Photography
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
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
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
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
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
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"
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
Pérez Art Museum Miami acquires Colombian trans activist’s portrait at Nada
Photograph by Camila Falquez shows coffee picker Samantha Siagama
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
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