Aesthetica Magazine

Subscribe to Aesthetica Magazine. A subscription to Aesthetica magazine will engage readers with the arts both in the UK and internationally, combining dynamic content with compelling critical debate and pushing boundaries while exploring the best in contemporary arts and culture. brbr Aesthetica Magazine is the only British arts publication to address the arts as an interdisciplinary whole so in every issue you will find features on visual arts, literature, music, theatre and film. brbr Inside this issue The blockbuster Cindy Sherman show opens at MoMA, bringing together 180 photographs tracing the artist’s career. The idea of “innovation in the modern age” is surveyed in the V&A’s British Design 1948 2012 show. Lifelike opens at the Walker Art Center and examines artworks that question authenticity. This Will Have Been Art, Love and Politics in the 1980s opens at MCA Chicago, and is a timely re appraisal of the decade. IMMA Dublin opens Conversations, and we showcase a selection of works from this fascinating show, as well as looking at three photographer’s new series of works. brbr In film, the Chemical Brothers release Don’t Think, directed by Adam Smith and Marcus Lyall, which skillfully records their performance at Fuji Rocks, Japan. There is also a Q&A with Jes Benstock, director of The British Guide to Showing Off. In music, we look at Intelligent Dance Music and discuss the love hate relationship with the term. In performance, we look at the rise of puppetry in theatre with the Manipulate Festival. Finally, Shilpa Gupta discusses her new show, Someone Else.. Aesthetica Magazine subscription.