This issue is an invitation to look more closely at the structures that shape the world around us. Giselle Au-Nhien Nguyen explores how the artist Yona Lee shifts our perception of the ordinary. In a compelling long-form essay, Jo Higgins investigates the tensions between making art and making home against the backdrop of the housing crisis.
Elsewhere, Tahmina Maskinyar writes on Nusra Latif Qureshi, Steve Dow introduces us to the Technicolour world of Tongan artist Telly Tuita and Josephine Mead grapples with Carol Jerrems legacy. To mark 2025, we also asked photographers Amos Gebhardt, Isabella Moore and Kyle Archie Knight to write about an image that reflects this cultural moment, helping them see the world anew.