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Bristol Photo Festival is an international biennial of contemporary photography. Entitled Time Machine, the 2026 edition of the festival explores how we inhabit layered time. It focuses on overlooked histories, shared rituals and imagined futures. Throughout the programme photography will become a space where memory, fiction, and possibility coexist, allowing multiple timelines to unfold within Read More
BOP is back for 2026! Join MPF for a weekend of photography, artist talks, exhibitions, events, book signings, and more at Bristol’s annual photobook festival.
A lineup of photographers and photobook publishers from across the UK and Europe will be showcasing new projects across the festival weekend.
There is an action packed programme, including a special Martin Read More
“Social media is our lifeline but it’s also a loaded gun.” – Jonathan, 18
“There are so many old men on Twitter looking for feet pics.” – Ivy, 17
“Because I’m brown and I’m a bigger person, you could call me a cyberbully’s field day.” – Dominic, 17
These aren’t just quotes. They’re lived experiences of three of Read More
Foam 3h presents the first museum exhibition of photographer Keerthana Kunnath. For her debut series Not What You Saw, Kunnath has been photographing female bodybuilders in Kerala, South India. The images show women flexing their muscles against the backdrop of Kerala’s lush landscapes, combining physical strength with a softness rarely associated with the sport. Through Read More
Foam presents Hometown, Hailun Ma’s first international museum solo exhibition outside China. The exhibition introduces one of the leading voices of a new generation of Chinese image-makers, whose work moves between autonomous practice, editorial photography and fashion commissions. From long-standing collaborations with Nike and A.P.C. to commissions for publications including Vogue China, T Magazine China Read More
Taryn Simon | Father Country I Do Love You is an epic story tracing one man’s real life and the global reverberations of his actions over the last four decades.
Taryn Simon | Father Country I Do Love You, a major exhibition premiering a new body of work by artist Taryn Simon (b. 1975, New York). Read More
Annabel Elgar’s series Birds Fly Low reconstructs the life of K.V.M., the owner of a box of sewing items bought at an online auction, whose photographs and keepsakes offer traces of a story. Hidden beneath a mass of threads was a pamphlet with makeshift instructions for making a spy balloon, alongside notes, blurred photographs, a Read More
Centrala presents a group exhibition of film, photography, sculpture, and print by seven LGBTQI+ artists from Central and Eastern Europe now living in the United Kingdom curated by the Polish artist and curator, Zula Rabikowska.
This group exhibition brings together artworks that span six countries, Poland, Lithuania, Belarus, Romania, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Hungary, and include documentary Read More
Launched at The Photographers’ Gallery last year, Marilene Ribeiro’s Photo-Rituals for Disappearance has been nominated as one of LensCulture’s Favourite Photobooks of the Year and also shortlisted for the EIBOOKS Awards 2025.
Photo-Rituals for Disappearance draws on personal lived experience to celebrate the ancient, magical way women deal with love and remedy. It is a limited-edition, Read More
Deana Lawson debuts selections from her series Edge Control, initiated in 2023, in which she reimagines the monitoring of individuals by beauty supply stores throughout the United States. Recontextualizing surveillance stills taped to windows and entryways, she preserves the ways in which these images warp identity and posit a mode of figuration, intervening only to Read More
Spin is Royal Scottish Academy’s monthly contemporary art discussion group. There are a limited number of tickets available for non-members to join one of Spin’s special out-of-hours exhibition tour and conversation events. This month, the group will be heading to the Royal Academy Building to discuss Catherine Opie | To Be Seen, with curator Imogen Gibbon.
Curated Read More
Ffoto Cymru is Wales’ International Festival of Photography, bringing together artists, photographers, communities and audiences across the country for a month-long celebration of contemporary photography and image-making.
Taking place from 2–31 October 2026 across 17+ locations throughout Wales, Ffoto Cymru 2026 will bring together exhibitions, events, talks, workshops and opportunities to connect with photography in new Read More
AI, algorithms, and digital technologies already govern a large part of everyday life – mostly without our awareness. Photographer and artist Carola Lampe has been exploring this development in her work for years. Her project Tell Me What To See presses reality and artificiality so close together that the line between them blurs. Tell Me Read More
An ambitious collaboration between FotoFocus and the region’s museums, galleries, universities, and alternative spaces, the Biennial is a month-long celebration of photography that unites artists, curators, and participants from around the world. Now in its eighth iteration, the 2026 Biennial encompasses 74 exhibitions at 65 Biennial Venues across Greater Cincinnati, Dayton, Columbus, and Northern Kentucky—the Read More
In partnership with British Journal of Photography and Nikon, PhotoIreland presents the Female in Focus exhibition at the International Centre for the Image.
The exhibition brings together the two series winners, Laetitia Vançon’s The Other Battlefields and Giya Makondo-Wills’ New Scramble, alongside 21 single-image winners responding to this year’s theme, On the Cusp. Together, the works Read More
Step into a century of American city life through photographs that capture the people who built, inhabited, and transformed urban spaces into living, breathing communities.
The exhibition explores one hundred years of American urban life through the people who lived, worked, and moved through its streets. Featuring works by 34 influential photographers from 1907 to 2012, Read More
During the pandemic, Irish photographic artist Rhiannon Adam discovered an application for the ultimate art residency: dearMoon. In 2018, Japanese billionaire and art collector Yusaku Maezawa announced a global search for eight artists to join him on a week-long lunar mission aboard SpaceX’s Starship: the first civilian mission to deep space.
The mission’s flight path would Read More
The Biennale Images Vevey celebrates its 10th edition under the theme «We are family!» an anniversary edition dedicated to reunion, kinship and celebration, featuring 50 artistic projects from 21 countries.
Since its creation in 2008, the Biennale Images Vevey has established itself as Switzerland’s foremost visual arts biennial and as an international benchmark for contemporary photography. Read More
TRACE, in partnership with Devonport Creative Quarter, is delighted to present the first-ever TRACE Small Publishers Book Fair Plymouth.
Join TRACE for a weekend celebrating independent publishing, artist-led print culture, and contemporary creative practice. Discover a diverse range of artists’ books, photobooks, chapbooks, zines, magazines, graphic novels, editions, and multiples from publishers, artists, and makers from Read More
The Photoworks Festival, formerly known as Brighton Photo Biennial, established in 2003, is a globally renowned biennial event that highlights international contemporary photography. Photoworks’ aim is to deconstruct the format of a traditional photography festival by curating a programme that encourages input and debate.
Un/Stable: Lands, Anxieties, Dreams, the theme for Photoworks Festival 2026, considers how Read More
The Singapore International Photography Festival returns in 2026 for its landmark 10th edition. From 16 October 2026 to 31 January 2027, SIPF 2026 presents In My End Is My Beginning, a major celebration of photography, memory, transformation, and new beginnings. This milestone edition commemorates 25 years of Singapore’s photographic history, while bringing together powerful visual Read More
Our Bodies Have Been Bridges is a major new exhibition bringing together three feminist artists from across the Americas whose work centres the body. In distinct ways, each use their body to bridge personal and collective memory, indigenous knowledge and relationships to land.
Across 65 works made over three decades, Laura Aguilar, Tarrah Krajnak and Koyoltzintli Read More
Women have played a pivotal role in shaping Japanese photography, contributing to the medium through diverse and innovative approaches. Yet the field has traditionally been male dominated, with renowned photographers, publishers, gallerists, critics and camera enthusiasts predominantly being men. This course aims to critically reassess this traditional perspective by highlighting the achievements of some of Read More
The fifth edition of PhMuseum’s International Photography Festival revolves around the pivotal concept of Archipelago – a visual and philosophical investigation freely inspired by Massimo Cacciari’s reflections on the topology of a continent and wandering within the context of the crisis of modernity.
In an era of fragmentation and fluid boundaries, the exhibitions, book presentations, workshops, Read More
Depicting Britain from the post-war to the present era with images spanning more than 80 years, Dark Tales explores the complex relationship between the Gothic and British documentary photography. The photographs in the exhibition reveal waning industrial powers, claustrophobic domestic scenes, and menacing nocturnal activities.
Dark Tales brings together a selection of renowned images alongside lesser-known Read More
Archive Frictions is a knowledge exchange project bringing together artists, researchers, museums and universities in the UK and India to explore how photographic archives are discovered, interpreted and reimagined.
At the heart of the project is a remarkable archive of photographs discovered by PhD researcher Alexandra Gow in the archives of the National Galleries Scotland. Believed Read More
This one-day event reflects on the cultural, historical and political circumstances that led to a creative output of women photographers making work in the 1990s and beyond. Their work continues to shape subsequent generations of artists. It also highlights the infrastructure and support that was available at that time.
Three artists from the Japanese Women Photographers Read More
This research seminar focuses on the alternative approaches, systems and ecologies of image making pioneered by the Sustainable Darkroom.
Grounded in wider systems thinking and critical perspectives on the environment, Hannah Fletcher will share her insight and practical experience of working in new and radical ways that place sustainability at the forefront of The Sustainable Darkroom’s Read More
Jill Furmanovsky – Rebels and Renegades at Tolbooth, Stirling is part of the Stirling Photography Festival.
Jill Furmanovsky’s first portrait assignment was in 1974, photographing a young Stevie Wonder for the Melody Maker when one of their regulars was ill. She soon began working with other music publications including Sounds, NME and Record Mirror documenting the Read More
Join Dr Tilly Scantlebury art historian and educator, National Gallery, London, as they look closely at a selection of works on display in the exhibition Catherine Opie: To Be Seen.
In this talk Scantlebury situates Opie’s photographic portraits within two important contextual modes: the traditional art historical paintings they make reference to, and the contemporary LGBTQ+ Read More
Archive Frictions is a project that brings a recently uncovered archive of photographs of women in educational settings into dialogue with contemporary artistic responses. The symposium features a lecture by Anna Fox, a session by Suryanandini Narain, and a conversation between artists Steffi Klenz and Priyadarshini Ravichandran, moderated by Mira Brunner.
At the heart of Archive Read More
Held biannually, the international art fair Foto Tallinn presents jury-selected artists and galleries showcasing the latest contemporary photographic art, offering collectors and art audiences rare access to new artwork, new ideas, and the people behind the art.
Foto Tallinn 2026 takes place 18—20 September at Kai Art Center.
To find out more please go to the direct Read More
Idemitsu Mako (b. 1940) is a pioneering artist in the fields of experimental film and video art in Japan. She began creating art after spending time in the United States in the 1960s, producing works using film and early video that explored themes such as women’s lives, family, and the relationship between media and society. Read More
Iranian artist Hannah Darabi (b. 1981) was selected as the laureate of the 2025 Prix Elysée by an international jury. In her work, she uses photographs, videos and archive materials to explore popular dance as a form of identity- based resistance rooted in the social and political history of her native country. Her series set Read More
The international photography festival Photometria 2026 hosts over 50 artists across 10 locations of historical and artistic interest throughout the city of Ioannina. Photometria Photography Center is the festival’s year-round permanent venue and hosts some of the festival’s most iconic exhibitions. The program, as every year, is packed with fresh photographic perspectives, high-calibre lectures, and Read More
Beneath the Ivory is Molten Brown from Scottish Pakistani interdisciplinary artist Aqsa Arif combines moving image installation and textile photo prints, crafting a narrative of the Lakshmi/Yakshi/Nymph, oscillating between South Asian ancestral memory and western assimilation.
Drawing on resonances between South Asian and Greco-Roman mythic forms, Aqsa embodies the misnamed “Pompeii Lakshmi,” a first-century CE Indian Read More
Devonshire Collective, Photoworks, BACKLIT and Aspex announce Tessa Boffin: Where We Touch the Archive, an ambitious national touring exhibition responding to the work of artist and activist Tessa Boffin (1960–1993).
The exhibition is on show at Devonshire Collective until 5 September before travelling to Nottingham, Brighton and Portsmouth throughout 2026–27.
Tessa Boffin’s practice spanned photography, writing, performance Read More
In Autumn 2026, Tate Britain will stage the first exhibition to explore the art, photography and fashion of the 1990s, a decade synonymous with possibility, optimism and an audacious spirit. The 90s: Art and Fashion will explore this period’s surge of creative energy, shaped by its opportunities and challenges. Featuring nearly 70 artists, photographers and Read More
This autumn, Tate Modern will present the first major exhibition to explore Pictorialism as a global photographic movement. From the 1880s, Pictorialism transformed photography from a documentary tool into a fine art to establish a powerful artistic medium. Moving beyond traditional photographic histories centred around Europe and North America, the exhibition broadens both the geographical Read More
Marlo Pascual: Making Something Out of Something, the first solo museum exhibition of Pascual’s work in 15 years, introduces viewers to an artist who developed a practice of manipulating found images, creating works that blur the line between photography and sculpture. Pascual worked in the tradition of the “Pictures” generation of artists, such as Barbara Read More
ICA, London
September 24th, 6:15 pm
Directed by Anna Fox, Sarah Jeans and Anne Parisio, Picture This is a heartwarming portrait of three groups of women in Edinburgh, Farnham and London. The women are from refugee and migrant communities and a women’s refuge, as they have all had to leave their own countries or homes because of Read More
Gibellina Photoroad is the first open air and site-specific festival in Italy, and one of only a few in the world. Large-format prints, outdoor exhibitions, projections and installations dialogue with the urban space of Gibellina, a town without visual or light pollution so the vision of the exhibitions is undisturbed by urban chaos.
Situated in the Read More
The British Royal Family is one of the most photographed in the world, with images capturing everything from grand state ceremonies and royal tours to deeply personal moments.
Life Through a Royal Lens, a major photography exhibition tracing the Royals’ enduring relationship with the camera, from the reign of Queen Victoria to the present day, is Read More
The Image Complex is an eight-session online lecture series that explores how that trust was built, how it operates, and what it means to inhabit a world where it is coming undone. Moving from the colonial archives of the 19th century to contemporary image cultures, the series traces photography’s evolving role as an instrument of Read More
PhEST – Sea Beyond the See is an international photography and art festival that takes place in Monopoli, Italy. This year’s 11th edition theme is: What If? There are exhibitions, lectures, photo walks led by artists, portfolio reviews and screenings.
Exhibiting artists include: Sara Munari, Juno Calypso, Vivian Maier, Nina Pacherová and Chloé Azzopardi, Chinky Shukla, Read More
As part of the 2026 Rencontres de la Photographie d’Arles, the Manuel Rivera-Ortiz Foundation presents Come Together, a program bringing together projects by a group of artists including: Regula Tschumi, Oleñka Carrasco and La Chica and Shelby Duncan, as well as contributions from FOTOHAUS and the Foundation’s photographic library.
Through a variety of artistic approaches, these Read More
This is the online streamed version of the live event. Ticketholders will be sent a joining link before the event to either watch live or view the recording later.
World-renowned American artist Catherine Opie is in conversation with Imogen Gibbon, Head of Portraiture & Photography. Over the past 35 years, Opie has explored and positioned the portrait Read More
Since its inception in 2011, Cortona On The Move has supported contemporary documentary photography, embracing the spirit of its name, “On The Move”: a festival that celebrates curiosity, observation, and engagement with a world in transformation, as well as the evolution of the language and codes of this expressive medium.
During the festival, events and photographic Read More
This summer, Arnolfini presents Against the Tide, a new exhibition by documentary photographer Polly Braden, created in collaboration with young people growing up in some of the most deprived and often forgotten places across England.
Known for her intimate, long-term collaborations, Polly Braden’s work focuses on overlooked communities and social issues, and her distinctive style combines Read More
Running alongside the city’s leading photography festival, Festival OFF Arles, brings Arles to life with a rich, eclectic, and entirely free program open to all audiences. An invitation to discover unique perspectives, bold artistic works, and innovative forms of expression that push the boundaries of the image.
For the first time in 2026, Les Filles de Read More
ASAP | art invites you to an online conversation with Joshy Joseph, Sohini Chattopadhyay and Tathagata Bhattacharya, moderated by Shamya Dasgupta, tracing the life and work of Mahasweta Devi.
Few writers have shaped the literary, political and social imagination of South Asia as profoundly as Mahasweta Devi, whose work refused the separation of literature from lived Read More
“As everything pushes toward simplification, division and reduction, the 57th edition of the Rencontres d’Arles creates a space for complexity and attentiveness—not to artificially soften the violence of reality, but to bring out its depth, and to face a sometimes unsettling world while continuing to find beauty, connection and freedom in it. Photography has a Read More
Discover the powerful photographic portraits by American artist Catherine Opie. Curated in collaboration with the artist and touring to Edinburgh from the National Portrait Gallery in London, Catherine Opie: To Be Seen is the first major museum exhibition of her work to be shown in the UK and first ever solo exhibition in Scotland.
Discover nearly Read More
Stills presents the first major survey exhibition of internationally renowned photographer Jillian Edelstein, one of the most compelling photographic voices of the past four decades, curated by Tracy Marshall-Grant.
Born in South Africa and now based in London, Edelstein has spent more than forty years documenting people, communities and defining moments of contemporary history. Bringing together Read More
This summer, Tate Modern will stage the UK’s first major exhibition dedicated to multidisciplinary artist Ana Mendieta (1948-1985) in over a decade. Active in the 1970s and 1980s, Mendieta’s ground-breaking practice challenged traditional notions of sculpture, photography and film. Using her own terms to describe her art, she is best known for her ‘earth-body’ works, Read More
And on the Shelves – Women Artists’ Books! presents a selection of women artists’ books from two private collections, exploring the artist’s book as a site of artistic research, experimentation, and authorial expression.
To accompany the exhibition, a new issue of the journal Fototxt has been published, with a special section devoted to women artists’ books.
To Read More
A photographer fooled an entire world with fabricated images, an artist invites us to interact with an AI agent trained on her own life, childhood, and heartbreak—and in another project, new, uncanny ecosystems are created as archives and algorithms mutate into new species. In The Machine’s Eye in Human Hands at Fotografiska Stockholm, eight artists Read More
The sixth workshop of Museum Dialogues seeks to explore how the accommodation of a continuously expanding photographic field—now encompassing computational, networked and AI‑generated imagery—demands not only new collecting strategies and enhanced epistemic literacy but also a fundamental rethinking of value systems and institutional frameworks. Central to these discussions are pressing questions of representational ethics, intellectual Read More
The garden is often romanticised in British culture. It is also often the site of emotional and social investment, a space of contestation and a place sanctuary, but what does the British garden look like?
Is This A Garden? shows photographs in which gardens appear only incidentally: on the edges of images, behind subjects, glimpsed through Read More
MoCP welcomes the Prix Pictet and exhibiting artist Hannah Modigh for a gallery talk and exhibition reception.
Hannah Modigh (Swedish, b. 1980) spent her childhood in India and the Swedish countryside. She was educated at the Nordic School of Photography and the Royal Institute of Art, Stockholm.
Her work sits in a socially engaged and autobiographical documentary Read More
Belfast Photo Festival is the largest annual photography festival in the UK and Ireland. Spanning over 30 venues, it presents cutting-edge contemporary photography from local, national, and international artists. This years festival theme is Horizons.
‘Horizons’ invites artists and audiences to consider what lies beyond our present technological, environmental, social, economic and geopolitical boundaries. It builds Read More
(Re)Create Art Projects is pleased to announce Artificial Intelligence: Its Cultural, Political and Philosophical Potentialities, a symposium to be held online from Wednesday, June 24 until Saturday June 27, 2026.
Curated by Warren Neidich, presenters include: Ada Ackerman, Claire Fontaine, Agnieszka Kurant, Lynn Hershman Leeson, Anna Longo, Martha Schwendener and Hito Steyerl.
The presentation lectures will be Read More
As part of a pause, a rose, something on paper, a group exhibition of work by 17 artists, Melanie Manchot will be In Conversation with mountaineer Kenton Cool, moderated by curator Fatoş Üstek at The Wax Building on 24 June.
The discussion will start with Manchot’s new work recently made at the Himalayan Mount Makalu, the Read More
Is an artist born or made? Is a person’s identity set from birth, or discovered later? Martine Gutierrez addresses these questions in a large-scale solo exhibition, Wunderkind, emphasising the importance of creativity and expression – qualities that characterised her childhood and made her the internationally celebrated artist she has since become.
An interdisciplinary artist, Martine Gutierrez Read More
This landmark exhibition rewrites the story of Japanese photography through the eyes of women. Japanese Women Photographers spotlights the work of 27 groundbreaking artists, from the 1950s to today, whose perspectives have shaped how Japan sees itself, and how it is seen by the world.
