Photography

Art fairsanalysis

Photo London has mass appeal—can it be equally thought-provoking?

The UK's premier photography fair is still finding its identity, with strong curated sections and projects presented amid more vacuous work

Wouldn't it be nice to see The Beach Boys: new show goes behind the scenes of seminal 1960s band

Exhibition at Iconic Images Gallery includes rarely seen works by top photographers from the period, as well as childhood pictures

Photography festival fills Kyoto's stunning locations—from a kimono factory to a Tadao Ando building

Kyotographie is back for a 12th time, with shows that highlight the art of setting a scene

Photography or ‘promptography’: a year on from the Sony Awards AI furore, what is the nuanced view?

Boris Eldagsen made waves in 2023 by refusing a prize in order to highlight the use of text-to-image models in art photography. A new show in London seeks to reframe the debate

Back to his roots: Ukrainian Museum in New York offers another angle on Peter Hujar

Show shines a light on lesser-known early images by the celebrated photographer

‘Shining a light on the blind spots’: new book seeks to provide clearer picture of Mau Mau uprising

Max Pinckers worked together with Kenyan war veterans to bring records of 1950s colonial violence to the fore

UBS Art Collection gives 166 photographs to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

Drawn from a 300-work sub-collection gathered by John Szarkowski in the 1990s, the gift includes images by 96 photographers—among them Dorothea Lange, Alfred Stieglitz and Edward Weston

Denmark's Venice Biennale 2024 pavilion explores Greenlandic culture

The photographer Innuteq Storch records life in the autonomous territory

A photographer’s 19-year ritual of taking a daily Polaroid becomes a musical performance

Jamie Livingston’s “Photo of the Day”, a viral sensation after the artist died on his 41st birthday, is coming to the stage with orchestra, soloists and choruses

$25m gift puts focus on photography at the Art Institute of Chicago

The museum, whose photography collection began with a donation from Alfred Stieglitz, will soon give the medium pride of place again

Diaryblog

Booker prizewinner Bernardine Evaristo applauds photographer Ingrid Pollard

Hasselblad award comes with a hefty prize pot and a show at the Hasselblad Center in Gothenburg

Book Clubfeature

A golden age for photobooks? As publishers join forces we find out what the future holds

The London-based publisher Mack is acquiring smaller firms and widening its visual culture coverage

Francesca Woodman’s posthumous path to A-lister

Exhibitions at Gagosian in New York and National Portrait Gallery in London confirm late photographer’s arrival

Diaryblog

A snapshot of Rocket Man at the V&A

A sneak peek into the mammoth photo collection of Elton John and David Furnish

Photography and feminist activism, Jacob Rothschild remembered and Robert Ryman

We speak to the curators of the South London Gallery's latest show and to our founding editor about the legacy one of the UK's leading philanthropists. We also discuss Robert Ryman's work Adelphi on show at the Musée de l’Orangerie

Forgotten photojournalist Bert Hardy revisited in new London show

Hardy’s work ranged from hard-hitting war photography to images of the British at play

Art Institute of Chicago receives $25m gift for new photography centre

The Bucksbaum family’s donation is the largest the museum’s photography department has ever received

Diaryblog

New Cindy Sherman personas pop up in Marc Jacobs ad

Photographer adopts two contrasting looks—from pristine to harried—for fashion campaign

‘A first in the field of photography’: New York's ICP celebrates 50 years

The institution is digging deep into its archive for a series of shows to mark the anniversary

Film news

Ben Whishaw to play photographer Peter Hujar in upcoming film

The as-yet untitled film will be directed by Ira Sachs, who just directed Whishaw in the critically acclaimed film "Passages"

Booksreview

Unpacking America’s psychology: a deep dive into the career of Arthur Tress

A new book, which accompanies a Getty Center retrospective, explores the photographer’s documentation of the nation’s more sinister side

The late self-taught street photographer Vivian Maier will have her first major New York exhibition

The Manhattan branch of photography museum Fotografiska will put around 200 works by the reclusive savant on view in May 2024

First gallery show dedicated to Ghanaian photography pioneer will display previously unseen works capturing life under colonial rule

The photos are part of a 50,000-strong archive being preserved by the artist J.K. Bruce-Vanderpuije's granddaughter

An-My Lê: the artist portraying the inhuman scale of war and small acts of resistance

Airlifted out of Vietnam as a teenager when Saigon fell, the Vietnamese American photographer makes no attempt to simplify the unbearably complex, and pits individual agency against huge geopolitical forces

In pictures: how Cuban Miami flourished in the 1960s and 1970s

A show at Miami Dade College’s Museum of Art and Design celebrates the work of the photographer Josefina Tarafa, who documented the creation of a dynamic new community

German photo biennial cancelled after curator’s posts are deemed antisemitic

The host cities warn that the cancellation jeopardises “the future of the entire event"

Can AI unlock the ancient Herculaneum scrolls?

Plus, the appointment of the new Venice Biennale president sparks a political row, and a tender portrait by Dorothea Lange

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Dorothea Lange survey reveals how studio apprenticeships influenced how she later approached documentary photography

An exhibition at the National Gallery in Washington, DC, examines five decades of the pioneering photographer’s portraits

Two overlooked Asian artists who left a mark on Modern British art celebrated with UK exhibitions

The lives and work of Singaporean-British sculptor Kim Lim and the Chinese artist and poet Li Yuan-chia will be explored at the Hepworth Wakefield and Kettle’s Yard