#ShowsToSee | The Future of Energy

Vitra Design Museum's crucial show answers the question: How can design contribute to an increase in the use of renewable energy sources?

Until 1 September. Read more: tinyurl.com/5ejxtms6

Image: XTU Architects

#InsightOfTheDay Stan Douglas

'Typically historical fiction, just like science fiction, is usually an allegory of the present, so often in works I’m thinking about the present through the past.'

Photographer Cody Cobb captures otherworldly images with the help of science.

His technique involves long exposures and an ultraviolet light, taking his camera to areas where collapsed lava tubes can be found.

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Black and white photography excels at capturing the nuances of light and shadow, offering texture, mood and depth.

M+ explores this genre of image-making, featuring artists such as Fan Ho and Daido Moriyama.

Read more: mplus.org.hk/en/exhibitions…

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Art of Darkness

Gm from a red salt lake ❤️

Near Holme in the Peak District National Park, architect Arthur Quarmby designed this environmentally sensitive underground house between 1973 and 1975 as a home for himself and his family.

Named Underhill, it was the first modern earth-sheltered house constructed in England.

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The Koechlin House was designed ‘inside out’, prioritising the experience of the interior home over its outward-facing appearance.

Through a sequence of intimate images, Daisuke Hirabayashi explores the home designed by
Herzog & de Meuron: bit.ly/3Pa8eEx

#ShowsToSee | Photographer Franco Fontana is lauded as a master of colour.

It’s easy to see why from his oeuvre of eye-catching cityscapes showing the buildings and palm trees of Ibiza, Havana and Los Angeles.

On ATLAS Gallery until 4 May. Learn more: tinyurl.com/5n6bafdn

What does the language of abstraction look like?

@turnercontemporary answers this with 'Beyond Form,' a group exhibition that unites the works of women artists such as Eva Hesse, Louise Bourgeois and Lenore Tawney.

On view until 6 May: bit.ly/48QAa8o

Fotografía: Nikoleta Oškerová

Aikaterini Theocharidou

Otherworldly light installations by artist James Turrell

#AsSeenInPrint | 'The images that I collect are not around oppression and violence, but focus on the beauty of ordinary Black life.'

Here, Tyler Mitchell does just that by showing the subject at peace in a field of flowers.

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In the 1920s and 30s, the medium of photography came to the fore in the avant-garde movement and Man Ray soon made a name for himself with his particular vision.

Photo Elysée's exhibition collates the artist’s most iconic works.

On view until 4 August: rb.gy/iymk1l

Calling #Writers | Share Your Stories with Us

Our Creative Writing Award celebrates contemporary voices – championing the best new #Poetry and #ShortFiction .

Win £5,000 & publication. Enter by 31 August: bit.ly/2LFd289

Image: Ellie Davies

'The glass ceiling and sexist discrimination in different forms are everyday life for women.'

Elina Brotherus is a Finnish photographer and video artist specialising in self-portraits and landscapes. She was born #OnThisDay in 1972.

#ShowsToSee | “I grant my audience a window into my subconscious with my work.”

Experimental fashion and fine art photographer Elizaveta Porodina creates striking and surreal pieces.

On display at Fotografiska Berlin until 18 August. Learn more: tinyurl.com/27dw82xu

#InsightOfTheDay Meschac Gaba

'I'm kind of an ambassador to history for my time.'

Photographer Sarfo Emmanuel Annor is a master of tone and contrast, honed from a background in painting and fashion design.

Annor is inspired by Ghana’s booming creative scene.

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