/January Issue

This issue of Aesthetica is dedicated to perseverance, resilience and determination. In the face of anything, we have power to change.

A Hybrid Exhibition

“The pandemic has taught us what the real value of art is.” ING Discerning Eye returns to London and online, highlighting the future of contemporary art.

Vibrant Towers

Yorkshire Sculpture Park fills the Weston Gallery with Annie Morris’ rich, towering sculptures, combining play and intimacy.

Biomechanical Life

Anicka Yi has long explored the thresholds of human, animal and robotic intelligence. Now, she has filled Tate Modern’s iconic Turbine Hall.

Memories in Paper

Thomas Demand painstakingly re-stages highly political locations in paper and cardboard. He photographs and then destroys them.

10 to See: Black History Month 2021

The Black History Month 2021 theme is Proud to Be. Here are 10 key arts exhibitions, online resources and events to explore this month and beyond.

5 to See: Frieze Week 2021

Frieze returns to London with three concurrent fairs, offering new perspectives on conflict, desire, pollution and how to reshape the canon.

Art Fairs in a New World

2021 has seen the return of some of the world’s most popular art fairs. But what do these creative gatherings look like in a post-lockdown world?

Art and the Ocean

“The sea and its ecosystems encompass us all.” Art appears across South Korea’s beaches, questioning our relationships with the non-human world.

Art on the Airwaves

We preview five of the most exciting contemporary art podcasts, from deep dives into the lives of women artists to 20th century sculpture.

Art and Landscape:
Aesthetica Art Prize 2021

Never has it been more important to consider our relationship with the natural world. Artists from our 2021 longlist bring the landscape into focus.

A Frozen Narrative

Elmgreen & Dragset’s new installation asks more questions than it answers, as part of Copenhagen Contemporary’s exhibition The Art of Sport.

Piecing it Together

Karen Navarro calls upon photography, collage and sculpture to investigate the concepts of race, gender and belonging, and how they converge.

Issue 102 Available Now

Signs and Symbols: Issue 102 considers the difference between “looking” and “seeing” –
how we view ourselves and the world around us.

Night into Day

A new book delves into sculptor Sarah Sze’s complex and mesmerising visualisations of the human world – and the systems we use to measure it.

Abstracted Movement

Jessica Backhaus arranges tiny paper cut outs in the Berlin summer sun. As the shapes begin to curl and bend, she captures their dance-like forms.

Entangled Lives

Ernesto Neto’s work dissolves the boundary between art and audience, highlighting the entwinement of our fate with that of other creatures.

Organic Vitality

“If I didn’t have to cook, wash up, nurse children ad infinitum I should carve and carve and carve…” wrote Barbara Hepworth. A new book explores her life.

Expanded Sculpture

This summer, Yorkshire Sculpture International returns with a programme of shows and events. There’s a strong digital element throughout.

Innovation and Resilience

Carmarthen School of Art is a creative community fuelled by ambition, innovation and vision. They’ve launched one of the largest online shows.

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