Photography

In pictures: spotlight on Asian artists at Art Basel Hong Kong

Art Basel’s director of fairs, Vincenzo Bellis, on his pick of the fair’s curated Insights section

‘If necessary, I will shout at him!’: Richard Ansett's images of Grayson Perry go on show at Sotheby's

The selling exhibition will open in London on 28 March, alongside Perry's Wallace Collection show, ‘Delusions of Grandeur’

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Japan is opening its eyes to women photographers—and to the female gaze

Denied recognition and even credit for their work until recent times, Japan’s women photographers are challenging and subverting traditional assumptions about the female body

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On a San Francisco roof, an artist’s work is birthed by the night sky

Ala Ebtekar’s new cyanotypes for Arion Press were exposed using moon and starlight during a partial lunar eclipse

‘We will not be a traditional institution’: Foto Arsenal Wien takes up the mantle of Vienna’s radical art roots

The new exhibition space, Austria’s first centre for photographic images and lens-based media, will open on 21 March

Who was the real photographer behind the image that defined the Vietnam war?

A recent documentary claimed that a local freelancer, not photographer Nick Ut, took the famous shot of a naked Vietnamese girl. Ut—and his legal team—say different

Wolfgang Tillmans collection to be sold at Christie's

The 15 works, on the market for the first time since they were bought by an anonymous collector, will be on show this week before being sold in March

Trump tariffs and Zona Maco in Mexico, India Art Fair, and American photography at the Rijksmuseum—podcast

How have recent US executive orders affected the mood on the ground at the leading Mexican fair? Plus a report from India Art Fair as it opens amid state elections, plus a chat about one of the earliest portrait photographs

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Don McCullin on swapping war zones for museums and why his ‘printing days are over’

The revered photojournalist has turned his focus to ancient statues for a new photography book

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A day in the life of Peter Hujar in understated portrait of renowned photographer

The new film “Peter Hujar’s Day”, which recently premiered at Sundance, is based on the transcript of a 1974 conversation between Hujar and his friend Linda Rosenkrantz

Through the lens of Robert Frank, the Rijksmuseum presents a wide-angle view of the US

The Amsterdam museum’s sweeping survey will look beyond the usual suspects to explore ways that photography has both infiltrated and reflected society

Peter Hujar, Gregg Bordowitz and Rotimi Fani-Kayode: art and the Aids struggle— podcast

A special episode on three artists dealing with the crisis in different ways

Early Palestinian photographer's exhibition at Tel Aviv museum follows renewed study of her work

Karimeh Abbud, one of the earliest female Palestinian photographers, comes into greater focus in her biggest show to date in Israel

An insider's guide to Singapore Art Week: Emmeline Yong

The co-founder and director of Objectifs Centre for Photography and Film on her upcoming exhibitions and the best place to see the city's skyline

In partnership withNational Arts Council Singapore for Singapore Art Week
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Cristina Mittermeier: ‘It is now or never’ to address climate change

This pioneer in conservation photography combines her passion and skill to capture our planet’s fragility

Oliviero Toscani, Italian photographer known for his provocative fashion campaigns, dies aged 82

His work for brands such as Benetton sparked conversations about issues including the Aids crisis and anorexia

‘I like people who dare’: Peter Hujar’s moving and monumental photography comes to London

The complete range of the US photographer’s work—from rural Orange County to queer New York—is going on show at Raven Row

‘The event as spectacle’: how Weegee’s photographs were more than just documentations of life

An exhibition at the International Center of Photography will explore the larger-than-life photographer’s ability to create sensational images, whether photographing the hoodlums of New York or stars of Hollywood

‘We deserved a better time on this earth’: New York’s Palo Gallery presents Palestinian photography

Three artists living in exile collaborated on the exhibition "Longing: In Between Homelands"

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Compelling prose and lyrical turns in Sally Mann’s poignant and, at times, shocking memoir

The American South plays a crucial role in the photographer’s richly illustrated book

MFA Boston acquires 38 photographs by Robert Frank capturing life in 1940s Paris

The experimental images feature in a new exhibition centred on a personal family scrapbook

Miami Advice: Marie Vickles on the independent photography organisation that offers an invaluable open platform

Continuing last year’s popular series, throughout Art Basel Miami Beach we are speaking to members of the local art scene about their favourite cultural destinations around Miami

A brush with… Hank Willis Thomas — podcast

An in-depth interview with the conceptual artist, Roy DeCarava’s photographs, James Baldwin’s writing, and the way he infuses painting into his own work

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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Magnum’s opus of America: a new photography compendium reveals the many sides of the US

The publication’s co-editor Peter van Agtmael chooses seven key images from legendary agency’s new book

A brush with… Jeff Wall — podcast

An in-depth interview with photographer Jeff Wall, discussing hallucinations, Franz Kafka and the inspiration he draws from comics

Hosted by Ben Luke. Produced by David Clack
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This newly translated volume compiles the photographic traces of a libidinous love affair

Author Annie Ernaux and journalist Marc Marie’s collaborative memoir documents a passionate yet haunted relationship

The $6.2m banana, Frank Auerbach remembered, Lindokuhle Sobekwa’s photographs of addiction in South Africa—podcast

Exploring this week’s New York auctions, which included Maurizio Cattelan’s now-infamous fruit, plus a tribute to the late German-British artist Auerbach and a chat with Sobekwa about a work from his powerful series, on view at the UK’s Sainsbury Centre

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Photobook exploring the suffering of families in Gaza awarded top prize at Paris Photo

Taysir Batniji’s ‘Disruptions’ has been named Photobook of the Year at this year's Paris Photo-Aperture PhotoBook Awards

Tate exhibition celebrates a riotous decade in British photography

From tumultuous political events to countercultural visibility, Tate Britain show examines the 1980s through the work of Martin Parr, Chris Killip and many others