A new exhibition at Hayward Gallery, entitled DRAG​: Self-portraits and Body Politics, explores notions of identity, gender, class, politics and race.

Aesthetica collates five of 2018’s must-see photography events, each providing a platform for the next generation of talent.

Ahead of our call for entries closing this month, we foreground a selection of visually compelling and thought-provoking photographers from 10 finalists.

Must-see exhibitions running 11-12 August push the boundaries of art by questioning media imagery and using drones to replicate nature.

We select five practitioners from previous editions of the Aesthetica Art Prize who engage with technology and digital culture.

Aesthetica’s selection of US exhibitions open this season investigates timely themes of surveillance, unseen sites and voyeuristic city scenes.

How To See [What Isn’t There] is a group exhibition at Langen Foundation comprising 32 artists from the Burger Collection, exploring profound territories.

Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Jasmina Cibic continues to untangle the complex relationships between art, gender and state authority.

Minimal fashion brand COS announces the opening of a new London store and creative centre at Kings Cross, offering a new retail model.

A collection of Olafur Eliasson’s immersive, environmentally responsive works are on display at Red Brick Art Museum, Beijing.

For over four decades, Jenny Holzer’s impulse has been to investigate the authority of language. Tate Modern celebrate the poignancy of this intent.

Aesthetica highlights five key art events opening in 2018, offering unique platforms for discovery, conversation and collaboration.

Andrea Clarke is wholly interested in the spaces that surround us, questioning the confines that they offer and the anonymity attached to home.

Artworks featured in the Aesthetica Art Prize reflect the world around us. These finalists engage with timely socio-political issues.

Moving into August, this week’s top exhibitions reflect upon life in cities around the world through bold photography and installation.

Technology is the signifier of our times, with people checking smartphones every 12 minutes. The 2018 Aesthetica Art Prize responds to this.

Curated by the Michael Reid Gallery in Berlin, the Australian Embassy in Paris showcases 22 leading figures in contemporary photography.

Unseen Amsterdam highlights the latest developments in fine art photography. Aesthetica collates a list of 2018’s must-see artists.

The August / September edition, Global Initiatives, looks at sustainable ways of living across range of disciplines, documenting the human story.

We live in a world that’s increasingly edited, cropped and filtered. Royal College of Art’s Nicola Koller, Matteo Mastandrea and Thomas Greenall discuss.

Inspired by nature, innovative design collective Studio Drift presents Franchise Freedom, a flying sculpture comprising 300 luminous drones.

Capturing the everyday landscape, Vishal Marapon’s images connect with changing cities and the material effects of gentrification and development.

During the last month of submissions, the Aesthetica Art Prize collates 10 sculptors from past editions, foregrounding imaginative responses.

Aesthetica selects five must-see photography exhibitions open 28-29 July. Each offers conceptual responses to contemporary life.

This selection of international design events provides fresh approaches to making, showcasing the work of upcoming practitioners.

Exhibitions at The Hepworth, Wakefield, and the Getty Center, Los Angeles, showcase work that occupies the boundary between fashion and fine art.

The domestic landscape holds complex emotions at its core. Works from the Aesthetica Art Prize’s longlist of Artists’ Films explore these feelings.

The V&A Dundee, Scotland’s first design museum, opens this September, offering the city a new and dynamic creative centre.

Lonneke van der Palen’s practice focuses on creating artificial sets. Highly stylised, the images focus on nature of circulated media and constructed realities.

From UK beaches to Latin and Central America, must-see exhibitions open 21-22 July are defined by a sense of place and local identity.

Artificial Intelligence has the potential to transform everything we do. Huawei launches the world’s first photography award judged by AI.

Aesthetica’s selection of visually arresting, newly-built galleries, hotels and industrial projects responds to social and environmental needs.

Intrigued by social phenomena, Al Mefer’s photographs call upon artificial elements, using an intriguing interplay between shadow and colour.

Tomás Saraceno is known for examining the crossroads of art, science and architecture. A new presentation offers a multisensory arena.

This weekend’s key exhibitions respond to a fast-paced digital world through otherworldly installations, architectural surveys and video works.

This collection of emerging and established sustainable fashion labels offers alternative  solutions from around the world.

Aesthetica collates five must-see exhibitions that pave the way for the future of urban planning through sustainable methods and new materials.

Turin-born Alberto Selvestrel creates indefinite landscapes that stretch into large, open expanses filled with natural contrasts and sweeping spaces.

This weekend’s round-up reinvents the built environment through virtual simulations, photography and sculpture.

Evelyn Bencicova interprets contemporary life through an existential yet highly curated approach to visual art and photography.

As the pace of life quickens, structures are required to become more adaptable. Zaha Hadid Architects’ latest project offers a solution.

A selection of this season’s must-read publications respond to key contemporary themes of post-truth, media culture, race and gender.

MoMA, Focal Point Gallery and the current issue of Aesthetica look towards utopian ideals through architecture and photography.

William Bunce and Lisa Jahovic explore shape, texture and sculpture to create minimalist imagery centred around geometry and balance.