Val Lee’s poignant moving-image practice reflects on how both personal and collective memory are shaped by contemporary political and social systems.

British Art Fair returns this November with an ambitious programme that reconsiders the historic canon and spotlights bold and innovative new artists.

Two new shows at Art Museum at the University of Toronto presents a dialogue between land, memory and the precarious futures of our environment.

Fotografiska Berlin presents Yero Adugna Eticha’s intimate portraits, which skilfully highlight the joy, resilience and complexity of Black life in Germany.

We announce the 2025 Aesthetica Art Prize winners: Tobi Onabolu and Sam Metz, who were announced at the opening of this year’s show at York Art Gallery.

Naples unveils new subway station designed by renowned artist Anish Kapoor, forming a vital part of the city’s bold cultural and urban regeneration.

Prix Pictet returns to V&A for its 11th edition. It invites reflections on the growing volatility of our age, forever poised on the brink of the next crisis.

Somerset House announces its 2026–2027 season, which features artists, collectives and events that continually challenges creative boundaries.

A powerful new exhibition at FOMU Amsterdam spotlights photography from Palestinian women. Their images are a bold and defiant act of resistance.

Nancy Holt’s Sun Tunnels is a landmark piece of environmental art. Spruth Magers in New York presents a fascinating insight into the iconic work.

This autumn, Aesthetica presents two landmark exhibitions: the Aesthetica Art Prize and Future Tense: Art in the Age of Transformation.

Tyler Mitchell’s new show at Gagosian, London presents a nuanced exploration of Black identity through fashion, portraiture and visual narrative.

Tiffany Sia explores notions of memory amongst diasporic and displaced communities, considering how we tell stories of places that we no longer live.

The 2025 After Nature Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize, hosted at C/O Berlin, champions those working at the intersection of art and ecology.

London Sculpture Week unites five major public art initiatives: Frieze Sculpture, Sculpture in the City, The Line, the Fourth Plinth, and East Bank.

A new publication from Penguin looks back at the career of Martin Parr, who has photographed the humour and absurdity in daily life for decades.

A new cultural and civic event spotlights nine photographers and visual artists, who reckon with how cultural memory can shape creative practice.

Bradford City of Culture 2025 announces its closing programme, bringing a landmark year of art and community engagement to a fittingly bold end.

London Open House Festival invites both visitors and residents to step into some of the city’s most iconic buildings that are often closed to the general public.

We bring you five new photobooks to enjoy this autumn. Their topics range from iconic figures in architecture, to the reality of present-day dating.

Barbican Centre places contemporary artist Mona Hatoum in dialogue with iconic creative Alberto Giacometti in a groundbreaking new exhibition.

Artist and filmmaker Apichatpong Weerasethakul brings together moving image and theatre to create an immersive exploration of time, memory and place.

Helsinki Biennial 2025 invites visitors to immerse themselves in nature, transforming the city’s iconic landscape into a vibrant artwork in its own right.

We speak to the renowned American visual artist, who transforms the immense top floor at Salts Mill in Bradford for her largest solo UK installation to date.

A major retrospective at The Hepworth Wakefield celebrates a taboo-breaker and trailblazer: an artist unafraid to confront beauty, decay and mortality.

Ajamu X’s latest exhibition at Foam Amsterdam questions: How can stories of queer communities be preserved when they are deliberately excluded?

The acclaimed photographer’s upcoming exhibition in London encourages pause and contemplation via three compelling, otherworldly bodies of work.

MPB: The Next Shot invites filmmakers to explore the intersection of memory, technology and artistic growth by sharing stories of their old camera kit.

A new exhibition from artist Eva-Maria Lopez reveals the hidden histories of colonialism, profit and power that lie behind the plants we take for granted.

Karlheinz Wachsenegger’s projects span portraiture through to architecture – communicating emotion through camera angle, composition, light and tone.

In 1972, a groundbreaking building opened in Tokyo’s Ginza District: The Nakagin Capsule Tower. Now, MoMA in New York surveys its story and influence.

Tai Shani’s monumental sleeping sculpture fills the courtyard of Somerset House, inviting viewers to take a moment to dream of alternative futures.

Ragusa Foto Festival invites audiences to look more closely at the world around us, asking: what becomes possible when we move past the superficial?

Rijksmuseum recontextualises its impressive collection of photography from 19th century India, placing it in dialogue with contemporary artists.

This is Gender presents an urgent and timely new exhibition, showcasing artists who consider the overlap of gender, disability and access to public life.

Russell Newell’s photographs of Peckham in the 1980s provide a vital visual archive of Britain during a period of intense political and social upheaval.

Yuna Ding’s work is defined by muted colour palettes and a soft focus. Yet beneath the delicate visual and playful aesthetic lies an astute cultural critique.

Amy Horowitz’s first photobook includes 166 portraits of young adults, shot over five years in NY’s Washington Square Park and the West Village.

The Brigitte Kowanz retrospective at Albertina Museum features luminous artworks that respond to the rise of digitisation and the information age.

To celebrate World Photography Day, we’re sharing ten remarkable lens-based artists whose work has been featured in the pages of Aesthetica Magazine.

Photographer Pixy Liao takes stages portraits with her longterm partner, creating scenes that comically subvert stereotypes of gender and relationships.

Carrie Mae Weems is one of the most celebrated photographers of the 20th century. A new exhibition at Gallerie d’Italia celebrates her remarkable career.

The 2025 edition of Scorpios’ Encounters takes inspiration from humanity’s enduring fascination with longevity and extending natural lifespans.

Photographer Siri Kaur’s latest project focuses on her sister, exploring family bonds, growing up, femininity and the rejection of shame as a woman.

White Cube’s latest exhibition considers how artists navigate humanity’s relationship with the landscape, creating artworks imbued with cultural meaning.

Is technology changing the way we see ourselves? This question is at the heart of Somerset House’s 2025 summer show, which dives into digital culture.

The exhibition highlights works that use natural phenomena such as light, air and water to sharpen audiences’ awareness of the world around them.

The Cerith Wyn Evans exhibition at MCA Australia is filled with installations that ask us to consider how we inhabit time, and how we move through space.

These five art festivals capture today’s zeitgeist, spotlighting artists who tackle urgent political and social issues and provoke important conversations.

Hélios Boechat takes a zoomed in view of nature – drawing viewers into the microcosms of insects, flora and the evolutionary processes they embody.