Art
Look to the Past and Fear for the Future
Artist Cao Fei asks us to consider how long the benefits of new technologies may last, and what will remain after they’re gone.
Photography
News
Portraits of Love and Loss From Around the World
Queer love, single motherhood, and the devastation of the Russia-Ukraine War are just a few of the subjects explored by this year’s LensCulture Portrait Award winners.
Art
Stan VanDerBeek’s Virtual Windows on the World
A cacophony of life, death, and perfume ads, transmitted across the same frequency, VanDerBeek’s fax collages captures an “international picture language.”
News
The Most Breathtaking Photographs of the 2024 Solar Eclipse
You didn’t need to be in the path of totality to be awed.
Art
FotoFest Houston’s Power Lies in What Remains Unseen
For some artists, erasure is a way to restore dignity.
Art
VALIE EXPORT Insists on Taking Up Space
EXPORT’s urban interventions in her exhibition Embodied alert us to the risks of being read as femme in a highly visible, public space.
Art
Hot Flux Fosters Afro-Asian Solidarity
An exhibition hints at synchronicities between the contemporary concerns of a small island nation and a vast and diverse continent.
Art
The Agony and Ecstasy of Tanya Marcuse’s Labyrinths
The artist stitches together exposures to create disorienting, ecstatic murals inspired by an overgrown Garden of Eden.
Film
A New Documentary Reveals Larry Fink’s Personal Side
A short documentary captures the later years and reflective musings of the iconic photographer, who passed away last year at the age of 82.
Art
Catherine Opie’s Intimate Los Angeles
The works in Opie’s harmony is fraught are documents that bear witness, but they also highlight the connection between our public and private lives.
Art
These Are Some of the Earliest Pet Photographs
A History of Photography (Through Pets) tracks the development of photography through images of our furry companions.
Art
Finding Black Queer Love in the Urban Everyday
Clifford Prince King’s photographs transform bus shelters and newsstands into spaces of acceptance and representation.