#2022Wrapped:
A Year in Covers
From pop-coloured paper environments to landscapes filled with balloons, here are the six images featured on our 2022 newsstands.
From pop-coloured paper environments to landscapes filled with balloons, here are the six images featured on our 2022 newsstands.
We’ve taken a deep dive into our Archives, finding five creatives whose works respond to 鈥 and use 鈥 emerging technologies: to critique, calm and imagine.
Anna Carey’s photographs appear to be just that: photographs. Yet with closer inspection, it becomes clear that they are actually models in miniature.
Maker, educator and climate activist Brigitte Jurack鈥檚 largest solo show to date invites viewers to look slowly at their immediate environment.
The Turner Prize and Tate’s most recent Turbine Hall commission are amongst this season’s must-see UK shows, positioning art as a tool for communication.
Olga莽 Bozalp鈥檚 monograph, Leaving One for Another, is a timely visual documentation of migration that combines documentary with fine art.
We are living in a moment of reappraisals, with new art books surveying art and photography that challenges gendered stereotypes in visual culture.
Multidisciplinary artist Wei Ting Chen was born in Taiwan and is based in Tokyo. His award-winning practice includes video art, performance and sculpture, along with paintings using acrylic and oil pastel, which are often accompanied by poems that correspond to the visual parts of a piece.
New York-based artist KangHee Kim produces images that help us imagine brighter possibilities 鈥 away from internet rabbit holes and live feeds.
Yuni Yoshida is interested in the appearance of fruits, vegetables and flowers. “No one is the same as any other… patterns and shapes give us fresh surprises.”
Machine intelligence artist Refik Anadol creates fluid sculptures from data-driven algorithms. A new show at MoMA proposes a world in which AI can dream.
A 50-year retrospective of Samuel Fosso’s approach to self-transformation 鈥 and engagement with historical legacies 鈥 inspires audiences globally.
In a new monograph, photographer Joshua K. Jackson highlights the importance of genuine connections within a socially isolated world.
The mirror is a symbol rooted in the history of art and culture. 脡milie M枚ri, a French-Swiss photographer, works in this tradition.
Swimming pool geometry translates into desolate landscapes reflecting human vulnerabilities in the work of acclaimed photographer M谩ria 艩varbov谩.
Darkness is a constant presence in Liam Wong鈥檚 neon-noir photographs, which expose the quiet solitude of global nightlife and question reality.
Tyler Mitchell has pushed the boundary of fashion photography. His visions of Black utopia provide everyday moments of beauty and contemplation.
Henri Prestes investigates the calm yet ominous presence of the twilight hours in remote locations, producing cinematic and considered landscapes.
Suppen is a series of limitless creativity. Miguel Vallinas Prieto鈥檚 surreal compositions transform ordinary table settings into something magical.
Alexis Pichot’s ethereal archipelagos provide a moment of reflection amidst the constant influx of digital news, images and information.
Duo Elsa Parra and Johanna Bena茂nous blur the distinctions between the photographer and subject in reconstructions of family memories.
Priscilla Ong uses assemblage in bold, colourful and often humorous displays of inanimate items, crafting new narratives from mundane materials.
David Uzochukwu’s speculative portraits reflect human identities. He is one of 75 artists invited to examine complex Afrodiasporic experiences.
M贸nica Alc谩zar-Duarte exposes the derogatory stereotypes Mexican women are subjected to in real-world and online spaces in Second Nature.
Art is about storytelling, and we all tell stories. This issue of 人妻少妇专区 is dedicated to creatives who are weaving inspiring narratives.
For pathbreaking artist Nancy Holt, space and time were paramount to creation. A new book charts her creations, including the world-famous Sun Tunnels.
What psychoanalyst Carl Jung once wrote about dreams, painter James Jean actualises onto canvas 鈥 pushing the limits of genre and imagination.
Scarlett Hooft Graafland documents remote geographies in surreal, choreographed scenes 鈥 using embroidery to enhance the narrative.
Aesthetica聽highlights 10 gift ideas perfect for arts and culture lovers this season 鈥 including photobooks, magazines and creative experiences.
Dasha Pears is Helsinki-based artist using the instruments of surrealism, minimalism and colour to tell surprising visual stories with a twist.
Aziz + Cucher’s collaboration was sparked by the launch of digital imaging tools. 30 years on, a new show surveys their “post-photography” practice.
The Aesthetica Awards open for entries on 1 December, celebrating the best contemporary talent across art, photography, literature and film.
Joanne Coates and Heather Agyepong 鈥 winners of the Jerwood/Photowords Award 鈥 reflect on regional identities and the authentic self.
The 2022 edition of PhotoVogue Festival reflects on the ethics and impact of our exposure to images in the digital age, offering new models for the future.
Paper manufacturer Hahnem眉hle launches a series of environmental images 鈥 encouraging us to take a moment to reflect on the natural places we cherish.
Buildings inspired by metabolism. Surrealist objects. Lighting made from smartphones. These exhibitions are innovative, forward-thinking and surprising.
Do Ho Suh crafts large-scale fabric sculptures that recreate the places in which he has lived and worked; the results are bright, playful and deeply emotive.
This season’s new art book releases are wide-reaching in scope: honing in on family stories whilst looking at renowned art movements with fresh eyes.
A show at London’s NOW Gallery centres on the potential of satirical photography, asking questions about what it looks like, and what can it achieve.
Seattle Asian Art Museum foregrounds the work of contemporary Chinese artists, realised through both traditional and emerging materials and media.
Bai Liu is an artist, designer, illustrator and writer based in China whose multidisciplinary work is shown throughout the world. 棣 鈥/ Mo聽was shown at the London Design Festival in September.聽Why Do We Love Cats?聽 launched on VRChat in August.
A new book illustrates how densely populated urban centres 鈥渉old the key to our sustainable future on Earth,鈥 using the city of London as a blueprint.
Sebastiaan Knot’s illusory geometries are created without any digital manipulation. Crisply folded sheets of card pop out from orange and purple walls.
鈥淚 felt I was looking at a great untold story of art-love in the UK today.” The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition returns with a diverse array of contemporary work.
Dusky pink clouds. Olive green skies. Cracked white walls and peeling paint. These are surreal dreamscapes by photographer Aliz茅 Jireh.
In 2022, the sea takes on a new dimension: it is now a fragile ecosystem threatened by major ecological collapse. A new book chronicles art and the ocean.
We speak to Richard Mosse about his latest film, which depicts the destruction of the Amazon, asking us to look anew at environmental and social disaster.
Huxley-Parlour Gallery, London, provides an insight into Dora Maar’s early photographic practice, anticipating a later interest in the unconscious.
What makes a “good” portrait? The Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2022 showcases more than 50 examples of contemporary portraiture.
Chris Killip is remembered as one of Britain鈥檚 most influential post-war documentarians, working across the north of England in the 1970s and 1980s.
