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A Photographer’s Scavenged Still Lifes
Portfolios

A Photographer’s Scavenged Still Lifes

Leaving leftovers in her backyard, Lia Darjes creates a stage for a series of improvised tableaux.
Why Are So Many Contemporary Painters Remaking Famous Images?
Essays

Why Are So Many Contemporary Painters Remaking Famous Images?

A profusion of paintings derived from movie stills and online screenshots reveals a shared impulse to understand—and transform—images’ strange power over us.
A Beautiful Friendship, Deepened by Artistic Intensity
Interviews

A Beautiful Friendship, Deepened by Artistic Intensity

After the novelist Garth Greenwell was assigned to write about Mark Armijo McKnight’s photographs, the two men bonded over their shared themes of queer sex and intimacy.
M'hammed Kilito, Zagora Oasis, Morocco, 2022
Reviews

A Biennial Carries the Weight of a World in Crisis

In the Emirates, the Sharjah Biennial convenes artists who speak about survival and solidarity at a time of dispossession.

“Aperture is a collaboration between people who believe that visual culture is central to understanding and developing society in a way that is mindful and generative.” —Hank Willis Thomas, artist

“Aperture is a collaboration between people who believe that visual culture is central to understanding and developing society in a way that is mindful and generative.” —Hank Willis Thomas, artist