Aesthetica

Aesthetica

Cover of Aesthetica, February/March 2010
Editor	Cherie Federico
Categories	Art, Photography, Film, Music, Performance
Frequency	Bi-monthly
Publisher	Cherie Federico, Dale Donley
Year founded	2002
First issue	2003
Company	Aesthetica Magazine Ltd
Country	United Kingdom
Based in	York
Language	English
Website	website
ISSN	1743-2715

Aesthetica is an international art and culture magazine, founded in 2002. The magazine is published bi-monthly and covers contemporary art from around the world, featuring photography, visual art, design, film, music and theatre. The magazine offers a respected opinion on visual art and culture. It has a print and digital readership of over 311,000 and national and international distribution. Cherie Federico, Managing Director and Editor of Aesthetica was appointed a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 2008.

Aesthetica was founded by Cherie Federico and Dale Donley, when they were students at York St John: A College of the University of Leeds (now York St John University) in 2002.

In 2003 the magazine received distribution at Borders. In 2006 editor Cherie Federico won the Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2007, the magazine began to be stocked in WHSmith high-street stores and in major galleries including the ICA, Tate and Zabludowicz Collection in London, Arnolfini in Bristol and the Centre for Contemporary Arts in Glasgow.

In 2009, Aesthetica significantly increased its distribution network and is now stocked at major airports and train stations nationwide, department stores such as Selfridges and Harrods and is exported to over 20 countries worldwide.

Aesthetica includes features on art, design, architecture, fashion, film, music and performance, highlighting notable new exhibitions around the world and showcasing photography. The publication covers work by leading artists, such as Steve McQueen, Martin Creed,Henri Cartier-Bresson and Ernesto Neto among others.

Articles have explored subjects such as European art and politics, the development of light art, and architectural innovation.

A large section of the magazine is dedicated to photography and has featured photo essays from artists such as Richard Tuschman and Stephen Shore. It has also published photography by Robert Capa, Formento & Formento, Viviane Sassen, Ryan Schude, Kevin Cooley and Emily Shur.