Spanning identity, pop culture, fashion and everyday life, the exhibition celebrates Read More
Bringing together two distinct and influential contemporary practices, this conversation features KATAYAMA Mari and TAWADA Yuki exhibiting artists in Japanese Women Photographers: From 1950s to Now. Together they will explore themes of identity, embodiment, transformation and self-representation, each giving insight into the possibilities of image-making today.
A discussion with the artists will be moderated by curator Read More
The 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg 2026 presents, under the title “Alliance, Infinity, Love – in the Face of the Other”, eleven exhibitions in eight renowned museums and exhibition houses in the city of Hamburg. Curated by the Artistic Director Mark Sealy, the festival focuses on a photographic praxis which welcomes diverse and different ways Read More
Camille Vivier at MEP is the first retrospective exhibition dedicated to French artist Camille Vivier, a prominent figure in contemporary photography. Through a selection of works where bodies, sculptural forms, and uncanny presences converse, a universe where both sensual and enigmatic unfolds, shaped by multiple references and unexpected visual echoes. Camille Vivier’s female figures fascinate Read More
No Future is an exhibition of works from Karen Knorr and Olivier Richon’s Punks series at Château d’Oiron. From 1976 to 1977, Karen Knorr and Olivier Richon documented the London punk scene revolving around the Roxy in Covent Garden and the Global Village in Charing Cross. The first prints from the series were originally presented Read More
Karen Knorr Inhabits the Castle is a retrospective of the artist’s work on show at Chateau d’Azay-le-Rideau this summer.
The exhibition features some forty photographs representative of Karen Knorr’s artistic work, drawn from the series Belgravia (1979–1981), Gentlemen (1981–1983), Country Life (1983–1985), Connoisseurs (1986– 1990), Academies (1994–2005), Fables (2003–2008), and India Song (2008–2011). It is complemented Read More
Prix Pictet Storm is currently on show at MoCP, Chicago until the end of August.
The Prix Pictet is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading photography awards. Founded in 2008 by the Pictet Group, it seeks to harness the power of photography to draw global attention to critical sustainability issues. To date, the award Read More
The Museum of Contemporary Photography and School of Visual Arts at Columbia College Chicago proudly present the Diane Dammeyer Fellowship in Photographic Arts & Social Issues exhibition featuring 2025-2026 fellow Lali Khalid.
Khalid’s exhibition will be on view June 25-October 3, 2026 at Columbia College Chicago’s Glass Curtain Gallery with exclusive programming during Filter Photo Festival.
In Read More
Photobooks USA 2000–25 at the International Center of Photography (ICP) is an exhibition that considers the many ways that photographers have used the photobook over the last 25 years to speak directly to the social, cultural, political, economic and environmental changes taking place throughout the United States.
Bringing together over 50 photobooks from out-of-print titles to Read More
Birkbeck and MuseumsEtc warmly invite you to join them for the launch of an important new trilogy of publications by Jo Spence and Terry Dennett, featuring previously unpublished and unknown images, interviews and texts.
The event will also celebrate the 92nd anniversary of Jo Spence’ birth and raise a toast to Jo Spence and Terry Dennett’s Read More
Bristol Artist’s Book Event (BABE) is a biennial showcase of artists’ books activity with 100+ artists and small presses exhibiting their works to the public for sale.
The focus for 2026 is ‘BABE Looking East’, with curators and artists from Japan showcasing bookworks and the participatory Kujibiki Drawing project in Bristol for the first time.
Alongside curators Read More
Photojournalist and documentary photographer Jillian Edelstein will talk about her photographic life at POST, Brighton on 5 July.
She started out as an assistant to a fashion photographer in the 1980s before moving into press photography. Growing up white in apartheid South Africa led Edelstein to feelings of ‘anger and guilt.’ She says: ‘Photography was a Read More
Ryedale Film and Photo Fest takes place in Malton and Norton from 20th June throughout the summer. There is a programme of exhibitions, workshops, talks and walks including: Tessa Bunny – Forest of Flowers, Carolyn Mendelsohn – Hardy and Free, Rachel Rimell – A Solitude of Being, Dawn Rodgers – Sorrow; and Jemma Bannocks – Read More
Join ERL Gallery on Wednesday 3 June for the first in a series of conversations, with art historian and curator Professor Tamar Garb who will discuss the art and life of artist Dumile Feni (1942-1991). Dumile was one of the first Black South African visual artists to live in exile in London and New York Read More
Athens Photo Festival explores the impact of photography and visual culture on society today. Taking place in June and July, the festival brings together emerging and established artists and photographers from around the world. The Main Program unfolds at Benaki Museum / Pireos 138, occupying all of the museum’s exhibition spaces, while satellite exhibitions across Read More
In celebration of their 40th exhibition SERCHIA presents ‘Konkursas’ a solo exhibition by photographer Francesca Allen. Depicting participants of Lithuania’s Konkursas Pasaulio Ilgaplaukės an annual competition for the world’s longest hair.
Francesca Allen’s Konkursas depicts participants in Lithuania’s Konkursas Pasaulio Ilgaplaukės annual competition for the world’s longest hair. Here hundreds of girls and women with thousands Read More
MPF and SERCHIA collaborate to bring you an evening with photographer Francesca Allen, who will be in conversation with writer and curator Charlotte Jansen. Francesca and Charlotte will delve into Francesca’s photographic practice, focusing on her work Konkursas. The talk will be followed by questions from the floor and a book signing.
To find out more Read More
In celebration of Marilyn Monroe’s 100th birthday and in association with the Marilyn Monroe estate, the National Portrait Gallery presents Marilyn Monroe: A Portrait. This major exhibition will celebrate the life and work of one of the most famous women of the 20th century through portraits. It will explore the role she played in her Read More
Join artist Åsa Johannesson as she discusses her exhibition The Queering of Photography and explores how LGBTQ+ identities have been represented throughout the history of photography.
Over the past 20 years, Åsa has developed a distinctive approach to photography that blends documentary storytelling with staged and visually striking images. Her work looks at how photography can Read More
I Am a Border is Estonian artist Maria Kapajeva’s largest solo exhibition to date The exhibition brings together 16 works created between 2014 and 2026, many of them produced specifically for this show.
I Am a Border is the culmination of more than a decade of artistic research into the border as a geographical, bodily, and Read More
REMEDY. is the UK’s first photography festival dedicated to health, wellbeing and identity.
It presents contemporary photography exploring illness and care through long-term, collaborative projects between artists and people with lived experience.
Set across Lincolnshire’s towns and coastal communities, the festival connects audiences through exhibitions, public workshops and an open symposium that brings together researchers, practitioners and Read More
Lotta Antonsson is among Sweden’s most significant contemporary photographers. She first gained widespread recognition as a student at Konstfack in the 1990s and has since achieved major international success. For more than three decades, she has examined how the female body is depicted, desired, and consumed within visual culture. Now, in I Am Everything at Read More
Åsa Johannesson is an artist working across photography and writing. Over the past two decades she has explored the possibilities of queer visual vocabulary within photographic portraiture – a practice that intertwines queer documentary approaches with performative formalist aesthetics.
The Queering of Photography (2015–2025), an ambitious long-term project, investigates the complex relationship between queer identity and Read More
The Bakashimika International Photography Festival is an annual photography festival which celebrates the rich photographic community in Zambia and the Southern African region. The festival provides a platform for emerging southern African photographers, who tell new and innovative African stories through photography and lens-based art.
The Festival brings together the wealth of photographic practices in Zambia Read More
POST x Kraszna Kraus Photobook Weekender is a celebration of the photobook in collaboration with the Kraszna-Krausz Photobook Awards, where they will be showcasing the 2026 long-listed titles alongside a diverse programme of photobook activities.
Highlights of the Photobook Weekender include a live Messy Truth podcast with Charlotte Flint and Gem Fletcher, reflecting on Flint’s recent Read More
Curated by Clare Hewitt and produced with GRAIN Projects, UWE Bristol, and University of Birmingham, the symposium is being shaped around the values of the forest, thinking about how these might be embodied in an event of this nature. They are bringing together different disciplines to exchange knowledge and skills, encourage intergenerational perspectives, share a Read More
The exhibition is based on the acclaimed book Women Behind the Camera: 1848–1968 by Eva Dahlman and Magnus Bremmer (Arena Publishing, 2024). It is curated by Dragana Vujanovic Östlind in collaboration with the authors and Lena Wilhelmsson.
Women Behind the Camera: 1848–1968 is a photographic biography charting the history of professional women photographers in Sweden. It Read More
As I Weave is a new body of work by artist and teacher Aasha John, bringing together woven photographic pieces that explore family histories and connections shaped between Trinidad and London. Each work begins with family photographs and recorded conversations, translated through the slow, tactile process of weaving. Threads intersect, pull and resist, binding images Read More
photo basel is Switzerland’s first and only art fair dedicated solely to photography. Now in its eleventh edition, the fair welcomes more than 40 international galleries, presenting more than 450 works by around 170 artists showcasing both contemporary and classical photographic works. In addition to the exhibited works, photo basel offers an extensive supporting Read More
Working at the forefront of developments in digital photography, Wendy McMurdo: The Digital Mirror, charts 20-years of ground-breaking work by this pioneering photographer. McMurdo has blazed a trail in the experimental use of computers and digital tools in photography from the early days of computer-based learning in schools to the growth of the internet and Read More
Every June, Copenhagen comes alive with photography. For 11 days the city is transformed with exhibitions, talks, performances and events that explore how images shape the way we see the world. For this year’s 17th edition the theme is: Forestillinger | Scenarios, which invites us to imagine new worlds, challenge perspectives, and explore the powerful Read More
British documentary photographer Sophie Green presents a vivid exploration of the communities, subcultures and social gatherings that shape contemporary Britain. For over a decade, Sophie has documented how rituals and traditions foster connection, belonging, and shared identity. In Tangerine Dreams, Sophie offers a layered, joyful view of who we are and how we come together.
Sophie’s Read More
A means of revisiting, reconstructing, and reclaiming histories that have been erased or repressed, Rememory signifies the intersection of memory and history, where recollection becomes an act of reassembling fragments of the past—whether personal, familial, or collective. The 25th edition of the Biennale of Sydney connects the delicate space between remembering and forgetting. By engaging Read More
Gem Fletcher speaks with artist Vinca Petersen about her new body of work HULALA. Featuring photographs, text and personal ephemera, the project is a multivalent exploration of home and collectivity tracing four years of change and upheaval in which Vinca reimagined her life from scratch, becoming part of the small remote community of Crofters in Read More
Gem Fletcher speaks with artist Bernice Mulenga and author Amelia Abraham about the ways in which photography intersects with pleasure, politics, and protest in Queer nightlife. The talk will explore the connections between #friendsonfilm, Bernice’s ten year project documenting the people who shape contemporary LGBTQ+ BIPOC dancefloors and Amelia’s latest book Sex, Clubs, Dissent: Visualising Read More
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Join Hapax and The Photocopy Club for a special Peckham 24 Print and Zine Swap.
Here’s how it works. Between 11 am and 1 pm, visit HAPAX and The Photocopy Club IN TRANSIT at the back of A Bigger Book Fair at Peckham 24.
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One generation, countless perspectives: the exhibition presents works by more than 40 photographers from 25 countries primarilary belonging to Generation Z, born between 1995 and 2010. Their works reflect a generation growing up between digital worlds, social transformation and global crises.
Through diverse visual languages, the young artists explore themes of identity, belonging, the body and Read More
In recent decades, art museums have gradually increased their focus on gender, equality, and diversity in collection management, curation, and research. But how do art museums approach the legacy of feminism and deal with their Scandinavian self-image as gender-equal and inclusive?
Have we truly moved beyond the “masculine genius,” or are we simply replacing him with Read More
Join artist Justine Kurland for a cut and paste workshop with a difference.
Artist Justine Kurland is the author of SCUMB Manifesto (MACK books, 2022) – the Society for Cutting Up Men’s Books, an initiative inspired by Valerie Solanas’ iconoclastic feminist tract SCUM (Society for Cutting Up Men) Manifesto.
In this workshop, participants will learn about photocollage Read More
HEARD by Rene Matić is a new commission for V&A East’s New Work, exploring the theme Making East London. Matić asks: ‘Can an image be heard? How do the records we carry with us — songs, movements, basslines — define us?’
In this sculpture, Matić brings together photographs taken across east London, the wider city, Plymouth Read More
With the printed page a key site of photographic circulation, curators and researchers of photographic history often face the question of how to integrate publications into an exhibition. Coinciding with Photo London 2026, this event brings together museum professionals and specialist researchers to identify, discuss and propose solutions to these shared challenges.
The day, which will Read More
Just because something is not real this does not mean it can’t be truthful. Long before screens were ubiquitous, Wendy McMurdo navigated the border between the physical and the digital and the real and the imagined.
Join the artist and curator and writer, Susan Bright, as they explore McMurdo’s pioneering photography and film, and how her Read More
Nation Museum Cardiff’s latest exhibition Ffasiwn is a socially engaged, anti-fashion photography project shaped through long-term collaboration.
A decade ago, Clémentine Schneidermann and Charlotte James – the artistic duo known as Bleak Fabulous – began a decade-long community-rooted collaboration with young people across the Valleys to create co-authored images, films and publications with proudly anti-fashion ethos. Read More
Expanded photography works using still and moving image, sound and installation by Roman Manfredi and Sayuri Ichida will be presented as two solo shows within one UK touring exhibition throughout 2026 as awardees of the fifth Jerwood/Photoworks Awards.
Both series of new works look at specific locations and share reflections on broader society. While both artists Read More
Over a decade in the 1990s, American photographer Jane Evelyn Atwood immersed herself in the lives of women incarcerated in 40 prisons across nine countries. In this time, she documented their everyday reality, producing a body of black-and-white images that reveal the realities of female imprisonment and systemic inequality.
In this talk, Atwood will reflect on Read More
Utopias Lahti is an artist-run visual arts festival organised in Lahti, Finland. The third edition of Utopias Lahti explores the relationships between photography, architecture, and urban space.
Architecture and photography seem increasingly bound by similar timespans. At the beginning of the 20th century, both photographic prints and buildings were made to last a cycle of 100–200 Read More
Photo London is the UK’s leading international fair for photography and image-based art. Each year it brings together the world’s most acclaimed photographers, galleries and curators alongside a new generation of emerging talent.
One of the highlights of this year’s Photo London is We Are the Ones We Have Been Waiting For, a new exhibition by Read More
Sarah Pickering explores the home as a site where the mundane and the supernatural collide, and absence is made visible. In a new series of photographic prints, sound and video work, Pickering investigates the intersection of domesticity, science, and the paranormal, rooted in her formative memories of the story of the Enfield Poltergeist, and the Read More
In the age of social media, the selfie has become an accessible and immediate mode of self-representation. While the exploration of our personal image in this way may seem a relatively recent concern, artists have always been interested in what it means to portray the self.
The self-portraits in Face to Face, spanning over a hundred Read More
Carla Williams (American, b. 1965) was born and raised in Los Angeles, California, and lives in New Orleans, Louisiana. She is a photographer, archivist, editor, and writer, the author of two histories of photography including The Black Female Body: A Photographic History with Deborah Willis. Williams’ first monograph, Tender, was published in 2023 by TBW Read More
Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum is an exhibition of forty-five photographs made in private places across New York, New Jersey, California, and London between 1961 and 1971.
Through her singular combination of intelligence, charisma, intuition, and courage, Diane Arbus was frequently invited into homes and other private realms seldom seen by strangers. Though made in intimate settings, Read More
Soft Interruptions captures subtle, absurd disruptions – small fractures in the ordinary that reveal tension, humour, and the poetic instability of everyday life.
Rooted in conceptual photography, the works lean toward a more painterly language. Shot on film and hand-printed, the process slows the image down, allowing attention to settle on texture, light, and form.
The project Read More
The TOP Collection is a series of exhibitions drawn from the Tokyo Photographic Art Museum’s collection of approximately 39,000 photographs and moving image works, with each installment adopting a different perspective.
The theme of Don’t think. Feel. is “feeling” in the age of AI. Here, “feeling” refers not only to physically touching in a narrow sense, Read More
Bodies brings together artists whose work considers what it means to live in and with a body, how it forms, changes, endures, and sometimes resists our expectations.
Taking its framework from the nine months it takes for a human body to be made, the exhibition will unfold across the same period of time. Across nine months, Read More
Join Paloma Tendero and Abbie Griffiths for a conversation about the way that bodies can challenge and inspire artists. Paloma will discuss her inspirations and practice including the genetic disease that her work is focussed around.
The talk is part of a series of events aligned with the group exhibition Bodies at AGBI and will take Read More
Across 3 venues over 2 days, FotoFest will feature exhibitions, workshops, keynote talks from experts and a visual expo with leading brands!
At The Crossing at St Pauls, Walsall, on Saturday 9 May there will be:
3 Photographic Exhibitions
Visual Expo with leading brands
Keynote talks from nationally renowned photographers including Rachell Smith and Tina Eisen
Panel discussion with behind Read More
The Camps America Built is an ongoing project by photographer Haruka Sakaguchi, that brings together portraits, landscape photography, personal testimony and historical documents that reflect on the legacies of Japanese American incarceration during World War II. The project is on view in ICP’s Incubator Space, an ongoing exhibition program launched in 2025 to highlight the Read More
Swiss photographer Ester Vonplon’s (b. 1980) artistic practice explores natural environments. Here, she is less interested in how human activity affects the landscape, in ways that are becoming increasingly evident than in places that are – apparently – still intact and pristine. Conscious of how fragile these ecosystems are, she is keen to make a Read More
(Re)Constructing History embraces the possibility for photographs to both record an instant and capture the history embedded within the present. Borrowing its title from artist Carrie Mae Weems’s featured series, Constructing History, this installation invites audiences to imagine the layers of history we encounter through a seemingly fixed image.
Across three galleries, photographs explore complicated, painful, Read More
L is for Look invites visitors of all ages on an interactive journey of discovery through the history of children’s and young adult photography books, from the early experiments of the 1930s to the present day. The exhibition brings together around one hundred international children’s photography books that stand out for their original and creative Read More
For one weekend in May, ICP welcomes over 80 publishers from around the world, bringing the best in photobook-making to the Lower East Side.
This three-day celebration of photography publishing features exclusive photographer book signings, drop-in workshops, and engaging conversations shaping the future of photobook making.
To find out more please go to the direct link.
The solo exhibition of French multimedia artist Josèfa Ntjam invites visitors on a multi-layered sensory journey. The exhibition intertwines stories of historical movements that have empowered the oppressed and opens a door toward possible futures. Bringing together biomorphic sculptures, video installations, and photomontages, the presentation is fluid and poetic – filled with hybrid forms and Read More
Join Michelle Henning and Sarah James to discuss questions about the relationship between the ways in which photography pictures the world, the materials from which it is made, and its relationship to polluting and extractive industries.
Focussing on chemical photography in the interwar period, Michelle Henning’s book “A Dirty History of Photography: Chemistry, Fog and Empire” Read More
The 2026 edition of the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography places vulnerability at its core — not as an individual weakness, but as a shared social and political condition: a common good. In a world shaped by multiple crises, the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography brings together photographic practices that do more than document reality. The works Read More
It’s 10 years since Peckham 24 started life as a pop-up on the fringes of Photo London Week. Through a labour of love involving over 200 talented artists, curators and collaborators, the festival has grown from the original 24 hour format into an annual event that’s become a fixture of the UK photography scene. To Read More
Coinciding with the centenary of her birth, this debut exhibition in Shanghai will systematically present over 200 vintage and modern prints black-and-white and color photographs, a selection of previously unseen images from her travels in Asia (including images shot in Hong Kong and Macao, China), a special screening of motion-picture footage captured with her 8mm Read More
In the series Tropism: Consequences of a Displaced Memory, Nhu Xuan Hua draws on her family’s photographic archive. The images document their early years in Belgium and France after migrating from Vietnam. Through digital manipulation, she creates images that hover between recognition and erasure. The works reflect on how a community’s past can reverberate into Read More
Language is central to how we share and understand our experiences. This conversation explores how artists draw on different forms of creative expression to amplify histories. Here, communication is a relational act shaped by access, memory and care.
