Aesthetica’s selection of ten UK photography institutions offers inspirational viewing and exceptional year-round curation.

The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize brings together formal portraiture alongside spontaneous and intimate images.

Featuring Robert Mapplethorpe and Alfredo Jaar, the selection for 15-16 December explores global politics and everyday life through seminal works.

Sweden-born photographer Gabriel Isak returns with Entities, a series of images inspired by existentialism, inner worlds and the self.

From new technologies to sustainable regeneration, this selection of contemporary buildings presents new models for the future.

Fires is the new series from Aesthetica Art Prize alumna Ellie Davies, weaving symbolic narratives between the human and natural world.

New York-based May Parlar is a photography and video artist creating visual narratives that explore the notion of identity and belonging.

Aesthetica’s selection of exhibitions to see this weekend investigates public and private worlds through photography – in Africa, Asia and Europe.

A new Minimalism exhibition in Singapore brings together artists from around the world as part of a wider global dialogue around the movement.

The Aesthetica Awards are open for entries; accepting innovative submissions for the Art Prize, Creative Writing Award and Film Festival.

From New York to Zürich, Paris to London, art and photography explores the limits of human perception whilst offering social commentary.

Aesthetica collates 10 organisations providing inspiration for the festive season; delve into our list of creative ideas for art and culture lovers.

A new publication explores a fascination with light through the lens of artistic practice – featuring Aesthetica Art Prize alumnus Liz West.

December’s must-read publications look at socially responsive architecture, environmental sculpture and thoughtful global photography.

Utilising peculiar perspectives, Sharon Alviz invites viewers to consider architectural compositions and our wider relations to them.

Issue 86, A Renewed Perspective, is very special; through our features and editorials we are diving into bigger subjects head on.

Spanning photography and installation, shows opening at the start of December demonstrate approaches to personal and collective identities.

Spanning prestigious awards, conceptual designs and powerful monuments, this season’s must-see exhibitions examine how buildings shape lives. 

Demonstrating a rich sense of heritage whilst looking to the future of design, this selection blends bold aesthetics with functionality.

In a new exhibition, Dutch photographer Ellen Kooi’s cinematic panoramas revisit the timely relationship between humans and the landscape.

Michael Schwan’s mission to explore lost places in Europe is rooted in the idea of the urban explorer, looking behind closed doors.

Demonstrating a variety of approaches to social documentary, must-see  exhibitions offer experimental, realist and stylised photography.

Eamonn Doyle’s strikingly bold and ethereal series, K, is set against a compelling and fitting backdrop untouched by human presence. 

Designblok, Eastern and Central Europe’s largest design week, explores ideas of national identity whilst looking to the next generation of talent.

Miles Aldridge and Todd Hido offer an intriguing view into life in residential neighbourhoods, tapping into ideas of urban isolation and tension.

Nicholas Nixon’s images, on view at C/O Berlin, weave deeply personal and individualistic moments into a story with global resonance.

Studio Joy Works’ latest release celebrates the 25th anniversary of his firm, featuring a vast range of attention-grabbing structures.

From nearby urban neighbourhoods in Paris to desert landscapes in the American West, Edouard Sepulchre’s images capture prairie-like idealism.

This selection of retrospectives, group shows and international events celebrates women in the industry whilst reflecting on its history.

The Beauty of Lines creates juxtapositions between diverse works, revealing unexpected echoes and resonances of form and structure.

Where Memory Remains is a thought-provoking theme for the 15th edition of Photaumnales, especially in today’s media landscape.

Rusty Wiles is a Florida native, who serves as a firefighter and paramedic. Five years ago, he downloaded Instagram and began to shoot.

Top picks for the beginning of November use cinematic aesthetics and candid photography to capture the essence of pivotal eras in history.

From new photographic series to architectural monographs, November’s must-read publications chronicle migration, urbanity and post-war life.

Around 55% of the world’s population lives in urban areas. Chronicling this phenomenon across major cities is photographer Michael Wolf.

A selection of innovative companies transforms domestic space through sleek aesthetics, functionality and conceptual innovation.

Spanning architectural imagery, fashion campaigns and photojournalism, 30 Under 30 celebrates women in contemporary photography.

Dylan Lewis is a photographer from Richmond, Virginia. Addressing themes of loneliness in the 21st century, the images express a sense of longing.

The eleventh edition of Beazley Designs of the Year – now on view at Design Museum, London – comprises 87 nominations across six categories.

From innovative 21st century software to pioneering post-war photography, shows opening at the end of October hold up a mirror to society.

From wearable technology to AI-assisted cameras, this selection offers a range of interactive, forward-thinking everyday solutions.

Design To Shape Light transforms perceptions of space through compositions inspired by thoughtful illumination and sculptural forms.

Aesthetica’s must-see shows for mid-October investigate the politics of image-making through documentary, post-production and installation.

After delving into commercial photography, Matthew Dempsey looked towards creating original work with draws a line between artifice and fine art.