Aesthetica Magazine

Aesthetica is a global magazine dedicated to art and culture, established in 2002. It is released every two months and showcases contemporary art from various regions, including photography, visual arts, design, film, music, and theater. The magazine is well-regarded for its insightful perspectives on visual art and culture. With a combined print and digital audience exceeding 284,000, it reaches readers both nationally and internationally. Cherie Federico, the Managing Director and Editor of Aesthetica, was honored as a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2008.

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Constructing the Image

4 days ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Eleanor Sutherland

In March 2025, Forbes reported that ChatGPT had 500 million weekly users – a figure that is only getting bigger. The platform, and others like it, has become a part of many people’s daily lives, but how much do we really know about what goes on behind the scenes? Machine learning software relies on a vast ecosystem that extends far beyond the user-friendly interfaces we see on-screen.
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1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Eleanor Sutherland

Design Shanghai is one of the biggest events in the global design calendar. This year, from 4-7 June, it expects over 80,000 visitors, with its three conferences welcoming speakers from some of the best-known architecture and design studios: Heatherwick Studio, MAD, Snøhetta, Buro Ole Scheeren and Zaha Hadid Architects. The theme for 2025 is Design for Humanity, spotlighting over 600 pieces from brands spanning over 30 countries and regions.
A Landmark Programme

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Eleanor Sutherland

The Goodwood Art Foundation opens to the public on 31 May 2025 with a clear objective: to establish itself as a serious centre for contemporary art in the UK. Located in West Sussex and set across 70 acres of reimagined landscape, the Foundation’s inaugural season brings together six international artists whose work engages directly with material, context and history.
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1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Eleanor Sutherland

“Are you listening?” asks London’s Barbican Centre, as it launches a sweeping multi-sensory exhibition centred around sound. Feel the Sound promises to transform the way we think about audio, exploring how listening – in its many forms – “shapes emotions, memories and even physical sensations.” It’s an expansive show that utilises many corners of the Barbican, from its entrance to public foyers to underground car parks.
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1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

The C/O Berlin Talent Award is the definitive prize in documentary photography, offering a platform to lens-based artists who are driving forward the medium. In the 20 years since it began, the prize has acknowledged more than 90 cutting-edge practitioners in both art and academia. It first opened for entries in 2006, calling for submissions of documentary photography based around a set theme.
Moments of Stillness

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

Munich’s U-Bahn underground system has 100 stations. It first operated in 1971, in preparation for the city’s Olympic Games and today, around 452 million passengers use the system each year. Its sleek and monochromatic stations are the subject of photographer Thibault Drutel’s Symmetric Subway: Stillness in Motion. The artist contrasts the solidity of architecture with the ephemeral blur of passing trains, capturing a moment of deliberate stillness amid perpetual motion.
Culinary Experiments

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

Food is integral to the history of art. In the 17th century, Dutch still life artists depicted humble meals, like platters of cheese and bread, with a reverence that bordered on the divine. Abundant displays of food, or spoiled fruits and vegetables, were common in “memento mori” paintings. They functioned as symbols of wealth and abundance, as well as a reminder of the fleeting nature of life.
Aesthetica Magazine - Belfast Photo Festival: Kazuaki Koseki

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

Yamagata, located in central Japan, is famed for its snow-covered fir trees, skiing opportunities and picturesque hot springs. These pictorial scenes have drawn huge numbers of tourists, with more than 2,000 visitors a day arriving during the Lunar New Year period. The has also long-been a source of creative inspiration. Its spectacular mountaintop temple, Hojusan Risshakuji, was the spot that haiku poet Matsuo Basho (1644 – 1694) composed one of his most famous poems.
Aesthetica Magazine - The City as Stage: Bradford 2025 in Full Motion

2 weeks ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

Bradford’s year as UK City of Culture is proving to be a landmark moment for the district – one that is not only transforming the perception of a place but also illuminating the power of creativity to connect, uplift and reimagine. From public artworks to intergenerational dance, site-specific theatre and participatory projects on an ambitious scale, the city is demonstrating how culture can act as both mirror and catalyst.
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2 weeks ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

“We live between reality and illusion.” This statement forms the foundation of Plásmata 3: We’ve met before, haven’t we?, a show that invites audiences into a world where the boundaries between the real and the imagined blur and the everyday becomes magical. The emergence of artificial intelligence in recent years has dramatically changed the creative and social landscape.