Through her photographic practice, Nhu Xuan Hua’s exhibition at Autograph reflects on communication across generations. Her father, who Read More
Join Bristol based photographer Amak Mahmoodian for an artist talk on her series One Hundred and Twenty Minutes. Amak is shortlisted for the 2026 Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize for this work, which is currently on display at The Photographers’ Gallery in London as part of the DBPF26 exhibition.
For this project Amak has worked closely Read More
Le Sale ka Kgotso at Fotografiska Stockholm is a new scenographic installation uniquely conceived for the museum by South African artist Lebohang Kganye. Photography, sculpture, and scenography converge in large-scale spatial works that explore the concept of home as both a place of safety and a place of tension.
Visitors are invited to walk through full-scale Read More
Between 1983 and 2008, photographer Inta Ruka photographed people in her native Latvia, capturing their lives in rooms, courtyards, and streets where everyday life unfolds. She returned to the same individuals repeatedly, working slowly and allowing trust to develop over time. The resulting photographs are not merely documentary, but preserve places, relationships, and lived experience Read More
Het Zuid-Afrikahuis presents Drag Daughters, a forthcoming solo exhibition by award-winning South African social documentary photographer Michelle Sank. The exhibition offers a captivating look at Cape Town’s rich drag culture, celebrating resilience, community and self-expression. Exhibited for the very first time, the photographs capture the growing sense of visibility, empowerment and cultural transformation within South Read More
For the first time, the island of Menorca, Spain, will transform into a living stage where photography breaks free of white walls and floods into streets, convents, cafés, private homes, and open landscapes.
Raw Photo Fest is a four-day festival dedicated to narrative photography and visual storytelling. The festival brings together exhibitions, conversations, Read More
There’s More to Life is part of a photobook exchange between Wales and Brazil features self-published or published photobooks and zines that explore personal, social or cultural narratives in relation to the theme There’s More to Life.
There’s More to Life challenges dominant Western, capitalist, ableist and patriarchal ways of knowing by creating space for alternative Read More
Sara Rman’s Where It Remembers, is a series of photographs, objects and an artist’s book. The artist explores a chosen micro-location, and its constituents and building blocks. In doing so, she does not remain merely an observer documenting the existing state, but actively intervenes in the semi-urban landscape, engaging with its materials. The metamorphosis of Read More
Everything in the forest is the forest presents 14 bodies of work by artist Clare Hewitt, celebrating
the remarkable ability of trees to nurture and communicate. In doing so, it offers insight into what
we might learn from the unity, resilience and relationships found within the forest.
In 2019, Hewitt read a government report suggesting that loneliness and Read More
Martha Cooper has specialized in documenting urban culture for over forty-five years. While Cooper’s photographs of graffiti writers and breaking in New York City are central to the history of Hip Hop, Streetwise also reflects the broader scope of her practice, including a substantial body of work made in the Bronx.
Featured series include images of Read More
Crack in the Curtain, the first institutional solo exhibition of artist Huang Peishan, investigates the evolving dialogue between image and space in the digital era.
In an time where digital post-processing and artificial intelligence are deeply involved in image production, the traditional authority of photography as a “witness to reality” is undergoing profound reconfiguration. Huang Peishan’s Read More
Join POST for a celebration of nature through the lens of artists seeking to elevate its status, and highlight the importance of our connection to, and role within, the natural world – in recognition of Earth Day 2026.
The festival includes panel discussions, film screenings and artist talks. To find out more, view the schedule and Read More
Photography ethics is a topic which has gained momentum in recent years. From questions of consent, representation, and manipulation to the impacts of social media, artificial intelligence, and fake news, image-makers and image-users are facing complex challenges emerging from technological, environmental, and political change. This renewed attention to ethics has contributed to a growing polarisation Read More
Fotofestival Lenzburg is a photography festival in Switzerland that showcases contemporary local and international photographic works. Over several weeks, the festival presents international exhibitions, vernissages and encounters with artists.
For the seventh edition the theme is Happiness in its endless permutations and contradictions. Often discounted as a critical category because of its seeming superficiality, happiness appears Read More
Working at the intersection of art and fashion photography, Nhu Xuan Hua reflects on the fragility of how stories are communicated – or withheld – across generations.
Rooted in language’s inability to fully convey complex family histories, Hua reimagines archival photographs from her family’s time in Vietnam and their early years in Europe. These uncanny, dreamlike Read More
Working across photography, text, poetry and video, Amak Mahmoodian explores themes of exile, memory and belonging, with a particular focus on how displacement shapes inner lives and the collective imaginary.
In this event, Mahmoodian will discuss One Hundred and Twenty Minutes, a long-term collaborative project that draws on conversations about dreams with people living in exile. Read More
Using photography, film, performance and text, Rene Matić considers notions of intimacy, identity and belonging, foregrounding personal experience as a way of addressing broader social and political realities.
In this talk, Matić will discuss their recent work and artistic approach, reflecting on themes of race, class and queerness, and the role of tenderness, friendship and everyday Read More
The Women’s Photo Festival in Athens is a vibrant celebration of photography showcasing the diverse perspectives of female and non-binary photographers from around the globe.
This year’s edition brings together powerful exhibitions, and hands-on creative exploration.
Postcards, Images and Whispers exhibition invites viewers into intimate landscapes—both geographic and emotional—through images and texts.
Archives of Trauma exhibition confronts the Read More
Huis Marseille is showing the first solo museum exhibition of work by the Yemeni-Egyptian-American artist Yumna Al-Arashi (1988, Washington D.C.). In Body as Resistance Al-Arashi makes use of a wide variety of media – photography, book and sculpture – to oppose the oppression and stereotyping of women that she observes worldwide. She focuses on the Read More
Who do you call family? And how do you record your personal history? We all use photography to sketch a picture of our family and pass on stories to future generations. For the exhibition Families, we delve into the FOMU collection in search of family photographs.
You will discover historical photo albums and photographs by contemporary Read More
C/O Berlin presents the first major retrospective of Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942, Mexico) in Berlin, taking an in-depth look at the oeuvre of one of the leading voices in contemporary photography. Developed in close collaboration with the artist, the exhibition includes iconic series along with pictures that have rarely if ever been presented, tracing the Read More
The world-class photography exhibition is back. Offering an insight into the artists working in the medium today, the Sony World Photography Awards bring the best images from the past year to the West and East Wings of Somerset House.
This curation is a unique opportunity to see all of the winning and shortlisted images under one Read More
Join Photoworks, the University of Portsmouth and Pompey Darkroom at this one-day event reflecting on the role of archives in photographic practice.
The day features keynote presentations from artists Sunil Gupta and Julian Germain (also leading workshops), talks from artists and curators including Portsmouth based Maya Brasington, Patti-Gaal Holmes, Evangelia Hagikalfa as well as Amin Yousefi Read More
This work by French photographer Chloé Azzopardi is a speculative fiction, in which the artist explores other forms of cohabitation with living beings and opens up avenues for reflection on what could be an iconography of ecological self-defence. The ‘non-technological devices’ are composite tools made from natural elements gathered and assembled to mimic the technological Read More
Thirteen artistic practices, thirteen different narratives, one shared question: how can the image function as a carrier of memory, testimony, and the processing of trauma?
Archives of Trauma is part of the Women’s Photo Festival, Athens and brings together works by women photographers from diverse geographical and cultural backgrounds, who explore trauma both as a personal Read More
Fractured Landscapes and how we heal focuses on the role that nature and creativity can play in healing from trauma, particularly in the context of male violence and abuse against women and girls.
New photographic work by Jaskirt Dhaliwal-Boora will feature alongside works created by women from four refuges across the country, each working with a Read More
Featuring more than 200+ historical and contemporary works from the NGV Collection, MOTHER is
the most comprehensive thematic exhibition exploring motherhood ever mounted in an Australian art institution. The exhibition explores how the experiences of being and having a mother continue to fascinate artists across cultures and generations, including Louise Bourgeois, Tracey Emin, Camille Henrot, Tracey Read More
Diane Severin Nguyen is an American artist with Vietnamese roots. In her work, she explores how popular culture and politics are inextricably linked. Her work moves between music videos, performance and photography, and stimulates with images that are as seductive as they are disturbing.
IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS is about finding your place in today’s Read More
Foam 3h presents You Don’t Look Sick, the first solo exhibition by artist Jasmijn Vermeeren. From a deeply personal perspective, Vermeeren sheds light on living with an invisible disability. In conversations about diversity and inclusion within society, the position of people with hidden mental and/or physical disabilities often remains underexposed. You Don’t Look Sick offers Read More
Jo Ractliffe is a contemporary South African photographer known for her quiet yet penetrating examinations of landscape, memory and the lingering aftermaths of conflict. Over four decades, her work has explored how histories—particularly those shaped by war, displacement, and apartheid—imprint themselves on the terrain. Ractliffe’s photographs resist the immediacy of the journalistic documentary image; instead, Read More
2026 is the tenth anniversary of Budapest PhotoFestival. To mark the anniversary, the festival will put special focus on strengthening its international presence, not only through exhibitions, but also with professional programmes, lectures, portfolio reviews, and workshops.
One of the highlights of this year’s festival is Women’s Eye, an exhibition of work by photographers who identify Read More
The Heart of the Matter is the first retrospective of influential American artist Carrie Mae Weems (1953) in Belgium. Through her incisive photographic works and video installations she explores themes of race, gender, power and memory.
Weems often appears in her photos as a subject, a guide and a muse. Her experiences as a Black woman Read More
Featuring some of the most iconic images from the twentieth century by the likes of Diane
Arbus, Dora Maar, Lee Miller, Dorothea Lange, Olive Cotton and many more, Women Photographers 1900–1975: A Legacy of Light celebrates the images, lives and stories of more than 70 influential artists working between 1900 to 1975. It features more than Read More
Foam presents the first museum solo exhibition of Verena Blok. The exhibition Love Shit delves into the complexities of womanhood and reproductive justice through a deeply personal yet politically charged lens.
Emerging from the artist’s dual experience of her work at a Dutch abortion clinic and her own pregnancy, the project weaves together portrait photographs, close-ups, abstract imagery, Read More
Claire Aho was a pioneering Finnish photographer who brought wit, colour and cinematic flair to postwar image-making. Working across fashion, advertising and editorial, she embraced bold palettes and modern design at a time when much photography remained monochrome. She helped shape a new visual language for Finland, presenting confident, contemporary women and transforming everyday scenes Read More
The first major UK survey of work by leading Chinese artist Yin Xiuzhen, Heart to Heart invites visitors
to step into her spellbinding world. Spanning the entire lower-level galleries, the exhibition brings
together seminal projects from the past three decades, alongside new commissions and historic
works reimagined for the space. Through large-scale installations made from everyday objects,
industrial materials Read More
Foam presents Atlanta Made Us Famous, the first museum solo exhibition by Foam Talent alumna Hajar Benjida. The exhibition focusses on Magic City, an influential strip club in Atlanta that serves as a cultural epicenter where hip-hop culture and entertainment converge. This exhibition, Benjida pays tribute to the women behind Atlanta’s influential hip-hop scene—a city Read More
Riding a bike, singing, or going to a soccer match. Everyday activities for most people but not for women in Iran. In the exhibition Not a Typical Persian Girl, artists Atoosa Farahmand and Oscar Hagberg highlight a highly topical subject: how the path for women towards greater freedom and greater participation in society has been Read More
A self-portrait by a woman is often much more than just an image of her face or body. It can be a powerful tool for addressing social issues, experimenting with photographic techniques or exploring her relationship with herself. In the exhibition I’ll Be Your Mirror – Women’s Self-Portraits from the Collection, the museum presents works Read More
The Women’s Art Library, Goldsmiths Special Collections and Archives, Goldsmiths is hosting a book launch for Puérpera, a powerful photobook by Montevideo-born visual artist and photographer Deborah Elenter.
Since 2015, Elenter has been documenting the experiences of people giving birth — work that confronts the historical invisibility of childbirth in contemporary art, reclaiming it as a Read More
Femme ’n isms is a multi-year series of exhibitions celebrating intersectional feminist artmaking in the Allen’s collection. Inspired by a recent gift of works by Käthe Kollwitz and Lotte Jacobi, the third and final installment of Femme ’n isms features portraits of girls and women, almost entirely by women and femme-identifying artists.
Half of the works Read More
With her distinctive, radical visual language, Annegret Soltau is one of the most important representatives of the feminist avant-garde and Body Art of the 1970s and 80s. Social norms, body politics, and female identity are central themes in her work. Her artistic exploration of pregnancy, motherhood, and family in the 1970s and 80s, in which Read More
Selfie culture operates in the world of social media and follows the rules of Instagram, TikTok, and others that provide a platform for the expression of one’s own identity.
Yet the medium itself is collective.
Unwritten rules govern self-presentation. Identity functions within the collective, always presenting itself individually but against a common backdrop.
The temple of selfie culture Read More
Women photographers of the Bauhaus experimented with photographic and artistic techniques and probed the boundaries of the new medium. They observed the world around them through the lens of a camera and often captured subjects from novel, unconventional perspectives. The spectrum of their artistic production ranges from figurative portraits and architectural photography to abstract photographic Read More
This workshop opens up rarely seen works and narratives of Black and Brown experiences, offering insight into how the museum research, collects, and cares for art by Black artists across Britain, Europe, and the Global African world.
Examine post‑independence photographs, prints, posters, and drawings, learn how to navigate Explore the Collections online to carry on your Read More
Female artists have long employed collage techniques to reflect the ways in which identity is often constructed from conflicting, contrasting, and contradictory parts. Cut Out: A Feminist History of Photo Collage, Montage and Assemblage is a new V&A publication which explores the relationship between photography and feminist collage, foregrounding the use of femmage—a radical reclaiming Read More
Helen Sear will be in residence at HAPAX Living Room in West London sequencing images for a book, making new connections between past and present work and looking at the spaces in between.
Visitors are invited to the Living Room to meet with Helen and become ‘curator for the day’. Spread around the walls will be Read More
The shortlisted artists for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2026 are Jane Evelyn Atwood, Weronika Gęsicka, Amak Mahmoodian and Rene Matić.
This year’s shortlist features collaborative projects; long-term investigative documentary photography; installations, video and sound pieces; and experimental conceptual photography.
The shortlist explores themes of exile and memory; gender inequalities and advocacy; identity and belonging, subculture Read More
An intimate exhibition bringing together Donna Gottschalk’s tender documentation of queer life and texts by Hélène Giannecchini, in a conversation across generations about visibility, memory, remembrance and the courage to be seen.
Donna Gottschalk (b.1949, New York) grew up in the tenements of New York’s Lower East Side in the 1950s, where she spent much of Read More
Internationally-acclaimed photographer Emily Andersen presents Somewhere Else Entirely, a three-screen video installation exploring the life and work of American-born poet Ruth Fainlight (b.1931). Known for her intensely visual writing on memory, domestic life and psychological experience, Fainlight has been a distinctive voice in British and American poetry for over six decades.
Andersen’s poetic film, her first Read More
Sonja Thomsen works with photography, sculpture, collage and light-based installation. With a background in both biology and studio art, and a deep interest in physics, her art practice uses light as a means to time travel—creating speculative collaborations with overlooked women photographers from the Bauhaus and Black Mountain College.
Proofs, Tangents, and Echoes is about methodology. Read More
Explore how photography can drive positive change and address today’s global challenges at Summit Photo, taking place at the Royal Geographical Society in July 2026.
Enjoy talks, exhibitions and workshops with an exceptional line-up of speakers who will share stories and insights from around the world and show how visual media is making a difference in Read More
Launched in 2015, the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards are a biennial major commissioning opportunity open to all UK based artists using photography and within the first ten years of their career. The Awards offer the awardees the opportunity to make ambitious new work and significantly develop their practice at a pivotal moment in their career. Now in Read More
Tate Modern presents the largest ever survey exhibition celebrating the groundbreaking work of world-renowned artist Dame Tracey Emin (b.1963). Emin’s commitment to unapologetic self-expression has transformed our understanding of what art can be and continues to influence contemporary art today, using the female body to explore passion, pain and healing.
Spanning her extraordinary 40-year practice – Read More
Circles and Storytellers is the first public UK solo exhibition by French-Moroccan artist and educator Bouchra Khalili. It presents interconnected works The Circle Project (2023) and The Public Storyteller (2024), marking the conclusion of Khalili’s decade-long exploration of the overlooked history of the Mouvement des Travailleurs Arabes (MTA) and its theatre groups, Al Assifa and Read More
ICP, Ward Gallery and The Road to Nowhere present: A Lens on Diaspora – a photography salon focused on image-makers from the diaspora. The event centers stories of identity, belonging, migration, home, and cultural hybridity, exploring how these experiences shape visual practice.
Presenting lens-based work from four diaspora artists, this salon reflects on communities across borders, Read More
The film premiere of Picture This is showing at UCA Farnham on 26 February 2026, 1730-1930h.
Picture This is a heartwarming portrait of three groups of women – in Edinburgh, Farnham and London. The women are from refugee and migrant communities and a women’s refuge, they have all had to leave their own countries or homes Read More
In celebration of International Women’s Day, 8 March 2026, and building on the success of their 2025 conference-a-thon, Women of Photography invited scholars, practitioners, and enthusiasts to submit abstracts for participation in a free, online, global, 24-hour symposium dedicated to celebrating the contributions of women to the medium of photography from photography’s announcement in 1839 Read More
For her latest exhibition, Daignault takes a single subject, Denali, and deconstructs the Alaskan mountain across hundreds of canvases. Denali, meaning ‘The Great One’, is the highest peak in North America and a contested symbol of American exceptionalism, white supremacy, and frontier mythology. The mountain also stands as a grand reminder to the existential threat Read More
Artists and friends Anna Fox and Sunil Gupta discuss collaboration and recent publications, plus book signing.
SALON X SALON is presented by publishers Archive of Modern Conflict, Trolley Books, MÖREL and artist Antony Cairns. It is a series of art book salons and events hosted at Salon C. Stellar, 19b Beak Street, Soho, London W1F 9RP, running Read More
This exhibition of photographic portraits by American artist Catherine Opie will be the first major museum exhibition of her work to be shown in the UK. Exploring themes of social, political and individual identity, through studio portraiture, environmental studies and documentary images, Catherine Opie: To Be Seen will bring together over 80 photographs spanning 30 Read More
Spanning more than three decades, Dana Lixenberg — American Images brings together a committed and deeply human body of work, weaving a multilayered portrait of the United States in which celebrities and lesser-known individuals are approached with equal care and portrayed with dignity.
Born in Amsterdam, Lixenberg sees the United States through the fresh, discerning eyes Read More
The Exposure Photography Festival is a month-long celebration of photography across Alberta, Canada including artist talks, workshops and exhibition openings.
Contemporary Calgary will host the festival opening as well as three exhibitions including:
All My Sisters by Lana Collins, Exposure Emerging Photographer of the Year, 2025 – a love letter to sisterhood in all its forms: the Read More
The exhibition “Civilizations: Under One Sky” presents the inaugural session of the Ras Al Khaimah Contemporary Art Biennale. The exhibition presents civilizations as living dynamic systems, shaped by identity, memory, spirituality and imagination.
The contemplative video composition of Soti Konavishayonot, and Stefano Kagul’s performance illustrated under the midnight sun, explores the memeditics. Photographs of Hesham Ben Read More
How do women carry the weight of imposed identities, and how do they transform them into acts of defiance? What does it mean to be “exed” from history, from belonging, from one’s own body? Who were you before the world put labels on you—and tried to define you? These questions arise from EX YOU, the Read More
V4: Repository is an expansive installation that reconfigures photographic works intended for exhibition alongside the props, equipment, tests, contact strips, raw files and digital traces that led up to the final work being produced. From a mis-addressed print of a Michelin advert accidentally sent by a commercial printer to email and WhatsApp exchanges to secure Read More
Toutes les choses qu’elles portent, curated by Katharina Holderegger, brings together four artist mothers from the US, Western Europe, and Eastern Europe, and reflects on what women carry today – not as something abstract or belonging to the past, but as something deeply alive: intimate, social, and symbolic. The works move between universal figures such Read More
Grace Lau’s Portraits in a Chinese Studio at Hastings Museum & Art Gallery, features photographs of people from Hastings and St Leonards captured in the style of Victorian studio portraits.
