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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4 days ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Eleanor Sutherland

Photo Basel, Switzerland’s first and only art fair dedicated exclusively to photographic art, returns for its 10th anniversary edition from 17-22 June. This year, it welcomes over 150 artists from 15 countries – taking the temperature of image-making today. Below, you can discover five standout images from the fair’s 39 participating galleries.
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4 days ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Eleanor Sutherland

Togo-born, Brussels-based photographer Hélène Amouzou (b. 1969) unveils a major new site-specific photo installation, In Between, at London’s Royal Docks on 18 June. The project, which launches during Refugee Week (16–22 June), is produced in collaboration with Praxis, a local charity that supports refugees and migrants, and co-curated by The Line and Arup Phase 2. The series comprises six analogue portraits made in Amouzou’s signature haunting, lyrical style – marked by overexposure and movement.
Between Memory and Change: Wolfgang Tillmans at the Pompidou

5 days ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

Wolfgang Tillmans is redefining the very fabric of the Centre Pompidou’s Public Information Library, transforming it into a vast, immersive landscape of images and ideas. Spanning over 6,000 square metres, his exhibition Nothing could have prepared us / Everything could have prepared us is the last major event before the museum closes for a five-year renovation.
Reframing Technology

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

The term “Artificial Intelligence” was coined by John McCarthy in 1956, marking the formal beginning of AI as a field of research. It was an area that would boom over the latter half the 20th century, beginning with simple machine reasoning games like chess. Today, millions of people have this technology in their homes – think Alexa, or Siri. Perhaps the most significant development in recent years, however, is the emergence of ChatGPT.
Aesthetica Magazine - Steve McQueen’s 'Bounty': Beauty, History and Resilience

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

Steve McQueen is a towering figure in contemporary art and cinema, renowned for his powerful interrogation of history, identity and social structures. Born in West London in 1969 to parents from Grenada, his work seamlessly navigates the terrain between visual art and filmmaking, employing innovative uses of projected images and sound to confront overlooked and painful pasts.
Translating Time, Memory & Ritual

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

Jane & Louise Wilson have spent more than 30 years navigating the haunted interstices of history, architecture, and collective memory. Born in Newcastle in 1967, the twin sisters first came to prominence with installations like Stasi City (1997), filmed within the former East German Ministry of State Security.
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1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Eleanor Sutherland

Michelle Williams Gamaker is fast becoming one of the most vital voices in contemporary British art. Born in London in 1979, she has steadily carved a singular path as a moving-image artist whose practice interrogates race, representation and the residual power of cinema. With a doctorate in Fine Art from Goldsmiths and a background in Visual Anthropology, her work deftly merges critical theory with cinematic craft.
Emmanuelle Moureaux:

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

French architect and artist Emmanuelle Moureaux has long captivated audiences with her vivid explorations of colour and space. Since moving to Tokyo in 1996, she has cultivated a unique artistic language rooted in the city’s vibrant, layered urban fabric. Her signature concept, “shikiri” which translates as “dividing space with colours” transforms everyday environments into immersive experiences that engage viewers emotionally and physically.
Pride Month 2025: Art to Know

1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Emma Jacob

In the early morning of June 28, 1969, the New York Police Department raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Lower Manhattan. It was a scene that had played out in many LGBTQIA+ spaces across the city, countless times. This time, patrons fought back. The clash with law enforcement lasted six days, later becoming known as the Stonewall Riots. It was the moment that sparked the modern gay rights movement.
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1 week ago | aestheticamagazine.com | Eleanor Sutherland

“Although the ocean comprises 95% of Earth’s habitable volume, we continue to live as if the planet ends at the shoreline,” says French-Swiss artist Julian Charrière (b. 1987). His latest show, Midnight Zone, opening at Museum Tinguely, Basel, emerges from the sense of disconnect that exists between people and the ocean.