William J. Simmons

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Michael Marcelle's Surreal New Jersey

How Hurricane Sandy set the tone for an uncanny photobook.

Queering “Straight” Photography 

With a rush of color, David Benjamin Sherry’s new photograms gesture to abstract painting and gay history.

Roe Ethridge is a Good Southern Boy

The influential photographer, who once worked for JCPenney’s, riffs on nostalgic Americana.

Surreal Sexuality

In his staged, gel-lit nudes, Jimmy DeSana explored the body as object.

The Limits of Representation

Can Conceptual art speak to activist issues in new ways?

Living, Inventing, Becoming

In a pioneering new book, Zackary Drucker and Rhys Ernst document their gender transitions and their lives together.

Jürgen Klauke: Transformer

With provocative self-portraits from the 1970s, a pioneer of Body Art makes his New York debut.

John Divola at Galeria Pedro Alfacinha

William J. Simmons on Despite Intensions at Galeria Pedro Alfacinha, Lisbon, and its connections to the New Museum’s recent Sarah Charlesworth survey.

William J. Simmons on Josef Astor at Participant Inc.

On Josef Astor’s recent exhibition at Participant Inc., New York, which connects photography, installation, and dance.

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Aperture presents “Image Worlds to Come: Photography & AI,” a timely and urgent issue that explores how artificial intelligence is quickly transforming the field of photography and our broader culture of images.

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