Lau said: “Through this project I am making an oblique comment on Imperialist visions of the ‘exotic’ Chinese and, by reversing roles, I have become the Read More
Uta Kögelsberger’s solo exhibition, Some Kind of Love: Actions and Reactions to Living on a Damaged Planet for the first time brings together four major bodies of new and existing work that explore the tensions between destruction and nurture, fragility and resilience, loss and regeneration.
Across these works, Kögelsberger interrogates humanity’s fraught relationship with nature: our Read More
The anonymous family album is explored through seven projects that reveal the artists’ own Family Stories. These photographic series – most of them staged – unveil the intimate sphere of the family beyond a purely documentary approach. The photographers explore universal themes such as motherhood, family ties, grief, and reconciliation.
Photography ceases to be a medium Read More
For its 10th edition, PhotoBrussels Festival brings together 52 exhibitions presented by contemporary art galleries, home galleries, art centres, and museums, each offering a unique perspective on the photographic medium. More than 100 artists — half of whom are Belgian — explore the richness and diversity of a visual language deeply rooted in our time, Read More
The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize showcases the work of talented young photographers, gifted amateurs and established professionals in the very best of contemporary photography.
The competition celebrates a diverse range of images and tells the fascinating stories behind the creation of works, from formal commissioned portraits to more spontaneous and intimate moments capturing friends and Read More
Acts of Creation: On Art and Motherhood plunges into the joys and heartaches, mess, myths and mishaps of motherhood through over 100 artworks, from the Women’s Movement of the 1960s and 70s to the present day.
While the Madonna and Child is one of the great subjects of European art, we rarely see art about real Read More
At this unique, hands-on slide collaging workshop, you will be provided with an archive of 35mm vintage slides and invited to construct images through cutting and reassembling. Artist and Educator Dafna Talmor will guide you through the workshop, and her own creative process encompassing photography, sculpture and spatial interventions. The slides will then be re-projected Read More
Germaine Krull (1897–1985) had a lasting influence on the history of photography with her artistic photographic works. Less well known is her extensive journalistic work, in which she reflects on her biography and her photographic practice. This exhibition presents a protagonist and chronicler of the 20th century who was never merely a conformist witness of Read More
Zofia Kulik’s solo exhibition Written in Her Own Hand traces the various stages of her artistic emancipation as she discovers her own voice as an independent female artist. The exhibition also serves as the initial platform for her first monographic book, published by Thames & Hudson, which comprehensively explores Kulik’s extraordinary body of work.
The Exhibition Read More
Glaz Festival is a biennial international photography and image festival held in Rennes and Brittany, France, focusing on contemporary, engaged artistic photography around a central theme. The 2nd edition has the theme “Acts of Love & Rebellion”.
This year’s festival features work by Sian Davey, Sylvie Meunier, Isabelle Vaillant, Stacy Arezou Mehrfar and Deepti Asthana. Events Read More
The artist couple Bernd and Hilla Becher (1931-2007/1934-2015) have written photographic history. With their joint work, which they developed from 1959 until the 2000s on the basis of an almost uninterrupted photographic activity in the industrial regions of Germany, the Benelux countries, Great Britain, France, Italy, the USA and Canada, they created a new artistically Read More
Photo Elysée offers a critical reinterpretation of the photographic archives of the Lehnert & Landrock studio, which have been part of the museum’s collection since 1985. Active in North Africa in the early 20th century, Rudolf Franz Lehnert (1878–1948) and Ernst Heinrich Landrock (1878–1966) constructed and disseminated an iconography of the Orient intended for a Read More
Marking the 40th anniversary of New Photography, Lines of Belonging brings together 13 artists and collectives who explore sites of belonging and forms of interconnectedness. Some of the artists weave personal stories within broader political histories to explore intergenerational memory. Others reimagine the idea of the archive to disrupt narratives of the past and imagine Read More
FOMU invited visual artist Katja Mater (NL, b. 1979) to explore the museum’s collection and creates a selection around the theme of time. Mater designs unusual frameworks for the collection items and creates spatial installations with them.
The exhibition No Longer Not Yet allows you to experience ‘time’ in a variety of ways: from solar Read More
Celebrate the innovative printmaking techniques and bold visions of 25 women printmakers from 1900 – Now. From Käthe Kollwitz to Faith Ringgold, explore the work of artists who have used print to make their own lasting impression.
To find out more about the show and learn more about the history of women printmakers please go to Read More
Photography books have long been a source of delight for Sofia Coppola. When the American filmmaker, known for sumptuously atmospheric tales of self-discovery such as The Virgin Suicides, Lost in Translation and Marie Antoinette, is in search of inspiration, she browses the photobooks on her shelves.
Coppola traces her love of photography to the fashion magazines Read More
Gathering Ground explores threatened ecologies. It reflects on what cultivating relationships can look like when they are built on principles of equity. The exhibition brings together artistic practices that defend and embrace interconnectedness in our current ecological crisis.
Ecology refers to the relationships between living beings and their environments. It encompasses the delicate web of connections Read More
The theme of the 22nd edition of Photaumnales is ‘Habitat’. ‘Habitat/home’ is much more than just residing or staying somewhere: it means investing in a space of meaning, memory and connection. Through their perspectives on architecture, heritage and buildings, the artists invited to this 22nd edition of Les Photaumnales explore what makes a Read More
Dark Tales: Britain and Ireland Through a Gothic Lens explores the complex relationship between the gothic and documentary photography in Britain and Ireland. Drawn largely from the Martin Parr Foundation collection, on display will be photographs from the post-war era to the turn of the 21st century which invoke a sense of terror and wonder Read More
Matèria is pleased to present In Plain Sight: Photography, Power and Public Space in Britain, an exhibition of photographic works, co-curated in dialogue with Christiane Monarchi. Through the intersection of language and the use of public space, the exhibition explores photography as a transformative site for action and a declaration of intent—whether political, cultural, or Read More
Jennie Baptiste: Rhythm & Roots documents the fashion, music, and youth culture of the Black British diaspora in London since the 1990s.
Commissioned as part of Somerset House’s 25th birthday programme, which champions alternative perspectives and diverse British creativity. This exhibition highlights the significance of Baptiste’s contribution to contemporary photography and British cultural history, offering a Read More
Our relationship with old family photos and photo albums is very emotional. When we browse through old photos, dear and precious memories come to mind, but sometimes also painful questions. Especially when family history contains difficult and silent issues, photographs evoke a variety of conflicting emotions. Photographs have a special power to energize our minds. Read More
SERCHIA and Martin Parr Foundation collaborate to bring you an evening with photographer Alice Poyzer and Gem Fletcher, host of The Messy Truth podcast.
This event was originated by SERCHIA to coincide with Alice’s solo exhibition, Other Joys, on display at SERCHIA gallery until 22 DEC, curated by Christine Serchia.
Alice and Gem will talk about Alice’s Read More
A pioneering voice in photography for more than four decades, Flash’s multifaceted practice has evolved through numerous series, each with a unique formal and conceptual focus. Beginning with their iconic “Cross Colour” series from the late 1980s and 1990s-which utilized inverted colors to document queer culture as part of ACT UP, in the wake of Read More
Putting Ourselves In The Picture – Part 2
December 2, 12:45 – 1:30pm
Free in person and online, registration is required
Hawthornden Lecture Theatre, National Galleries of Scotland
Join a panel of contributors, including photographer Anna Fox, to hear about Putting Ourselves in the Picture Part 2: Engaging with Industry. As part of this UK-wide partnership Read More
The 10th edition of London Migration Film Festival takes place from 27 November – 3 December 2025 at a number of venues across London – cinemas, universities, community spaces, cafes and more.
The festival includes fiction, short and documentary films focusing on the intersection of migration with a wide range of themes – from climate emergency Read More
This is Also Motherhood is a new exhibition from the Maternal Mental Health Alliance (MMHA) and award-winning artist Carolyn Mendelsohn, reflecting the diverse realities of mental health before, during and after pregnancy through portrait and still life photography, intimate audio interviews, and the written word.
The exhibition is on 14th, 17th and 18th November at Phillips, Read More
Paris Photo, leading international art fair dedicated to photography and image-based art is coming back to the Grand Palais for the 28th edition.
There are 224 exhibitors selected for its 28th edition, which will take place from 13 to 16 November 2025 at the Grand Palais. This year, the event will be bringing together 183 galleries Read More
Gallery Vriend van Bavink presents ‘Present Absence’, a solo exhibition by Celine van den Boorn.
Celine van den Boorn uses acrylics to paint away human presence in contemporary imagery. In a new body of work, Celine van den Boorn focuses on tourists and refugees, using press photographs as a starting point.
By painting away both sunbathing tourists Read More
Blouin Division is pleased to present an exhibition of photographs by Angela Grauerholz for the occasion of the launch of her book The Hundred Headless Woman published by Steidl (Göttingen, Germany).
The book brings together more than 150 portraits of 100 women, some known to the artist, others not, taken by Grauerholz over a period of Read More
Afterimages of Apartheid shows how photographs of the past can be mobilised as a critical tool for understanding the ongoing effects of apartheid in contemporary South Africa.
Through close readings of significant images made during and after apartheid, the book shows how photography works as a means of documentation, commemoration, and resistance. The book considers the Read More
Join Exhibition Research Lab for a conversation between Joy Gregory and Christine Eyene, followed by a restitution of multidisciplinary artist Kuamen’s ERL research residency, with Sandrine Nganga.
Taking its cue from Joy Gregory’s series The Invisible Life Force of Plants (2020) exhibited in “What the Mountain Has Seen” curated by Eyene, the conversation will introduce the Read More
Why are there so few women in the history of photography? Scholarly contributions have highlighted the obstacles that hindered women’s success in photography, as well as the ideological foundations
of photographic history that have kept them invisible within dominant narratives. Despite this, the role of women in photography remains under-researched, particularly on those practitioners active between Read More
Close Enough presents photographic works by twelve women photographers from the acclaimed Magnum Photos agency. The exhibition was shown at the International Center of Photography in New York in 2022 in conjunction with the seventy-fifth anniversary of the agency’s founding. In celebration of the twenty-fifth anniversary of C/O Berlin, the exhibition will be presented in Read More
Jane Bown: Play Shadow offers an intimate portrait of one of Britain’s most revered photographers, Jane Bown (1925–2014), whose quietly powerful black-and-white portraits have become iconic within the canon of 20th century photography.
The new exhibition, at Newlands House Gallery, Petworth expands beyond the familiar public image of Bown’s work as a photographer with The Observer Read More
Twenty years after opening its doors to emerging photographers with the landmark exhibition reGeneration: 50 Photographers of Tomorrow, Photo Elysée reaffirms its commitment to supporting young talent with Gen Z: Shaping a New Gaze.
This new exhibition brings together the work of 66 international artists, primarily from Generation Z – broadly defined as those born between the mid-1990s Read More
After the End of History offers a picture of working-class life today; from Rene Matic’s portrait of growing up mixed race in a white working-class community in Peterborough, to Elaine Constaintine’s documentation of the Northern Soul scene, to Kavi Pujara ode to Leicester’s Hindu community, and JA Mortram’s documentation throughout his life of marginalised people Read More
Notting Contemporary present a major new commission by the Palestinian artist duo Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme who work together across sound, image, text, installation and performance. This exhibition will feature the artists’ largest multi-media installation to date, celebrating their significant contribution to the field of research driven audio-visual art.
Abbas and Abou-Rahme excavate, activate and Read More
SEEEU 2025 is Japan’s first European Photography Festival. Featuring 14 artist groups from 12 countries, the festival brings together over 250 works in Tokyo. It introduces Europe’s diverse photographic cultures and fosters dialogue between Japan and Europe. The theme is Reframing Realities.
Reframing Realities explores the shifting viewpoints that define and redraw contemporary Europe. From vibrant Read More
PhotoMonth will celebrate Photography in major Public Spaces, from Tate Modern, Whitechapel Art Gallery, Autograph, to established independent galleries including Four Corners, private spaces and local libraries, bookshops and unconventional buildings.
This year, PhotoMonth is exhibiting photography across all London areas with an “E” postcode—from EC1 to SE15, from Hackney to Deptford.
Highlights include: Joy Gregory’s, Catching Read More
The series Les Exilés follows the work Les Dépossédés carried out in the Uyghur autonomous region in China (East Turkestan) by Edith Roux which gave rise to the eponymous book in 2013. This new work brings together images of the Uyghur diaspora taken in different cities: Paris, Munich, Den Haag, Istanbul and Washington DC. Faced Read More
In 2019 artist Clare Hewitt read a government report suggesting that loneliness and isolation were increasing in rural areas of the UK. Simultaneously she was learning that trees communicate, nurture, and thrive in sentient communities.
For the past five years Hewitt has worked at The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR FACE) within a circle of Read More
Nationhood: Memory and Hope is a new exhibition of powerful and poignant photography celebrating the diversity of the UK today. It is a love letter to all that is good in England, Northern Ireland, Wales, and Scotland, and offers a wealth of insights on how we each try and shape both our identities and communities Read More
“Now in its 7th edition, Imago Lisboa reaffirms itself as a plural space for encounter and reflection around the photographic image. Firmly established within Lisbon’s cultural landscape — and with growing national and international recognition — the festival once again presents itself not only as an exhibition platform, but as an active agent in the Read More
Photobook Mania 2025 is the first edition of PhMuseum’s biennial event dedicated to photography and printed matter. Within the 500 sqm natural setting of Serra Madre, located in a beautiful area of Bologna, Photobook Mania brings together a curated selection of international, independent publishers.
Highlights include:
20+ publishers showcasing and selling their titles
Workshop with Aaron Read More
Photo Oxford, Oxford’s biennial photo festival, returns for its fifth edition in 2025. This year the theme for the festival will be Truth and we will explore what this increasingly loaded word means within the context of photography.
Questions about photography’s relationship with truth are as old as the history of Read More
A hands-on workshop inviting you to explore storytelling and personal history through paper weaving with photographs.
Expanding on collage’s dynamic interplay with activism and experimentation, Autograph’s exhibition I Still Dream of Lost Vocabularies considers how artists have used the photographic image as a tool to reimagine or restage fragmented histories. Let by artist-educator Nilupa Yasmin, this Read More
To celebrate Photoworks turning 30, they’ve teamed up with the University of Brighton to present a day of talks, workshops, and photobook launches exploring the art and practice of photobooks. Engage with leading artists, publishers, designers and curators on topics that span concept to production, including vision, sequencing, design, materiality and reaching audiences.
The day will Read More
Drifting Across the Peripheries of an Urban Landscape is a photography exhibition of Sarah Ainslie’s Limehouse Tilbury project at House of Annetta, 25 Princelet St, London E1 6QH.
In 2018 Sarah Ainslie started wandering along the Thames from Limehouse to Tilbury documenting the liminal peripheries of London where urban and rural life collide, a disappearing, endlessly Read More
In the 1950s the American ideal of the glamourous blonde swept into a war-torn Britain, where it was transformed into something uniquely British – Marilyn Monroe became Diana Dors.
Join author Lynda Nead for a look at the ways in which post-war British class, social aspiration and desire shaped images of women, through a discussion of Read More
This landmark photographic project by Zofia Rydet is a sweepingly comprehensive documentary portrait of Polish domestic life which spans decades, eras, regions and cultures.
From 1978, when she was 67, Zofia Rydet (1911-1997) set out to photograph the inside of every Polish household. She would approach a home unannounced, knock, and warmly introduce herself and ask Read More
The theme for the 2025 Prix Pictet prize is Storm. It invites reflections on the growing volatility of our age, forever poised on the brink of the next crisis. The 12 shortlisted photographers’s work, including finalists Marina Caneve and Laetitia Vançon, is on show a the V&A’s Photography Centre.
To find out more please go to Read More
This major group exhibition examines how photographs can be deconstructed and reassembled through the idea of collage, offering new perspectives on complex histories and contested social realities.
With deep roots in activism and artistic experimentation, photomontage has a rich legacy as a powerful tool for artists engaging with experiences of political dissent and erasure. Its possibilities Read More
By Loosing Them, I Become a Whole
Maria Kapajeva
Curated by Šelda Puķīte
3.10.2025 — 22.11.2025
Kogo Gallery
Kastani 42, Aparaaditehas,
50410 Tartu, Estonia
Opening: 3 October at 18.00
Performance by лäбипõленуд (laebipoelenud). Read more below
To this day, a woman’s body – its pain, illness and lived experience – is often treated as other, constrained by rigid gender norms and medical bias. Rather Read More
Tate Britain presents the largest retrospective of photographer Lee Miller ever staged. Spanning the full breadth of Miller’s multifaceted practice, from her participation in French surrealism to her war reportage, the exhibition reveals how her innovative and fearless approach pushed the boundaries of photography, producing some of the most iconic images of the modern era. Read More
The Aesthetica Art Prize returns to York Art Gallery from 19 September 2025 – 25 January 2026. Celebrating its 19th anniversary, the Prize supports the work and creativity of a wide range of incredible contemporary artists, all working across different art forms and attracting national and international attention and prestige.
25 of the shortlisted works, ranging Read More
“I have worked with analog photography and in darkrooms for over 20 years, and along the way more than a few mistakes, surprises, and failures have occurred. During shooting, when developing film, or when making prints in the darkroom, something can go wrong. The paper or film might be expired, the exposure might fail, the Read More
Join TPG, and Lakeside Darkroom for a Black & White Photowalk and Film Development workshop on Saturday the 4th of October.
All abilities welcome. Just bring your 35mm.
Starting from 11:00 at Lakeside Darkroom, we shall explore the Icon Thamesmead area (know from films such as Clockwork Orange & Misfits) (closest station is Abbey Wood) then head Read More
BOP – Books on Photography – is the annual photobook festival from Martin Parr Foundation held in Bristol across the second weekend of October. The festival brings together a wide-ranging group of photobook publishers, artist talks, exhibitions, book signings, events, street food, coffee and beer.
The book fair is held across the Paintworks Event Space and Read More
Impressions Gallery’s annual Photobook Fair returns with book stalls to enjoy, and a programme of events including talks, book launches, and fun workshops.
The fair will be spotlighting independent, non-mainstream, grassroots and self-published photobooks and zines by photographers and artists.
Featuring Archiving to Remember, a workshop on how to care for your personal and family archives by Read More
Joy Gregory: Catching Flies with Honey, will be the first major survey show of the artist, Joy Gregory (b.1959, UK), winner of the eighth annual Freelands Award and one of the UK’s most innovative artists working with photography today.
Spanning four decades, this landmark exhibition brings together over 250 works encompassing photography, film, installation and textiles, Read More
The International Festival of Analog Photography Lovers – called the Vintage Photo Festival – is a cyclical project born in 2015 out of the passion for traditional photography and a deep conviction that the old photographic techniques are experiencing a renaissance today.
This year’s theme, “Intertwining”, hightlights the dialogue between tradition and modernity, various artistic styles, Read More
At Coventry Biennial 2025, Leah presents a solo exhibition of new and recent works commissioned by Meadow Arts, exploring the lasting impacts of the Enclosure Acts to build a critical understanding of the systems and politics we live with today.
Monument to the Vanquished Peasant includes works created over the last three years, as well as Read More
GIRLS explores the beauty and complexity of girlhood. How has girlhood been represented? How is it remembered? And how does the idea of ‘the girl’ continue to shape visual culture and fashion?
In Western art’s canonised history, girlhood has been framed as a fleeting phase: tender, naive, in transition. As an eternal muse, this ‘young girl’ Read More
New Stories brings together the works of 25 Indian women photographers, each offering a distinct insight into wide-ranging contemporary, visual narratives. This exhibition is a testament to the evolving language of photography, by women in India, where personal expression intersects with broader social, cultural, and environmental realities. The works traverse diverse themes – ranging from Read More
Invisible Visible is an exhibition of collaborative, narrative portrait photographs by Natalia Sharomova and the Ukrainian Art Group as well as artworks by the group created during the year-long mentorship project Putting Ourselves in the Picture – Part 2. Co-curated by Natalia Sharomova and Fast Forward team Anna Fox and Corinne Whitehouse, the exhibition Read More
Claudia Andujar, In the Place of the Other is the result of two years of research in the photographer’s archives. It is also the first international retrospective exhibition solely dedicated to the work photographer and activist Claudia Andujar produced in the 1960s and 1970s in Brazil, before her involvement with the Yanomami indigenous people of Read More
Featuring over 20 international artists, Virtual Beauty delves into the influence of artificial intelligence, social media, and virtual identities on self-image.
