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Miranda July, The Amateurist, 1997

Close Encounters with Miranda July

Through her playful and provocative collaborations with strangers, July consistently asks what we want from power, technology, and love.

A Photographer Recasts the Secret Lives of Teenage Girls

Inspired by 2000s-era teen-girl magazines, Elizabeth Renstrom uses a mix of real and AI-generated imagery to consider the ongoing effects of media on young women.

A Biennale in Bologna Considers the Role of Games in Art

Can photography be a form of play? The recent Foto/Industria Biennale shows how improvisation and mugging for the camera are as old as the medium.

The Creative Power of Barbara Ess

The artist, who died in 2021, played a crucial role in establishing downtown Manhattan as both a scene and a style.

Sally Mann, Edmund de Waal, and a Dialogue about Formalism

An exhibition pairing the celebrated photographer with the renowned ceramicist highlights their shared fascination with objects and images.

Evelyn Hofer’s Tender Gaze

A retrospective in London showcases the brilliance and breadth of the photographer’s sensitive portraiture.
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An Artist Sees the Potential for Healing in the Aftermath of War

In his videos and multimedia works about Vietnam, Tuan Andrew Nguyen shows how large-scale events reverberate through interpersonal stories.
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Rineke Dijkstra’s Captivating Videos Portray the Gestures of Youth

In the exhibition “I See You,” the photographer’s work is a study of self-presentation, showing how the camera can be an interlocutor.

Madame Yevonde’s Color Revolution

An exhibition in London of the artist and suffragette’s vibrant work uncovers a pioneer of photography.
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The Photographers Who Captured Love and Longing

An exhibition at the International Center of Photography offers an expansive take on how images can be used to create, sustain, and destroy intimacy.
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What Is the Relationship between Literature and Photography?

An exhibition in Switzerland explores the intersection between photobook publishing and art forms that combine text and image.

A Festival in Kyoto Dazzles with Photography and Architecture

Kyotographie is distinct among photo festivals for its clever site-specific exhibitions in many of the city’s stunning locations.

Joanna Piotrowska Visualizes the Power of Small Gestures

How does the Polish artist transform seemingly simple movements into significant emblems?

Two South African Artists Reflect on the Memories of Apartheid

In a dual exhibition, Lebohang Kganye and Sue Williamson consider trauma, healing, and the potential for transformation.

The Struggle for Survival in the Amazon

Claudia Andujar has advocated for the Yanomami people throughout her career. In a major exhibition, her photographs coexist with Indigenous voices.

How Steven Meisel Defined Fashion in 1993

A rare exhibition of the influential photographer’s work highlights one year of prodigious creativity.

In London, a New Approach to Preserving Britain’s Photographic History and Future

The newly opened Centre for British Photography promises to be an expansive and collaborative public-facing institution. Can it deliver?

What Uta Barth’s Images Tell Us about the Limits of Sight

In Los Angeles, an exhibition traces the ideas that animate Barth’s work—and asks how photographic vision affects perception and experience.
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Aperture Releases “Counter Histories,” Produced with Magnum Foundation Spring Issue Presents Photographers Who Uncover Personal and Political Histories (New York—March 6, 2024) What creative possibilities are offered by the gaps, absences, and silences in historical records? This spring, Aperture magazine presents “Counter Histories,” an issue produced in collaboration with Magnum Foundation and informed by their…