The exhibition features interactive installations and pioneering works that challenge traditional beauty standards. Highlights include ORLAN’s Omniprésence (1993), a groundbreaking performance in which the artist live-streamed her own facial aesthetic surgery to critique Western beauty Read More
MK Gallery is showing the first major UK exhibition dedicated to the work of pioneering Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz (b. Santiago, 1944).
Paz Errázuriz is one of Latin America’s most important documentary photographers. Over the course of five decades, she has built a vast and uncompromising body of work that retains the capacity to chal- lenge Read More
From the Earth Comes Light at the NCMME explores the untold stories of women in twentieth-century British mining through the eyes of Guest Curator Jennifer Jasmine White.
This groundbreaking exhibition showcases artworks that highlight women’s significant roles and contributions to mining, as narrated by the women themselves. For the first time, their artistic impact on mining’s Read More
With Love. From an Invader. – Rhododendrons, Empire, China and Me is an intensive field study. Every other day for a year, Yan Wang Preston (CN/GB) went to a particular love-heart-shaped Rhododendron ponticum bush and photographed it. The ritual walks offered her time and space to experience, observe, and explore the land from different perspectives. Read More
Recognised for her expert ability to excavate humanity at the heart of landscapes, Yan Wang Preston (b. 1976, Henan Province, China) has created numerous acclaimed series which explore the mercurial relationship between people and place. Wang Preston’s combined interest in photography and mountain climbing have had a transformative impact upon her practice; initially inspired by Read More
In 1954, photographer Berenice Abbott journeyed along the length of U.S. Route 1. From Florida motels to Maine potato farmers, Abbott memorialised communities up and down the East Coast. During this trip, she shot more than two hundred and fifty 8×10-inch photographs, and around one thousand smaller images using her Rolleiflex camera, representing her largest Read More
The international photography festival Cortona On The Move has been held since 2011 in the Tuscan town of Cortona, in the province of Arezzo. A protagonist of photographic production at the international level, the festival is a point of reference for photographers, curators, authors, critics, as well as the public.
The theme of the 15th edition Read More
Felicity Hammond explores the relationship between geological mining and data mining, and image-making and machine learning in V3: Model Collapse, the third chapter of her new four-part project Variations.
Variations is an evolving installation investigating the processes and power dynamics at play in a new era of photography. Developed across four UK venues in 2024-25, Read More
Jitka Hanzlová fled from the Czechoslovak Socialist Republic to Germany in 1982 and went on to study photography in Essen. Her biography forms the backdrop to her work’s central themes: exile, remembrance, and identity. This ALBERTINA exhibition presents ten of her most important series: Rokytnik (1990–1994) is devoted to the artist’s eponymous home village, while Read More
Gold is everywhere in modern life – a powerful symbol of value, beauty, greed and politics. In The Canary and The Hammer, Lisa Barnard explores the troubled history of gold, our reverence for it and its role in our endless pursuit of progress and wealth.
Photographed across four years and four continents, the project was prompted Read More
Red Herring explores the overlooked histories of women’s labour and class solidarity through the legacy of the Herring Girls—an itinerant all-female workforce central to the fishing industry between the 18th and 20th centuries. Developed during a six-month residency at Timespan in Helmsdale, the project is grounded in archival research, community collaboration and Coates’ lived experience Read More
Photojournalism Hub and Hikayetna present “I Am Your Local…”, a powerful
photography exhibition marking Refugee Week.
This timely exhibition “I Am Your Local…” showcases the work of photographers from
migrant and refugee backgrounds, offering intimate and compelling visual narratives rooted
in lived experience. Through their lenses, we are invited to see beyond stereotypes and
headlines to witness personal journeys of Read More
The Augsburg artists’ association “Die Ecke” e.V. is presenting the solo exhibition SO WHAT! in collaboration with the art collections and museums of the city of Augsburg. The survey exhibition covers 30 years of artistic work by the artist and photographer Susanne Junker. On display are her most important works from her beginnings in the Read More
Facing the Image is an exhibition by late Belgian filmmaker Chantal Akerman (Brussels, 1950 – Paris, 2015). Curated by long-term collaborator Claire Atherton, the exhibition explores Akerman’s film installations developed in collaboration with Atherton over several years, unfolding the sequential dimension of the moving image into three-dimensional space.
Offering a non-prescriptive approach to Akerman’s work, the Read More
This show centers around Francesca Hummler’s project Our Dollhouse, created in 2021 as part of over thirteen years of ongoing photographic collaborations with her family. It began as a way to make up for the absence of baby pictures in her younger sister’s life, before her adoption from Ethiopia into the artist’s German-American family, and Read More
The Nuée Vivante exhibition takes a look at the collection through the prism of Sarah Meyohas’s Cloud of Petals. The title of the exhibition evokes the collection itself: a highly diverse entity with 800 works from 1929 to the present day, a body of work that is constantly evolving, complex and alive.
‘Nuée’ is also a Read More
A round table discussion with Clare Hewitt, Carolyn Morton, Danielle Phelps, and Emily Macaulay, led by Amak Mahmoodian on how artists and galleries can work with greater environmental care and consideration to rethink sustainable photobooks and exhibition production.
This is for everyone who shares an interest in photography, art, eco issues, sustainability and helping the environment.
The Read More
Candida Höfer is one of the world’s most recognised German photographers. Like Andreas Gursky and Thomas Ruff, she is one of Bernd and Hilla Becher’s students at the Düsseldorf Academy of Art and one of the most important representatives of the Düsseldorf School of Photography. She studied there from 1973 to 1982 and became known Read More
In this event, Marianne Hirsch and Sara Davidmann will reflect on the very different ways the family photographs they inherited have shaped their work on family and cultural memory.
What do photographs from the European Jewish world before the Holocaust tell us about Jewish life and how the legacies of its destruction have shaped subsequent generations?
How Read More
Amandine Kuhlmann presents her video installation Cash me Online at the Studio of the MEP. Created in 2023, this project, blending performance and video, explores social media as a space for representation and staging.
Amandine Kuhlmann creates a hypersexualized alter ego that exists online and in performances, adopting poses inspired by social media trends. Her project Read More
For over twenty years, the American Magnum photographer Alessandra Sanguinetti (1968, New York) has been following the lives of the Argentinian cousins Guillermina Aranciaga and Belinda Stutz. What started in 1999 as a chance encounter on a ranch near Buenos Aires, evolved into a long-term photographic project in which Sanguinetti captures the dreams, struggles, and Read More
In “Mis(s)treated: More than your Muse!”, the New Perceptions team of young curators, together with curators from the Kunsthalle, are exploring for the first time the representation of female positions in the museum. In doing so, the exhibition draws attention to feminist perspectives that are rarely included in the permanent exhibition. Works from the collection Read More
HackelBury presents the first UK solo exhibition by acclaimed artist, Joanne Leonard. Vintage Photographs and Early Collages features photographs from the 1960s and 1970s and unique early collage pieces from the 1970s and 1980s. This retrospective offers an intimate look into Leonard’s artistic evolution and her innovative approach to visual storytelling.
Known for her evocative and Read More
Rotterdam Photo returns from May 16 to May 25, 2025, transforming the city’s cultural heart-Museumpark-into a vibrant hub for photography, dialogue, and artistic exchange. This year’s theme, Shared/Connected, invites audiences to explore the evolving nature of human connection, community, and the role of visual storytelling in a fragmented world.
In an era marked by both hyper-connectivity Read More
Offprint London returns to Tate Modern for its 10-year-anniversary edition!
From Friday 16th to Sunday 18th May 2025, the book fair will bring together independent experimental and socially engaged publishers in the fields of arts, architecture, design, humanities, and visual culture.
This new edition will feature a dynamic programme of talks, conversations, book launches and signings throughout Read More
Photo London brings the finest international photography to the British capital every year. The Fair presents the best historic and vintage works while also spotlighting fresh perspectives in photography. Along with a selection of the world’s leading photography dealers and galleries, Photo London’s Discovery section is dedicated to the most exciting emerging galleries and artists. Read More
Photo Museum Ireland is delighted to present the first solo Irish exhibition of Emma Spreadborough’s You Mustn’t Go Looking, an imaginative body of work that draws on the remnants of ancient tradition to address contemporary experience in Northern Ireland. Spreadborough takes inspiration from the writing of Brian Friel and his concern for the magical past Read More
Photo Museum Ireland is delighted to present the Irish premiere of Sharon Murphy’s new body of work Mise en Abyme, which focuses on Parisian carousels and theatrical décor during moments of stillness and silence. Drawing on her background in theatre and informed by concepts from psychoanalysis and magic realism in literature, this new work highlights Read More
Conversations at a party in Oakland in 1932 changed the history of photography. At that gathering, several now-iconic Bay Area figures — including Imogen Cunningham, Ansel Adams and Sonya Noskowiak — banded together to form Group f.64, a collective dedicated to “true” photography and the rejection of the prevailing style of Pictorialism, which mimicked painting. Read More
Lucia Moholy (1894–1989) was one of the 20th century’s most internationally recognised and important female photographers. Her architectural photographs and portraits from her years at the Bauhaus in Dessau, which have become icons of photographic history, still shape how that institution is perceived today. However, Moholy was not just a photographer, but also an art Read More
In 1976, photographer Mary Ellen Mark embarked on an arduous, self-assigned project with sociologist Dr. Karen Folger Jacobs to document the lives of women living in the high-security, all-female wing of the Oregon State Hospital in the city of Salem. The year before, Mark had photographed there on the set of the Milǒs Forman’s film Read More
Le Bal invites Catalan artist-researcher Laia Abril (Barcelona 1986) to present the latest chapter of her long-term project on The History of Misogyny: On Mass Hysteria. Following on from On Abortion in 2016 and On Rape in 2020, this chapter continues her ongoing work on the systemic control of women’s bodies across centuries.
In On Mass Read More
La Patinoire Royale Bach’s museum-like nave will be filled with Lebohang Kganye’s large scale image-based installations in The Work of Shadows, the artist’s first solo exhibition at the gallery.
The exhibition features four major bodies of work from the artist’s recent practice. A Burden Consumed in Sips (2023) is a massive, immersive 22-panel video installation the Read More
In 2019 artist Clare Hewitt read a government report suggesting that loneliness and isolation were increasing in rural areas of the UK. Simultaneously she was learning that trees communicate, nurture, and thrive in sentient communities.
For the past five years Hewitt has worked at The Birmingham Institute of Forest Research (BIFoR FACE) within a circle of Read More
We Feed The UK is a nationwide storytelling initiative, grown by The Gaia Foundation, pairing ten photographers and ten Hot Poets with ten of the UK’s most inspiring food producers.
This unprecedented alliance between arts and agroecology is disrupting the dominance of industrial farming and fishing; so far opening 53 million pairs of eyes and ears Read More
Join acclaimed Spanish photographer Cristina De Middel in a new talk to coincide with her nomination for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025.
Cristina De Middel is renowned for work that challenges the documentary value of photography and the role it plays in representing truth. In this talk, she will delve into her creative process, Read More
Since the 1990s, Eileen Perrier has used photographic portraiture to forge connections between people, acknowledging the profound value of being seen.
Often using makeshift studios, she brings her sitters together around shared experiences of kinship, interests or place. Her work has evolved into a form of social engagement that powerfully visualises individuality – encouraging us to Read More
Prix Pictet Human showcases the work of twelve outstanding photographers shortlisted for the world’s leading award for photography and sustainability. Their work constitutes a powerful exploration of the various facets of the theme Human. In their own unique way, each of the shortlisted photographers explores our shared humanity and the vast spectrum of our interactions Read More
The final speaker in the Westminster Photography Forum’s ART and COMMERCE series is Laura Pannack, a London-based photographic artist (b.1985). Internationally renowned for her portraiture and social documentary work, Pannack’s projects focus on youth and time, often working with adolescents, within a process rooted in shared experience. She has won numerous awards, amongst them: The Read More
The festival is designed to inspire all photographers, not just street photographers. There will be presentations, book signings, panel discussions, seminars, walking tours. Topics will include: gaining gallery representation, publishing your book, amplifying your visual voice, building long term series and more.
To find out more, view the full schedule and sign up, please go to Read More
As it marks a decade of bringing the world’s finest photography to the British capital, Photo London 2025 returns to Somerset House from 15–18 May 2025 with an edition that both reflects on its achievements and sets a course for the future of the medium.
The fair’s exhibitor lineup features a strong mix of returning and Read More
Siân Davey will give an artist talk about her photographic practice coinciding with the 2025 MPF exhibition, The Creative Body: Photographs 2014 – 2024. In this new show Martin Parr Foundation brings together a collection of Siân’s works spanning the last decade for her first survey exhibition.
Siân will share images from her key series, including Read More
Margy Kinmonth’s feature documentary shines a light on the trailblazing role of women war artists, on the front lines round the world, championing the female perspective on conflict through art and asking: when it’s life or death, what do women see that men don’t? Traditionally a male domain, war art by women has been largely Read More
For Shore|Lines, Chicago-based artist Regina Agu (b. Houston, Texas) presents a large-scale panoramic installation at the Museum of Contemporary Photography as part of an exploration of placemaking and community memory—tracing sites and legacies of historical Black North American migration through an expansive tradition of the panoramic form. This Joyce Foundation Award (2023) special project and Read More
Experience a powerful reimagining of The Family Album, exploring the beauty and depth of family connections across time while celebrating the body as a site of history and memory.
This first major solo exhibition by multidisciplinary artist Marcia Michael is a ‘massive love letter’ to family and celebrates the sense of belonging and joy found through Read More
Brazilian visual artist Marilene Ribeiro will talk about her recently published book Photo-Rituals for Disappearance at the Cafe Bar and Bookshop at The Photographer’s Gallery on Thursday 13th March. The talk will be followed by a Book Signing.
Photo-Rituals for Disappearance is a limited-edition, hand-made book which creates a dialogue amongst various elements and invites the Read More
Congratulations to Sophie Ristelhueber, the 2025 Hasselblad Award Laureate!
The Hasselblad Award is the world’s largest photography award, consisting of SEK 2,000,000, a gold medal, and a Hasselblad camera. The Hasselblad Foundation chose Ristelhueber as their 2025 laureate for:
A precise, consistent, and unique body of work exploring landscapes and territories – both public and private – Read More
Since its inception, the PhotoVogue Festival has championed themes that are both ethically and aesthetically significant, exploring subjects such as the female gaze, representation, masculinity, inclusivity, and the reframing of history. It has examined the pervasive influence of imagery on our understanding of the world and tackled cutting-edge issues, including the rapid evolution of artificial Read More
The Face Magazine: Culture Shift celebrates iconic fashion images and portraits from The Face, a trail-blazing youth culture and style magazine that has shaped the creative and cultural landscape in Britain and beyond.
From 1980 to 2004, The Face played a vital role in creating contemporary culture. Musicians featured on its covers achieved global success and Read More
‘In the Space Between Words’ is an exhibition from the Rethinking Eastern Europe collective, which brings together diverse voices and perspectives to challenge and reimagine the narratives surrounding Eastern Europe.
Through a dynamic mix of media, including video, installation, photography, sculpture and performance, the exhibition will explore the complexities of identity, history, religion and geopolitical shifts Read More
After the End of History offers a picture of working-class life today; from Rene Matic’s portrait of growing up mixed race in a white working-class community in Peterborough, to Elaine Constantine‘s documentation of the Northern Soul scene.
2024, when the exhibition was first conceived, marked 35 years since the fall of the Berlin Wall, and the Read More
Belongers is the first UK solo show by Manchester-based Mauritian-Chagossian artist Audrey Albert. It explores how Chagossians represent themselves and reclaim their identities while navigating life in countries that have never fully felt like ‘home’. The exhibition brings together portraiture, documentary, moving image, cyanotypes, and a traditional Chagossian Kaz (hut), developed through research interviews over Read More
Uniting International Women’s Day and World Book Day, the weekend of March 6th-9th will see a multidisciplinary group exhibition, accompanied by a programme of events. Seeing a Cameraless Photography Workshop and Photobook displays, brought by Female Artists and Publishers hosted at The Photobook Cafe Gallery.
Featuring works by ten Female artists; Viviana Almas, Claire Sunho Lee, Read More
In the context of Tate’s major retrospective The 80s: Photographing Britain, French curators Camille Richert and Georgia René-Worms are invited to talk about their research on the Hackney Flashers, a collective of socialist-feminist artists active in the 1970-80’s in London.
They will be joined by Patrizia di Bello, Professor of History and Theory of Photography (Birkbeck, Read More
The annual exhibition of work by the four Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize 2025 shortlisted artists opens on Friday 7 March.
This long-standing annual Prize, originally established in 1996, is one of the most important international awards for contemporary photographers. The Prize spotlights outstanding, innovative and thought-provoking work by artists whose exhibitions or books have made Read More
In collaboration with Ealing LIP (London Independent Photography), Act One Cinema are showing I am Martin Parr, the first of a series of events about photography. After the film there will be a talk and live Q&A by renowned British documentary photographer Anna Fox. Anna’s talk will reflect the evolution of her career across a Read More
Join us for Healing Through Photography: Trauma & The Art Of Recovery, a unique two-day conference that delves into the transformative power of photography as a medium for healing, growth, and connection. Whether you are a photographer, mental health professional, educator, or creative enthusiast, this event will inspire and equip you with practical tools and Read More
How can creative practices disrupt power structures within the archive? Autograph and Parse Journal present a new symposium examining strategies and methodologies to rethink, reimagine and reshape the histories embedded in archival collections.
The symposium will examine how archival materials can be reactivated through diverse perspectives and disciplines, challenging dominant narratives. With a focus on decolonial Read More
For the last fifteen years or so, Aurore Bagarry has been photographing the sculptural formations of the glaciers of the Alps, the rocky coastline of the English Channel and, more recently, the Atlantic coast, from the Gironde and Brittany to Martinique and Guadeloupe.
The repertoire of forms produced in this way harkens back to a practice Read More
In late 2024, six women who are in the process of seeking, or have been granted, asylum in the UK came together at Autograph to create artwork about their experiences – and hopes for the future.
They received collaborative mentoring with essential support from Women for Refugee Women. Using photography and film to document their lives, Read More
One universe. Thirteen artists. Welcome to Space – A Visual Journey, this winter’s major exhibition at Fotografiska. A grandiose art journey through space with themes ranging from science and technology to astrology and philosophy.
Throughout history, humans have looked up to the stars and tried to understand what is out there. Space represents how we can Read More
Accompanying Lygia Clark: The I and the You and Sonia Boyce: An Awkward Relation, are a selection of nine films.
This film programme explores the journeys of two pioneering women artists from different times, places and socio-political contexts, who share a commitment to the participation of audiences in artworks. Through the gaze of different curators, artists Read More
Doyle Wham is delighted to present Through Motion, a solo presentation of Heather Agyepong.
Heather Agyepong is a British Ghanaian visual artist, performer/actor and maker who lives and works in London. Her art practice is concerned with mental health and wellbeing, invisibility, the diaspora and the archive. Agyepong uses both lens-based practices Read More
Part of Chennai Photo Biennale 2024, It’s time. To see. To be seen. is a group show by women artists responding to the world through photographic practices. ‘Women-artists’ are not a genre and this show is not a chronological amassing of work by women in photography and its spectrums. Women have been responding to the Read More
Foam 3h presents Terror of Beauty, the first solo museum exhibition by artist Sarah Amrani. With her work, Amrani explores the complex relationship between technology, culture and beauty standards. The multimedial exhibition invites visitors to think critically about how our perception of beauty and identity is shaped in the digital age.
Sarah Amrani explores the effect Read More
Anna Fox will be in conversation with Samar Hazboun (online), Bhumika Saraswati and Natalia Sharamova (online) talking about Photography and Advocacy – The Human Condition at the Chennai Photo Biennale, 2025. The panel discussion will take place at Forum Art Gallery on 17 January 2025 and is also available online.
Anna Fox is one of the Read More
ADAPTATION, the first major survey of works by contemporary American photographer Anastasia Samoylova. Curated by Taous R. Dahmani, this exhibition presents works from five of Samoylova’s most significant series: ‘Landscape Sublime’, ‘Image Cities’, ‘FloodZone’, ‘Floridas’, and ‘Breakfasts’. The exhibition features compelling video work previously unseen in the UK.
In ADAPTATION, Samoylova directs her frank and curious Read More
Matèria are hosting a special finissage conversation at the gallery between artist Maïmouna Guerresi and art historian/curator Mistura Allison. A short text, written by Allison about La Création du Monde, Guerresi’s second solo exhibition at Matèria will also be available to the public in attendance and soon after on the gallery’s website.
To find out more Read More
Women Alternative Photography Group and Folk House Darkroom are excited to be collaborating for our upcoming The Art of Experimentation Online Conference. This two day online conference brings together presentations from contemporary artists and researchers who explore the possibilities of alternative photographic processes. Presenters will consider how contemporary practitioners are using innovative and Read More
In The Creative Body: Photographs 2014 – 2024, Martin Parr Foundation brings together a collection of works from the last decade by photographer Siân Davey, in her first survey exhibition.
This show presents photography from Siân’s three major series, Looking For Alice (2013-2018), Martha (2015 – 2016) and The Garden (2021 – 2023), alongside lesser known Read More
Photography, invented in the 1820s, has revolutionised, for better or for worse, how we record and remember things. Five billion photos are taken everyday and more than 14 billion images are shared daily on social media. Photography has become a spontaneous act and a universal language now. In this age of excess image production, the Read More
In a time marked by environmental, economic, and social crisis, Glimmer is a new body of work by lens-based artist Jess Holdengarde that confronts the paralysis that often is associated with disillusionment.
Holdengarde, through layered approaches, uses the camera, body, light, silver, and sound to explore how the intimacy of a practice can spark transition. With Read More
In celebration of National Tree Week (23 Nov – 8 Dec) a community of photographers will present their work honouring and celebrating the life of trees at Hackney Gallery, East London in an exhibition titled ‘Intersectional Grammar: Trees’.
At the heart of the exhibition is a celebration of trees through the ancient craft of storytelling. The Read More
Whether generated by sunlight passing through a camera lens, triggered by the burst of a flash bulb, or forged by electricity coursing through a microchip, all photographs need some form of energy to exist.
This display shines a light on the diverse kinds of energy in photography, from the hidden processes intrinsic to creating a picture, Read More
Featuring work by Walker Evans in dialogue with contemporary photographs by Anastasia Samoylova, the exhibition will feature over 70 objects exploring how the two artists sought to understand the state’s complexity and contradictions.
A popular tourist destination since the early 20th century, Florida is a place where fantasy and reality collide. Floridas: Anastasia Samoylova and Walker Read More
Ingrid Pollard, one of Britain’s leading contemporary photographers and artists, is the recipient of the 2024 Hasselblad Award – the world’s largest photography prize. Her first solo exhibition in Scandinavia showcases her work from the 1980s to the present, spanning four decades. At the core of Pollard’s oeuvre is her interest in photography, both its Read More
Since the early 1990s, the Dutch artist Rineke Dijkstra has produced an impressive body of photographic- and video work, offering a contemporary take on the genre of portraiture. By isolating people from their everyday context and searching for glimmers of individuality while focusing on subtle details, the posture and gaze of the subject, she encourages Read More
Stills Centre for Photography is pleased to announce that its new Director will be Vivienne Gamble who will begin this role in January 2025.
Vivienne Gamble is the Co-Founder and Artistic Director of the internationally acclaimed Peckham 24 festival of contemporary photography. Established in 2016, Peckham 24 takes place annually during Photo London Week. With a Read More
Lensing the Global (South Asia +) is a Panel Discussion organised in collaboration with Autograph, responding to and expanding beyond the themes and contexts of The Imaginary Institution of India: Art 1975-1998.
This panel draws upon critical strains of lens-based practices from South Asia, South East Asia, and their global intonations and reverberations. Bringing together a Read More
The black body is at the heart of French artist Mame-Diarra Niang’s new series. She doesn’t want to define it, or tell its story. On the contrary, she wants to untie it from the ways it has been represented by centuries of Western narratives. She therefore seeks to make it abstract, through what she calls Read More
For a long time, it was thought that only people could create works of art. But Almudena Romero shows us that plants are intelligent and creative too! They can create shapes and colours to adapt to their environment. For example, some plants create flowers with colours and patterns to attract insects, which then help them Read More
70:15:40: Addressing Gender Imbalance in Photography and Videography at The Handbag Factory is an inspiring exhibition showcasing new work by finalists of a national award aimed at highlighting the gender imbalance in the photography and videography industries.
From a unique focus on the Black motherhood experience to themes of equity and solidarity shown through a women/non-binary Read More
The Taylor Wessing Photo Portrait Prize returns for its 17th year, showcasing the work of talented young photographers, gifted amateurs and established professionals in the very best of contemporary photography.
The competition celebrates a diverse range of images and tells the fascinating stories behind the creation of works, from formal commissioned portraits to more spontaneous and Read More
Richard Saltoun Gallery presents the first solo exhibition by Sydney-based Malaysian artist
Simryn GILL (b. 1959). The exhibition, across photography, works on paper and sculpture,
features works from the last six years, and is curated by Catherine de Zegher, who also curated
Gill’s presentation for the Australian Pavilion at the 2013 Venice Biennale. Shelter highlights the
artist’s pivotal role Read More
Spirit of Lagos unearths the story of Abi Morocco Photos, one of the most vibrant photographic studios operating in Lagos. The studio’s remarkable black-and-white portraits celebrate the rich style and joyous spirit of a generation of Lagosians during a transformative period in Nigeria’s history.
Operated by husband-and-wife duo John Abe and Funmilayo Abe the studio thrived Read More
This event series, led by UCA Surrey Galleries in collaboration with the Doctoral College, offers a dynamic exploration of the human experience.
Through workshops, exhibitions, and creative events, participants engage in storytelling, movement exploration, music performances, and collaborative projects that address real-world issues through creativity, creative education, and practice-based research.
Focusing on critical dialogue and creative expression, this series challenges Read More
Belfast Exposed Gallery, in collaboration with the Centre for British Photography, is thrilled to announce Modern Muse, an exhibition by acclaimed photographic artist Arpita Shah. This compelling body of work, which has garnered acclaim across the UK, will be exhibited in Ireland for the first time, offering audiences a powerful and intimate exploration of South Read More
In development since 2020, the exhibition Science/Fiction — A Non-History of Plants retraces the visual history of plants through art, technology, and science from the nineteenth century to the present day. Bringing together over 40 artists from different periods and nationalities, this exhibition juxtaposes historic photographic works such as Anna Atkins’ cyanotypes, Karl Blossfeldt’s inventory Read More
Jo Spence: A Woman’s Place?, an exhibition spotlighting the ground-breaking phototherapy work of the celebrated British photographer and feminist Jo Spence (1934–1992), provides an intimate and powerful look at Spence’s exploration of the roles and experiences of women within society.
Jo Spence was not just a photographer but a cultural critic and activist who used her Read More
Mimosa House presents the fourth chapter of transfeminisms, a major survey touring exhibition, that brings to light a multiplicity of urgent, pressing and ongoing issues faced by women, queer and trans people across the globe. The fourth chapter will feature works by Sonia Boyce, Marcia Harvey Isaksson, Lubaina Himid, Gulnur Mukazhanova, SaVĀge K’lub and Buhlebezwe Read More
This autumn, Somerset House explores the untold stories of Black British fashion in a major new exhibition, The Missing Thread.
Spanning from the 1970s to the present day, The Missing Thread, curated by the Black Orientated Legacy Development Agency (BOLD), charts the shifting landscape of Black British culture and the unique contribution it has made to Read More
A Story named Joy marks the first gathering of NEST, a transnational network of non-profit organizations, collectives, and independent structures working at the intersection of visual arts, activisms, and gender studies, created at the initiative of AWARE. It will bring these non-institutional voices from diverse cultural contexts to enter into dialogue with Parisian audiences, focusing Read More
Deborah Turbeville: Photocollage highlights the work of truly innovative American fashion photographer Deborah Turbeville (1932-2013) who transformed fashion imagery into avant-garde art.
Deborah Turbeville’s signature dreamlike and melancholic style became recognisable with her earliest works in the 1970s: enigmatic female figures, cloudy skies, wintry nature and abandoned, decaying surroundings. She deliberately distanced herself from the typical Read More
Dartmoor: A Radical Landscape is a major new contemporary art exhibition exploring Dartmoor’s evocative landscape through photography, film and Land Art. Showing artwork from 1969 to 2024, this exhibition demonstrates Dartmoor’s attraction to artists who, through photography, explore current issues including the interconnected ecological and climate crises and access rights.
Dartmoor includes beautiful images of bathers Read More
The Photographers’ Gallery presents a solo show of work by Italian photographer Letizia Battaglia (1935-2022).
Born in Palermo, Sicily in 1935, Battaglia began her photographic career in the early 1970s, when she was in her forties. She documented everyday life, alongside the brutal reality of the Mafia and their victims in Sicily during the 1970s, 1980s Read More
Feminist Perspectives in Photography, led by curator Eva Eicker and coinciding with the exhibition Letizia Battaglia: Life, Love and Death in Sicily, charts developments in photography history as informed by feminism. In a medium that has often been dominated by male narratives, each week we will look at how feminist theory, intersectionality and social resistance Read More
BOP – Books on Photography – is the annual photobook festival from Martin Parr Foundation and The Royal Photographic Society, held in Bristol across the second weekend of October. The festival brings together a wide-ranging group of photobook publishers, artist talks, exhibitions, book signings, events, street food, coffee and beer.
BOP 2024 will coincide with the Read More
The world never stands still, it is always in the process of unfolding and becoming otherwise. Any given moment can be understood as a momentary congregation; of bodies, matters, histories, dreams and ideas. For the second edition we will focus on the theme of movement, drawing attention to global currents and flows, as well as Read More
The biennial, open-platform photography festival returns in October with six weeks of exhibitions and events in and beyond Brighton & Hove, Newhaven and for the first time, Portsmouth.
Photo Fringe offers a vibrant mix of photographers presenting their own work, plus photography selected from open calls, in galleries, cafés, pop-up venues, outdoor installations and other extraordinary Read More
CRUX Photography Network is pleased to announce a hybrid event – online and in person at Arts University Bournemouth – on October 11th, 2024 from 13:00 to 16:00 GMT. Continuing with our project theme, The Landscape of Inequality, our remarkable group of speakers will be showing projects that employ participatory methodologies to explore the Read More
Jeu de Paume showcases the vibrant, singular work of influential American photographer Tina Barney, who is best known for exploring intergenerational familial rituals and the subtle nuances of human connection.
Spanning over 40 years of the artist’s career, the exhibition marks the artist’s first European retrospective.
Born in 1945, Tina Barney began taking photographs of her relatives Read More
Reimagined Landscapes brings together the works of Gohar Dashti & Hamed Noori, Cyrus Mahboubian, and Qiu Yangzi to explore themes of cultural identity, home and displacement.
These artists treat the landscape not merely as a backdrop but as a central character in their exploration of memory, displacement and the human condition. Their reconstructed and often surreal Read More
This autumn, Tate Britain will present The 80s: Photographing Britain, a landmark survey which will consider the decade as a pivotal moment for the medium of photography. Bringing together nearly 350 images and archive materials from the period, the exhibition will explore how photographers used the camera to respond to the seismic social, political, and Read More
A pioneering visual artist who burns her own work to highlight the ongoing threat of wildfires caused by climate change will be exhibiting her unique images at the University of Winchester’s West Downs Gallery.
Open Fire is an award-winning multimedia project created by Marilene Ribeiro, a former Visiting Research Fellow at the School of Media and Read More
The Shape of Things questions the idea that still life is a lesser genre, showing how important it is to artists and society. Featuring a ‘Who’s Who’ of Modern and Contemporary British artists, the exhibition digs into still life’s rich symbolism and how it’s pushed boundaries and new ideas.
The exhibition shifts from 17th-century ‘vanitas’ paintings Read More
The Dr. Bhau Daji Lad Mumbai City Museum in collaboration with sepiaEYE with the support of The Mehrangarh Museum Trust, Jodhpur, are pleased to present The Answers Take Time, a retrospective of Annu Palakunnathu Matthew’s work accompanied by the monograph of the same title.
Curated by Esa Epstein, this exhibition showcases eight distinct bodies of work Read More
Karen Knorr: Intersections is an exhibition of photographs by the British-American artist, known for her visually rich, conceptually driven images that explore wealth, power and the aesthetics of beauty. It is on show from 12th September to 19th October 2024.
On view for the first time in New York are select works from Knorr’s Read More
Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), in partnership with Miami International Airport, presents the exhibition “In Between Sentiments,” curated by Amanda Bradley from 5th September 2024 to 2nd February 2025. The exhibition highlights the works of Nicole Combeau and Sue Montoya, who both use photography as a medium to delve into the intersections of place, memory Read More
‘Shining Lights’ is the first critical anthology to bring together the ground-breaking work of Black women photographers active in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s, providing a richly illustrated overview of a significant and overlooked chapter of photographic history. Seen through the lens of Britain’s socio-political and cultural contexts, the publication draws on both Read More
Once every other year the little city of Landskrona in Skåne, is transformed, into a teeming metropolis of photography – Landskrona Foto Festival.
The art of photography becomes a part of the city environment; in the parks and the stores, while taking place in the cultural parlours. The love of the photography, the engagement and the Read More
Unseen Photo Fair, is an international art fair dedicated to the latest developments in contemporary photography. There are 71 exhibitors in the main fair, 65 publishers in the book market and eight Unbound projects for its upcoming edition.
Taking place from 20-22 September, with a private preview on 19 September, Unseen Photo Fair will once again Read More
Foto Tallinn is a biannual international photographic art fair that presents the latest contemporary photography selected by a professional jury and creates an opportunity for the art audience to see, buy, and collect fresh photographic art. For professionals in the field, Foto Tallinn offers a platform for collaboration and discussion, meetings with the art audience, Read More
We live in a time where the development of trends, technology, and politics is going at a breakneck pace. Moore’s law predicts that the amount of information, the amount of computing power, and the amount of memory power required, will double every other year in our hyper-technological society. This rapid acceleration changes how we interact Read More
Contemporary Photobooks from Australia is an evening of talks celebrating the display New Photobooks from Australia, curated by PHOTO Australia for the V&A’s Photography Centre. This symposium will feature a selection of women and non-binary artists who will speak about their practice and the experience of marking art in Australia today.
With opening remarks by Duncan Read More
Take a closer look at renowned Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide in this talk by art historian and curator Lassla Esquivel. Celebrated for her personal and culturally resonant photography that captures the essence of life in Latin America, particularly Mexico, Esquivel will offer insight into Iturbide’s influential career, reflecting on her powerful explorations of identity, ritual, and Read More
Shining Lights is the first critical anthology to bring together the ground-breaking work of Black women photographers active in the UK during the 1980s and 1990s, providing a richly illustrated overview of a significant and overlooked chapter of photographic history. Seen through the lens of Britain’s socio-political and cultural contexts, the publication draws on both Read More
In the exhibition In Conversation: A Photographic Dialogue Between Japan and Korea, a captivating dialogue unfolds between ten artists from Japan and Korea, each renowned for their unique approaches to photography. The interplay between these artists—Hiroshi Sugimoto, Risaku Suzuki, Rinko Kawauchi, Yoshinori Mizutani, Syoin Kajii from Japan, and Bae, Bien-U, Jung Lee, Jun Ahn, Ina Read More
A lineup of photobook publishers from across the UK and Europe will be showcasing the latest in photography and publishing at BOP 24, the annual photobook festival from Martin Parr Foundation and The Royal Photographic Society. The weekend will be accompanied by a programme of artist talks, exhibitions, events, book signings, street food, coffee and Read More
This public talk brings together two dynamic voices in contemporary photography from South Africa. Artist Alice Mann and photographer Ayesha Kazim will give insight into their creative processes, talking through the stories behind their striking images and the social issues that drive them. Central to the discussion will be the concept of ‘home’ – a theme that resonates deeply Read More
Templates for Liberation is the UK’s first exhibition of artist Rheim Alkadhi. Addressing ongoing consequences of war and colonialism in present-day Iraq and the region at large, this exhibition presents sculptures, archival documentation, and emancipatory counter-histories. The ICA’s main gallery will feature a series of sculptures fabricated from the heavy-duty transport tarpaulins of cross-border industrial Read More
Unbowed: Stories of Ukraine is a powerful and inspiring photography project produced by a group of Ukrainian women in Surrey who met through an arts-for-wellbeing program in Farnham.
The photography project records the women’s personal experiences of leaving their homes, their friends and family in Ukraine, living in the UK, and of the ongoing trauma of Read More
Rituals is a solo show by London-based photographic artist and researcher Francesca Hummler, MA in Photography. Hosted in the evocative setting of the Crypt Gallery, the work engages with a crisis of faith initiated by the artist’s entry into adulthood. Raised in the oppressive purity culture of conservative Protestantism in the United States, the work Read More
The WOPHA Congress is a groundbreaking photography conference, exhibition series, and creative convening held at the Pérez Art Museum Miami and virtually, with parallel activations taking place across South Florida. It aims to establish a critical space for photography by bringing together worldwide organizations of women photographers, art historians, theorists, and curators with a goal Read More
Photographer Elaine Constantine will give an MPF artist talk to launch her new photobook, I’m Com’un Home In The Morn’un, published by RRB Photobooks, 2024. In this work Elaine presents her dynamic and full-colour images that capture the northern soul scene of the 1990s.
This event and new publication have been programmed to coincide with her Read More
Thinking about starting your own archive?
Learn how archiving and archives have changed since the advent of the digital age and key areas to consider when starting your own archive.
Over six weeks, this practical course explores what it means to archive collections today – working with physical and/or digital material. Course leader Kathryn Tollervey starts by Read More
Dawn Woolley has a micro residency at RuptureXHIBIT in Hampton Wick culminating in a performance by queer contemporary dancer Miriam Levy on Saturday 20th July in response to Woolley’s #RebelSelves installation. The performance will play with notions of visibility, invisibility and care on social media and in selfie cultures. Images will be shared online via Read More
The MEP Studio presents the first solo exhibition in France by the Austrian artist Tatjana Danneberg, whose practice combines photography and painting.
Through experimentation with materials and processes for transferring images to canvas, Tatjana Danneberg transforms her analog photographs taken from life into expressive paintings. Using inexpensive cameras, the artist seeks to extend casual memories by Read More
PROVOCATIVE MATERIALS FOR THOUGHT 思想のための挑発的資料 / Photobooks by Japanese Women: A Reading Room is dedicated to the photobooks of 26 Japanese women photographers. On display are a wide range of photobooks representing the work of photographers active from the postwar era to the present day. All books will be available for consultation, visitors are encouraged Read More
Re-evaluation in Feminism and Contemporary Art is a one-day (hybrid) international conference discussing new research in feminism and contemporary art. Organised by Create/Feminisms, this conference (hybrid format) at Middlesex University aims to explore new directions in feminist research. The three keynote speakers are: Jacqueline Millner (Australia), title tbc (online from Sydney); Oksana Bruikhovetska (Ukraine) ‘We Read More
Discover Celmins’s meticulous drawings, paintings and prints at Dunoon Burgh Hall, Dunoon
This exhibition takes an in-depth look at the artist’s works on paper and her long-time interest in using imagery from the natural world.
Vija Celmins (b. Riga,1938) produces exquisitely intricate drawings and prints of nature based on photographs, including images found in books and magazines. Read More
Logic-defying work by photographer Suzie Larke, who returns to Southbank Centre with new images raising awareness and sparking conversations about mental wellbeing.
Collaborating with individuals and mental-wellbeing groups over three years on this project, Larke observed a recurring theme: the profound impact of belonging, or its absence, on mental wellness.
Larke says: ‘The essence of belonging is Read More
“All that has form will eventually vanish. Once the human body is lifeless, it cannot continue to exist in this world. This is an obvious fact, yet I sometimes find it impossible to accept. This was the case with my mother’s death, even though it is only natural for a parent to die before their Read More
Inspired by our organic relationship with nature and the elements, Marine Lanier observes the behavior of plants and the activities of gardeners, scientists and researchers at the Lautaret garden, the highest in Europe. Home to Alpine plants and essences from all over the world, it was created as part of the “Flying Alpine” operation, which Read More
BEIRUTOPIA is a visual essay formed from a biographical perspective, a premonition of the multidimensional—political, financial and social—crisis that Lebanon is experiencing. This solo show looks critically at the brutal transformation of post-war Beirut through seven works by Randa Mirza produced between 2000 and 2022.
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I’m So Happy You Are Here offers an exciting new perspective on Japanese photography: a much-needed counterpoint, complement, and challenge to historical precedents and the established canon—an electrifying expansion of our understanding of Japanese photographic history, but also of photo-history at large. Over the past decade, the world of photography has made a concerted effort Read More
Over the last decade, Debi Cornwall has been investigating the fictions fuelling America’s idea of itself. Her vivid, formally composed color documentary photographs serve more to provoke than to inform, inviting a closer examination of how state power is performed, consumed, and normalized.
This exhibition features two bodies of work representing two sides of the same Read More
Journey to the Center is a series that borrows the atmosphere and structure of the Jules Verne book Journey to the Center of the Earth to present the Central America migration route across Mexico as a heroic and daring journey rather than a runaway.
In this version of the journey, the starting point is Tapachula, the Read More
Grounded in the themes and passions that help distinguish the photographer’s oeuvre, at the heart of Mary Ellen Mark. Encounters are five of her most indepth projects, often realized most definitively in book form. These projects focus on institutionalized women in the Oregon State Hospital, street children in Seattle, as well as sex workers in Read More
Photography is a medium that has given us a unique insight into the human experience. Over five billion photographs Read More
Forma are proud to announce don’t worry i won’t forget you, an interactive library, exhibition and public programme guest curated by Êvar Hussayni and Sarah Hamed, that will open at FormaHQ on 13 June 2024.
Reimagining how archives are built, activated and used, don’t worry i won’t forget you presents the entire physical archive of the Read More
Amar Gallery is proud to announce its reopening exhibition – Dora Maar: Behind the Lens, featuring photographs & photograms from the Dora Maar Estate. The exhibition is a celebration of Maar’s life and is in conjunction with the upcoming release of bestselling author Louisa Treger’s book, The Paris Muse, based on Maar’s affair with Picasso, Read More
Richard Saltoun Gallery is pleased to announce Exorcism: Inside Out, a solo exhibition by pioneering LA-based, London-born Feminist Surrealist, Penny Slinger (b. 1947). Spanning original photo-collage, print and video work, the exhibition coincides with the publication of Slinger’s iconic book, An Exorcism: A Photo Romance (Fulgur Press, 21 June 2024). After the original An Exorcism Read More
Maureen Paley is pleased to present the eighth solo exhibition by Hannah Starkey at the gallery, following her survey exhibition In Real Life at the Hepworth Wakefield, 2022.
Starkey’s large-scale photographs engage with how women are represented in contemporary culture. Her portraits capture moments of everyday life and an expanded female experience. Starkey reveals Read More
Artist Yasamin Ghalehnoie presents their work in this new talk as part of TPG series entitled Contingencies: Citizens and Photography.
Throughout 2024, the University of Westminster and The Photographers’ Gallery have invited various artists and photographers to explore the impact of their work within broader discourses, with each speaker discussing how photography is used as a Read More
Coinciding with the 75th anniversary of Farleys House, this talk looks at the extraordinary legacy of Lee Miller and the ongoing significance of the renowned photographer’s former home.
Now a museum and archive dedicated to the life of Miller and Roland Penrose, Farleys House was a vibrant hub of creativity, attracting celebrated figures of the day Read More
In the US, approximately 1000 people continue to die each year in encounters with police. More than any other industrialised nation. My America is an archive of and memorial to victims of these encounters. The photographs, taken at locations where citizens were shot or tasered by law enforcement officers, create a quiet but chilling critique Read More
HackelBury Fine Art, London is pleased to present Sharon Walter’s first London solo exhibition. ‘Seeing Ourselves’ features work from the ongoing series, in which Walters creates intricate hand-assembled collages honouring Black Women – their history, culture and identity.
“My work aims to explore and indulge in the multiplicity of Blackness and the embrace of our non-monolithic Read More
Critically acclaimed for her psychological landscape images, Awoiska van der Molen started out by photographing urban environments in 2003, shortly after graduating from art school. Now, more than twenty years on, she once again presents us with understated black-and-white photos of built-up environments that reveal traces of human presence. This time she zooms in on Read More
MOTHEROTHER brings together a variety of artist’s perspectives on parenting. The selected art works by Hannah Cooke, Katie Cuddon, Sarah Maple, Lauren McLaughlin, Kübra Müjde, Sara Qaed and Kate Sweeney, explore caregiving within systems which often overlook, exclude, censor, minimise or legislate their experience.
The exhibition is a response to themes emerging from the social art Read More
Join artist Françoise Schneiders for a talk focused on her work, F*ck you, I’m not your Dusky Maiden on display as part of the SaVĀge K’lub.
A direct response to Gauguin’s depictions of Pasifika people, in this series of photographs, Schneiders challenges the tropes of Tahitian women as ‘dusky maidans’ who are both ‘sexy and submissive’ and Read More
This new book, published to mark the centenary of Bohm’s birth, showcases the diversity of her work and her profound empathy for the human condition. It contains texts by Monica Bohm-Duchen, Martin Barnes and Rachel Wallace with additional contributions from Maria Balshaw, Katy Barron, Colin Ford CBE, Anna Fox, Lydia Goldblatt, Mark Haworth-Booth, Amanda Hopkinson, Ian Read More
Marie and Bolette took professional portraits and landscape photos. But a box marked “private” contained photographs that showed playing with gender roles and how one should look in front of a camera around the turn of the last century.
The two photographers Marie Høeg and Bolette Berg had a studio in Horten from 1895–1903, and in Read More
Young Human by ShuShu Sieberns is an ode to queerness and highlights the artist’s complex perspective, coloured by her traditional Russian background, especially in relation to her religious grandmother. The exhibition is enriched with an installation that brings ShuShu’s grandmother’s cozy living room to life. The sheltered atmosphere in Young Human takes the visitor into a Read More
In Sirens, Cooper & Gorfer create a fictitious tribe of women in different states of transformation. Birthed from a library of female bodies and rituals, the artists reconstruct a mythological dynasty inspired by the transformative powers of immortal goddesses, their use of power, magic, and vengeance.
From unique mix media collages to artworks arising from in Read More
Discover the world of Mexican photographer Graciela Iturbide (b. 1942, Mexico City) which she presents in black and white – or as she describes it, as “an abstraction of the mind.”
Widely recognised for the poetry and introspection of her images, Graciela Iturbide captures her subjects with depth and sensitivity. Her photography offers a unique perspective Read More
Captured Earth presents works by artists who create works in photography and installation that use elements from nature to explore place, ecology, and the material and mystical qualities of the land. Depictions range from site-specific performances, including Tarrah Krajnak’s documentations of her nature-centered rituals using rocks and plant material. Other artists use natural elements to create Read More
A major UK survey of visual activist Zanele Muholi is on show at Tate Modern until January 2025. Zanele Muholi is one of the most acclaimed photographers working today, and their work has been exhibited all over the world. With over 260 photographs, this exhibition presents the full breadth of their career to date.
Muholi Read More
Bringing together around 100 works and documents from the collections of the Musée National d’Art Moderne and the Estate of Hannah Villiger foundation, this monographic exhibition dedicated to Swiss artist Hannah Villiger is the first of its kind in France. It pays homage to an artistic practice that oscillated between sculpture, photography and spatial architecture, Read More
Focused on the intricate dynamics of visibility and authority, Talking Back to Power proposes a reclamation of black visibility. C. Rose Smith’s evocative black and white self-portraits revolve around the white cotton shirt, staged at locations affiliated with the wealth generated from cotton plantations in the Southern United States of America.
During the 19th century, cotton Read More
Beyond Fashion showcases the work of acclaimed fashion photographers from around the world. The works demonstrate how fashion photography has moved past the simple presentation of product lines to reflect on the reality of our lives, to explore our aspirations and to push at the boundaries of creativity.
Including works by Maisie Cousins, Viviane Sassen, Elinor Read More
For over seven decades, Dorothy Bohm recorded the changing lives of women across the globe in her intimate, candid photographs. This centenary exhibition is the first to focus on Bohm’s warm, wry, and powerful depictions of womanhood.
Bohm came to the UK in 1939 as a child refugee escaping Nazism. She settled in Hampstead in the Read More
The exhibition Rebels is the first large scale retrospective of the iconic punk and hip-hop photographer Janette Beckman. With a photographic career stretching over four decades, she documented pivotal underground movements from the early stages of the punk and hip-hop scene to recent movements like Black Lives Matter. The exhibition sheds light on themes such as social Read More
Tate Britain presents Now You See Us: Women Artists in Britain 1520-1920. This ambitious group show charts women’s road to being recognised as professional artists, a 400-year journey which paved the way for future generations and established what it meant to be a woman in the British art world. The exhibition covers the period in Read More
The article was first published at Colin Pantall’s personal blog. With his permission we re-publish this article on our website as a tribute to Bertien van Manen, who should have been known more by all of us.
BERTIEN VAN MANEN
by Colin Pantall
Bertien van Manen who passed a way over the weekend is a name that Read More
Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), in partnership with Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM), announces today highlights of the 2024 WOPHA Congress—a groundbreaking photography conference, exhibition series, and creative convening, taking place across South Florida. The second edition of the Congress, titled “How Photography Teaches Us to Live Now,” presents the indelible contribution of women and Read More
In the wake of international debates on gender and identities and the general trend of exploring women’s creative work, the new exhibition-production by MOMus-Thessaloniki Museum of Photography HerStories. Photographic practices, 1974-2024 seeks to showcase the domestic photographic production of women, from the 1970s onwards. The exhibition will be hosted in the Thessaloniki Read More
Autograph’s current exhibition Wilfred Ukpong: Niger-Delta / Future-Cosmos is a visual meditation on the environmental crisis in the Niger Delta, demonstrating how artmaking can be used as a tool for social empowerment and to confront continued, aggressive colonial practices.
Drawing on the notion that the climate crisis is not equally distributed between all communities, join us Read More
In I’m Com’un Home In The Morn’un, photographer Elaine Constantine presents her dynamic and full-colour images that capture the northern soul scene of the 1990s, depicting the extreme aerobics and the unstoppable energy of twenty and thirty somethings.
In the early 1990s Elaine moved from Manchester to London for her photography career and had been commissioned Read More
The latest exhibition from We Feed The UK celebrates women-led initiatives producing nature-friendly food for Scotland. Scottish photographer Sophie Gerrard has studied two ground-breaking examples: Lauriston Farm , a 100-acre site near Edinburgh run by a majority-women workers cooperative as a local response to the lack of affordable, healthy food; and Nikki Yoxall of Grampian Graziers , using native cattle to restore the Read More
In the series Homesick, Ransom invited ten women and non-binary immigrants to share their stories and memories of homesickness in written form. They also provided a list of liquids that remind them of one of the places they have called home such as coffee, chicken broth, pisco sours, and kefir. She then soaked a roll Read More
In Middle of Somewhere, Joanne Coates presents a major body of new photography work building on themes around class, gender, inequality and the rural. Coates has been collaborating with participants to explore parallels between people and places, delving into questions around climate change, the cost of living crisis, disparities of wealth and the impact on Read More
In May 2024, Baltic will present the first major retrospective exhibition of feminist, activist, social documentary photographer Franki Raffles (1955–1994). Raffles documented the lives of women in the UK, predominantly in Scotland, and during travels with her family in the 1980s across the Soviet Union (Russia, Georgia and Ukraine), China, Zimbabwe, the Caribbean, Israel and Read More
Listen To My Scream, Hear Their Dreams
Maria Kapajeva
17.04.-11.05.2024
Draakon Gallery
Pikk 18, Tallinn, Estonia
Maria Kapajeva’s exhibition is profoundly influenced by Draakon Gallery’s location directly across from the Russian Embassy in Tallinn’s Old Town. Positioned in this manner, Kapajeva aims to foster a more nuanced dialogue regarding the ongoing war in Ukraine, which has led Read More
Livia Foldes questions how computers are taught to see and interpret bodies and identities. In her series NSFW Venus, she appropriates and alters images from a pornography-detection dataset to reflect on the parallels between colonial archives and machine learning datasets.
From phrenology to sexology, photographic archives and bodily measurement have played integral roles in constructions of race, gender, Read More
Uta Kögelsberger’s solo exhibition Forest Complex brings together a new multifaceted body of photographic, video, and sound works that observe the complex societal, political, and ecological entanglements surrounding the pressures Alpine forests have come under in the wake of the climate emergency. The works in this exhibition delve into the multiple ways in which humanity is responding Read More
‘Photography: the Universal Language’ is an open call juried exhibition by Foto Femme United (FFU) Paris and Musée de la Femme Marrakesh. The exhibition aims to amplify the voices of female and non-binary photographers based in or from to the Arab World MENA region (Algeria, Bahrain, Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Lebanon, Libya, Mauritania, Read More
The last decade has seen a clear shift in the operational frameworks for the production, dissemination and consumption of photographs in contemporary computerised societies. The representational apparatus of photography is being progressively converted into algorithmic and generative processes through computer automation, connectivity and algorithmic control.
Recent developments of AI systems and expanded technologies exponentially transform the Read More
Birth Rites Collection’s Summer School is a unique programme of lectures, workshops, seminars and one-to-one tutorials. Four intensive days will introduce you to the collection and facilitate a dialogue between you, your practice and the artworks. The course is led by artist & BRC Curator Helen Knowles and artist Dr. Leni Dothan.
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Stephen is auditioning to play himself in an inventive, cinematic and moving exploration of addiction and mental health.
Visual artist Melanie Manchot works with a recovery group in Liverpool, who take up roles in a semi-fictional film-within-a-film that explores addiction and mental health from multiple perspectives. It is centred around Stephen, a character recovering Read More
Marilyn Nance: The Women of FESTAC’77 offers a curated selection from Nance’s vast catalogue of photographs and archival materials that revisits the memory of the Second World Black and African Festival of Arts and Culture (FESTAC’77) from the perspectives of women artists in the American contingent. Objects from fellow participant Betye Saar’s archives are also Read More
Aria Dean: Abattoir, is the New York-based interdisciplinary artist’s first exhibition in the UK. The presentation includes two artworks related to the artist’s investigation of the foundational relationship between death and modernity on conceptual and material levels.
The ICA’s main gallery features Abattoir, U.S.A.!, an immersive film installation with 8-channel sound. Commissioned by the Renaissance Society Read More
What does it mean to be altered?
Like clothes are altered by a tailor to fit the wearer, so too are the records of history. Fragments of histories crafted, maintained for specific purposes, often silenced. The suppression of histories has shaped ideologies, social systems. The alteration of history has altered the fabric of society.
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The 2024 edition of the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize will feature work by the international shortlisted artists: VALIE EXPORT, Gauri Gill & Rajesh Vangad, Lebohang Kganye and Hrair Sarkissian, at The Photographers’ Gallery in London.
Now in its 28th year, the Prize has become renowned as one of the most important international awards for photographers, Read More
Gazelli Art House, an international art gallery based in Baku and London, and VarYox, a Baku-based art and media platform, will host a month-long festival focusing on female artistic practice. This first edition of the project, titled Her Art in Action, will showcase the theme The Feminine Gaze: Seeing Ourselves and Each Other. The festival Read More
In her sixth solo exhibition at the gallery, Dutch artist van Meene continues her exploration of female identity with 20 photographs made between 2016 and 2023. Many of her young subjects are on the cusp of adulthood and van Meene highlights both the psychological tension and confusion often experienced during these transitional years. Her unique Read More
Exteriors — Annie Ernaux and Photography celebrates the close relationship between photography and the writing of Annie Ernaux, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2022, through texts from her book Exteriors (Journal du dehors), 1993, and photographs from the MEP collection. The exhibition is the product of a residency conducted by the curator Read More
Discover works from Siân Davey’s The Garden in a free outdoor exhibition in the Soho Photography Quarter just outside the Gallery.
Starting in 2020, British photographer Siân Davey transformed her abandoned garden over three summers into a vibrant space, filled with wildflowers, birdsong and people.
Together with her son, Luke, Davey cultivated a space rooted in love. They researched native flowers Read More
Polly Braden: Leaving Ukraine is an intimate portrait of women, forced to leave their homes following the Russian invasion of Ukraine on 24 February 2022. In this new series of work we see the extraordinary journeys undertaken by mothers, daughters, teenagers and babies in arms.
Since the outbreak of the war in Ukraine, Polly Braden has used Read More
Photographers Francesca Woodman and Julia Margaret Cameron are two of the most influential women in the history of photography. They lived a century apart – Cameron working in the UK and Sri Lanka from the 1860s, and Woodman in America and Italy from the 1970s. Both women explored portraiture beyond its ability to record appearance – Read More
‘What is it That Will Last?’ offers an insight into the extraordinary work of Scottish land artist Julie Brook. Capturing the sculptures she creates in wild and inaccessible locations around the globe through film, photography and drawing, this exhibition explores Brook’s deep and immersive relationship with each landscape and the natural materials she uses.
To find Read More
The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is pleased to present Miyuki Okuyama’s first UK solo exhibition, Japan, outside Japan. The show will feature Okuyama’s two recent works, Dear Japanese: Children of War (2012-17) and Michinoku Homeward: Walking towards the Northeast (2021).
Dear Japanese: Children of War (2012-17) is a documentary made from her personal point of view as Read More
Affirming the value and survival of her ancestors’ indigenous knowledge, Mexican-British artist Mónica Alcázar-Duarte examines western society’s obsession with speed, expansion and resource accumulation at a time when ecological disaster looms. She raises critical questions – where does knowledge lie? Who and what is classified? – joining together the threads of dissociated knowledge systems.
The evocative Read More
Whitechapel Gallery presents the UK debut of Zineb Sedira’s critically acclaimed exhibition Dreams Have No Titles.
Originally conceived for the French Pavilion at the 59th Venice Biennale in 2022, Dreams Have No Titles is an immersive installation comprising film, sculpture, photography and performance, that interweaves the artist’s biography with activist films produced across France, Algeria and Read More
In the Now unites nearly fifty women artists who are resisting traditional ideas of gender and nationality, as well as of photography itself. The first museum survey of photography-based works by women artists born or based in Europe, this exhibition interrogates the continent’s legacies of nationalism and patriarchal power structures—which continue to shape everyday life, Read More
In a world where millions of pictures are taken each day, I still believe photographs can contain meaning; they can become evidence of things not seen or heard… if, as I believe, to photograph is a desire to know something deeply and beyond the surface, I must be quiet to see. And attending to something Read More
Environmental Futures III: South Florida Women Artists brings together master and emerging women and non-binary artists, highlighting the concepts of environmental ecology, social ecology, and mental ecology, as referenced by Felix Guattari’s book The Three Ecologies. Guattari’s contribution to ecology studies resides in what he calls the ecosophical perspective– Read More
The Richard Saltoun Gallery is hosting a talk by New Zealand-based art historian, Elizabeth Eastmond on Alexis Hunter, within the framework of the exhibition 10 Seconds at the gallery.
Two generations on from second-wave feminism, Elizabeth Eastmond’s focus is on shifting responses to Alexis Hunter’s work. Considering the significance of her background in an Aotearoa/New Zealand of Read More
In her second solo exhibition at Messums London, the Chinese-British photographer Yan Wang Preston presents new works that explore the complexities of cultural migration by restaging iconic artworks in different geopolitical and cultural contexts. The series includes the photographic and performative restaging of artworks such as ‘To Add a Metre to an Anonymous Mountain, 1995’, Read More
To celebrate the 30th anniversary of the AOP f22 group, and launched on International Women’s Day 2024, the group have published diptychs by 30 of its members showing a photograph they have produced alongside a behind-the-scenes image of the photographer at work.
The AOP f22 group was first created in the 1980s and then re-formed in Read More
While the Madonna and Child is one of the great subjects of European art, we rarely see art
about motherhood as a lived experience, in all its complexity. Acts of Creation: On Art and
Motherhood addresses this blind spot in art history, asserting the artist mother as an
important – if rarely visible – cultural figure.
Featuring the work Read More
Where history has often marginalised the female voice, Lumen reinstates it, not just as a mainstay of family and home but as an avatar of social conscience. Autograph presents the London premiere of Sutapa Biswas’ acclaimed film in a new solo exhibition.
Born in India and educated in the UK, Biswas’ art is underpinned by an Read More
Catherine Wang from USA with her image The Gap wins Sony World Photography Alpha Female Award.
Set up to empower female photographic talent and promote their work to an international audience, the Alpha Female Award aims to create a powerful platform and ensure the photographic industry is a space where both genders can excel.
The award stems Read More
How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway?
Have your sense of art history overturned, and your eyes opened to many art forms often overlooked or dismissed. From the Cornish coast to Manhattan, Nigeria to Japan, this Read More
Painful truths, surprising revelations and fresh perspectives on humanity’s complex relationships with the botanical world emerge from the exhibition Silent Archive.
International artists reveal RBGE’s archives in new ways, challenging us to discover hidden narratives and hear long-ignored voices that are preserved in our collections. Significant works that tell stories of scientific discoveries, colonial histories and Read More
Join Magnum photographer Bieke Depoorter for a workshop over 5 days in Tirana, Albania as part of the Inside>>Out program.
This in-person photography workshop is designed to offer you strategies on how to present a project through editing and sequencing and focus on telling intimate stories through visual storytelling. Whilst on the programme you will work Read More
What They Saw project, a touring exhibition accompanied by a publication and series of public programs, is a means to ignite interest in underexposed and undocumented photobooks by women made between 1843 and 1999 and to begin a process of filling in the gaps. The present show is organized in collaboration with 10×10 Photobooks, a Read More
The third Leipzig Photobook Festival is dedicated to the topic of “Protest”. The topic will be researched from different perspectives in exhibitions of historical and contemporary books, a panel discussion and short presentations.
In addition, there will be panel discussions, presentations, exhibitions, book presentations, portfolio reviews, a speed dating event and a get-together.
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The WOW – Women of the World Festival is coming to Bradford and Impressions Gallery are joining the Weekend Takeover on Saturday 2 March.
WOW – Women of the World is a global movement celebrating women and girls and taking a frank look at the obstacles they face. WOW’s first Girls Festival is travelling across Read More
Photography has long been associated with acts of resistance. It is used to document action, share ideas, inspire change, tell stories, gather evidence and fight against injustice.
This group exhibition at the SLG, organised in collaboration with the V&A, brings together works by international artists and collectives who are using the camera to challenge and move beyond traditional protest photography.
This urgent and political Read More
Photoworks Summit is the place for photographers, creatives and arts professionals to gather and explore ‘The Thing’ about photography; from festivals to photobooks and across creative and professional practices. Featuring two days of presentations, performances, round tables and practical sessions, Photoworks Summit is an opportunity to meet, exchange and collaborate.
To find out more and access Read More
‘…I set up the narrative sequences to work as advertising does, within a minimum of ten seconds.’ – Alexis Hunter
Richard Saltoun Gallery presents a solo exhibition of works by Alexis Hunter (1948-2014), a pivotal figure in the British Feminist Movement of the 1970s, marking the gallery’s representation of her estate. Curated by Natasha Hoare, Read More
Sewing Conflict: Photography, War and Embroidery is a new solo exhibition by documentary photographer and filmmaker Jenny Matthews, whose work deals with issues of dispossession and human rights, with a particular emphasis on the lives of women and girls. She has worked all over the world for NGOs and on editorial assignments, covering momentous Read More
The Russian war in Ukraine directly affects culture by destroying museums and heritage. How does contemporary art resist and reflect such cruelty? What happens to contemporary Ukrainian art when it is caught up in war, and when it experiences constant, systematic trauma?
In her Read More
Delve into the work of over 40 contemporary artists from across the gender spectrum.
Explore gender stereotypes, self-representation and shapeshifting through fashion in artworks made in the last ten years in a wide range of media, including painting, sculpture, photography and video.
Challenge your ideas around race, class, objectification, pleasure or desire. Discover strategies of resilience, empowerment, Read More
Breathing Space showcases the work of twenty-three women photographers from Iran and their diverse approaches to their craft. Exploring a range of photographic styles and genres, they record the past and present upheavals of their homeland as well as tackling subjects such as the nature of memory, the tension between tradition and modernity, and the Read More
Joy Gregory and the Whitechapel gallery win the eighth annual Freelands Award.
In autumn 2025, Whitechapel Gallery will stage Joy Gregory’s first monographic exhibition, surveying a four-decade practice that has influenced generations of younger artists. Almost 100 works spanning analogue and digital photography, video, film installation, performance and textiles will highlight Gregory’s contribution to the development Read More
Dawn Wolley’s #Rebel Selves installation is something between a stage set for an absurdist play, a hall of mirrors, and an exploded 3-dimensional photograph. Masks, garments, and props scatter the space, inviting visitors to play different characters and create queer selfies.
In the porch gallery space, Woolley will show a series of #Rebel self-portrait photographs. During Read More
The Bahia Art Museum hosts the Collective Exhibition of the 9th edition of the Pierre Verger National Photography Prize. Prizes worth R$30,000 were awarded to three photographic stories in the categories ‘Ancestry and Representation’, ‘Historical Questions’ and ‘Free Theme and Technique’. In the ‘Ancestry and Representation’ category, works were analysed that address ethnophotography as a Read More
Urban Space: Definition of Univocal and Plural explores the level of spatial structure and spatial expression, and uses photography, video, painting, etc., to reflect and connect the singular or complex meaning of space and express the attitude and standpoint from four artists’ works, in exploring human’s past, now and future on specific areas, to reflect Read More
Panel Discussion with Anna Fox and Aldeide Delgado: What are the current issues women face in photography today?
Guest speakers Professor Anna Fox from Fast Forward: Women in Photography and Aldeide Delgado from Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA) join us for a panel discussion moderated by workshop lead Elizabeth Ransom to uncover what the current issues women face in the Read More
Richard Saltoun Gallery is honoured to present Women’s Work is Never Done, curated by Catherine de Zegher, internationally acclaimed Belgian curator and art historian, celebrating some of the most important female artists from the Post-war era up to the present-day.
Titled after de Zegher’s anthology published in 2014, the exhibition features works by gallery artists BRACHA L. Read More
A new book display curated in collaboration with the Krasna-Krausz Foundation titled Witness/Memory/Recall is now open in the V&A Photography Centre. On view until May 2024, the display celebrates past winners and longlisted entries of the Kraszna-Krausz Book Awards.
Inaugurated in 1985, the award recognises outstanding books on photography and moving image, with an emphasis on Read More
Join us this winter as we continue our Conversations on Photography series to help create community and a forum for critical discussion of contemporary photography. Over this four-part series, artist and educator Elizabeth Ranson will introduce participants to contemporary issues facing women in photography today. With guest speakers from leading global organizations on women in Read More
Inspired by Arpita Shah’s Modern Muse series, a body of work that gives an insight into the perspectives of what it means to be a young British and Asian woman. The Centre for British Photography invites groundbreaking artists Chila Burman, Arpita Shah and Bindi Vora to discuss the concept of femininity within South Asian culture and Read More
This November, discover how trailblazing photography exhibitions toured 1970s Britain with the help of a humble laminating machine.
Four Corners’ latest exhibition tells the remarkable story of the Half Moon touring shows, revealing a little-known moment in British photographic history.
In 1976, photographers at East London’s Half Moon Gallery developed an innovative approach to exhibiting. Read More
The Photographers’ Gallery has partnered with Modern Films to present a screening of Tish, a film about documentary photographer Tish Murtha by Paul Sng.
Tish’s story is told via a series of intimate conversations conducted by Murtha’s daughter Ella, who has dedicated her life to establishing her mother’s remarkable legacy. Through the poignant memories of Murtha’s friends Read More
In cooperation with researchers from the Institute of Art History at the Ruhr University Bochum, the Josef Albers Museum Quadrat Bottrop is showing a group exhibition exploring the historical as well as current questions in artistic discourses on care work.
The works presented in Cooking Cleaning Caring: Care Work in the Arts since 1960 bring together Read More
Soft Power celebrates the art of Birmingham-based artist Su Richardson (b. 1947) and presents a wide array of work made at different stages of the artist’s fifty-year career. Richardson’s soft sculptures embrace and subvert the medium of crochet, traditionally considered ‘women’s work’. Her beautifully crafted objects revalidate textiles and craft-making as a fine art form.
Richardson Read More
Re/Sisters is a major group exhibition exploring the relationship between gender and ecology, highlighting the systemic links between the oppression of women and the degradation of the planet.
Featuring around 50 international women and gender non-conforming artists, RE/SISTERS is a new exhibition featuring work from emerging and established artists across the fields of photography and film.
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The title ‘Hexed, Vexed & Sexed’ points to the vexed freedom of women artists in the world today. It reclaims the Hex as a discipline of feminine intellect and politics, capable of transforming social circumstances from the inside out.
The Hex stands for irrepressible women’s power, often vilified as unreasonable, childish, or animal, but producing profound Read More
Lee Miller, photographer, surrealist, model, war correspondent, writer, traveller and cook lived her many lives with passion and audacity. These lives are all reflected in her dress and style.
This exhibition examines Lee Miller’s life and work through her clothing beginning in Paris in the late 1920s and ending in Sussex in the mid-1950s. It includes Read More
Making Her Mark: A History of Women Artists in Europe, 1400-1800
October 1, 2023 — January 7, 2024
For centuries, women artists in Europe were considered rare and less talented than their male counterparts. Women who achieved professional artistic careers were deemed anomalous or exceptional, while those who engaged in creative pursuits in the home were dismissed Read More
Floodlit Room – Women’s Photographic Practice in Croatia
One exhibition in two locations, curated by Sandra Križić Roban
Nikola Tesla Technical Museum: 24.10.-3.12.2023
The Ethnographical Museum, Zagreb: 26.10-25.11.2023
In the history of Croatian photography, the women’s photographic gaze was generally not considered challenging, and there was a prevailing belief that women Read More
WOMEN, PHOTOGRAPHY, CONFLICT
Fast Forward: Women in Photography – Conference 4
16-17 November 2023
Nikola Tesla Technical Museum, Zagreb, Croatia
We are happy to announce that the conference, which originally was planned to take place in Tbilisi (Georgia), will happen in Zagreb (Croatia) at Nikola Tesla Technical Museum in partnership with the Institute of Read More
Liz Wells, a writer, curator, and lecturer on photographic practices, is Professor Emeritus in Photographic Culture, Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Business, at the University of Plymouth, UK and remains active in the Faculty’s international Environmental Arts research networks. Her research in photographic culture focuses on land, landscape, place, and environment, as well as on Read More
A special symposium hosted in collaboration with the V&A celebrating ‘Sorry I Gave Birth I Disappeared But Now I’m Back’ Andi Gáldi Vinkó, (Trolley Books) winner of the 2023 Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award.
Kraszna-Krausz Book Award Symposium 2023: Perspectives on Motherhood
16:00 – 19:30, Tuesday 14 November 2023
V&A, South Kensington, London SW7 Read More
Next Wednesday / 18 OCT MPF are holding an evening of short talks on photography and issues of displacement and the refugee experience. Speakers are Amak Mahmoodian, Frankie Mills, Adiam Yemane, Liz Hingley and Aida Silvestri. Complimentary nibbles and drinks provided.
THE SIM PROJECT WORKSHOPS
MEMORIES IN MOTION
‘As a migrant, I don’t really have roots, I have Read More
CONGRATULATIONS TO FAST FORWARD FRIENDS IN THE SHOW – THIS IS WONDERFUL! – THE FIRST OF ITS KIND – THINGS ARE LOOKING UP!
This exhibition is the first of its kind – a major survey of feminist art by over 100 women artists working in the UK. It explores how networks of women used radical ideas Read More
The next MPF exhibition launched 28 SEPT bringing together for the first time the work of two photographers, Adrian Tyler and Jill Quigley.
Adrian Tyler presents Dust to Dust and Jill Quigley presents Cottages of Quigley’s Point, each exploring uninhabited homes and the objects scattered within them.
‘In this exhibition, two photographers carefully explore and engage with rural domestic ruins – more specifically, Read More
New work by photographer Jenny Matthews open
at Farleys House and Gallery in Chiddingly BN8 6HW
For over 40 years Jenny Matthew’s documentary photography has concentrated on the effects of conflict on women and communities. Since 2020 she has been making photo quilts/hangings with edits of her photos, which have been printed onto cotton linen.
Some images have Read More
How can artists create space in their work to reflect on colonial pasts? Join Mónica de Miranda and Professor Mark Sealy in conversation, and the launch of a limited edition book and print of de Miranda’s work The Island – a rare opportunity acquire work by the artist for only £100.
AUTOGRAPH, LONDON
TUESDAY 3 OCTOBER 6:30PM
Since 2018, Nepal Picture Library has been collecting photographs and other archival materials with the objective of creating an open visual repository of feminist experiences in Nepal. The Public Life of Women, originally curated as an exhibition, showcases selections from this archive. Put together from contributions made by over 150 individuals and organisations, this photobook Read More
IMAGO LISBOA Photo Festival & Sociedade Nacional de Belas Artes are pleased to invite you to the exhibition Rethinking Identity from Lois Cid, Lara Jacinto and Maria Gruzdeva in the scope of the54th Edition of the IMAGO LISBOA Photo Festival, at Galeria Pintor Fernando de Azevedo in SNBA.
Beyond the view: Helen Sear in conversation with Eugenie Shinkle
September 21st, 2023
6-8pm, free entry (booking is essential, go to the direct link)
Centre for British Photography
49 Jermyn Street
London SW1Y 6LX
Introducing the first in our series of Fast Forward: In Conversations created in collaboration with the Centre for British Photography in London. The series will be run from Autumn Read More
Coming soon – great new book
By carefully conceptualising the domestic in relation to the self and the photographic, this book offers a unique contribution to both photography theory and criticism, and life-narrative studies. Jane Simon brings together two critical practices into a new conversation, arguing that artists who harness domestic photography can advance a more Read More
Women Photographers in the West Coast Camera Club Environment Lecture
Wednesday, August 30th, 6:00 p.m.
at Cascadia Art Museum
190 Sunset Ave. S., #E • Edmonds, WA 98020, USA
At the turn of the century, as camera clubs were springing up across the country, the San Francisco-based California Camera Club was not only the largest Read More
Women | Photography, a newsletter edited by author Malavika Karlekar which foregrounds the role of women as visual chroniclers and creative artists, broadening the established canons of lens-based histories within and outside the subcontinent.
In this edition, researcher Senani Dehigolla narrates a personal account of her experience of the mass uprising on 9 July 2022 which took place on the streets of Read More
The Florida State University Museum of Fine Arts is honored to present Women at War, curated by Monika Fabijanska and on loan from the Fridman Gallery (NYC), on view from July 13 to October 28, 2023.
Women at War features works by a selection of the leading contemporary women artists working in Ukraine, and provides context for the current Read More
Trish Morrissey: Autofictions – Twenty years of photography and film
15 July to 14 October 2023
Free entry
It is the first major survey of work by Trish Morrissey in the UK. The exhibition brings together photographs and films spanning over twenty years of the artist’s career and will be the UK premiere of several bodies of work, Read More
The workshop, designed to span approximately 1.5 to 2 hours, will begin with Dawn Woolley’s brief talk and introduction to her #RebelSelves installation, currently on show at Diskurs gallery. This interactive workshop empowers attendees to express themselves artistically, fostering self-exploration and creativity at different levels. Woolley will invite particpants to develop characters using masks and Read More
12-18 June 2023, open daily 12 – 6pm
Private View 14 June, 6 – 9pm
With Reflections Olga Karlovac presents a visual journal of her inner worlds as a series of experimental self-portraits alongside timeless and nameless landscapes.
Karlovac’s work occupies a space in between: figuration and abstraction; shadow and light; recollection and the here and now. Using Read More
Epitaph
Amy Hannah
Date: 23 June – 21 July
Location: University of Atypical
Times: 11:00am – 5:30pm | Tues – Fri
‘Epitaph’ is an exhibition exploring the process of mourning ‘coming-of-age’ experiences, friendships and opportunities never experienced by the artist. Through the use of photography Amy Hannah relates, an autobiographical portrait of a life where Read More
Principled & Revolutionary: Northern Ireland’s Peace Women
Hannah Starkey
Dates: 7 April – 10 September
Location: Ulster Museum, Belfast
Times: 10:00am – 5:00pm | Tue – Sun
This year marks 25 years since the Good Friday/Belfast Agreement. On this occasion, Belfast Photo Festival presents a newly commissioned body of work by renowned photographer Hannah Starkey Read More
Helen Sear: Composites presents three large-scale composite works that emphasise the indivisibility of the human and the natural worlds. In the lightbox Caetera Fumus, a rapeseed field is pierced by arrows inspired by a painting of Saint Sebastian by Mantegna, and in the extraordinary multi-panel glasswork, Cold Frame, Sear presents a cold frame at the Read More
2023 Peter Turner Memorial Lecture & Symposium:
Stories from ‘Through Shaded Glass’ by Lissa Mitchell, and current photo practice by women.
Lecture
Thursday 8 June
7pm (doors open 6.45pm)
FREE ENTRY: Please register to reserve a seat
Location: Soundings Theatre, Te Papa Tongarewa
Lissa Mitchell – Curator historical and documentary photography, Te Papa Tongarewa
Through Shaded Glass: The publication of Through Shaded Glass Read More
An exploration of the life and career of Yevonde, the pioneering London photographer who spearheaded the use of colour photography in the 1930s.
Yevonde: Life and Colour tells the story of a woman who gained freedom through photography – as she experimented with her medium and blazed a new trail for portrait photographers. The exhibition features portraits Read More
Light-Struck at Lacock: Photo artist Ellen Carey brings new work to Britain’s birthplace of photography
• Renowned photographer opens new exhibition at Lacock’s Fox Talbot Museum
• Artwork created in response to Lacock’s photographic history displayed for first time
• Artist Ellen Carey named in Royal Photographic Society’s ‘Hundred Heroines’ list in 2019
Light-Struck by Ellen Carey opens as Read More
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Open Eye Gallery is proud to be a commissioned organisation for EuroFestival, which will take over Liverpool in the lead up to The Eurovision Song Contest.
Working together with Ukrainian curators Viktoria Bavykina and Max Gorbatskyi (Ukrainian.Photographies) and partner organisations in Liverpool City Region, Open Eye Gallery will produce exhibitions, Read More
The DYNAMO photography programme is the result of these 6 months of work in the darkroom and working as a company.
WHY DYNAMO? A dynamo requires very little power to start and progressively produces an enormous quantity of unstoppable energy. UNSTOPPABLE
A dynamo is a vector of transformation that converts mechanical energy to electric energy. TRANSFORMATION VECTOR
Theder
April 6 – June 4, 2023
Opening Reception: April 14, 2023 from 7:00 pm – 9:00 pm
Visible Mending with Patches: April 15, 2023 11:00 am – 1:00 pm FREE Family Workshop. Registration Required.
The often invisible work of caregiving is constant and undervalued. Tether explores narratives of motherhood and correlated Read More
The Dynamo Photo Program at Lakeside Darkroom comprises an open exhibition by its members and related events. Members have been asked to select three images that they have created at LKSD Darkroom that represent them, their work or their interests so visitors can better get to know the people that use the darkroom.
Lakeside Read More
Outside, looking in, is a group exhibition celebrating the fundamental role women have played in the evolution of abstract art. The title is lifted from the writings of British artist Shelagh Wakely, inspired by the notion of questioning set divisions and hierarchies and examining how female abstractionists have historically pushed the boundaries of abstraction, despite being eclipsed Read More
Weighting Time is a survey exhibition across two venues Sunderland Museum & Winter Gardens (1 April – 3 June) and Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art (6 May – 3 September) exploring 30 years of work by British artist Fiona Crisp.
From the subterranean world of dark-matter laboratories to the midnight sun of the Norwegian mountains in Read More
The two exhibitions on view, Shannon Bool 1:1, and Refracting Histories, both explore history of art and architecture through reframing and reinterpreting dominant narratives. Shannon Bool’s work looks to the history of modernism to reveal connections between architecture, consumer culture, and feminist concerns. Bool’s photo based tapestries, photograms, and sculptures probe the history of modernist Read More
Zabludowicz Collection is delighted to host the Procreate Project Mother Art Prize. For its 4th edition, this open call group exhibition features 21 artists selected from 630 entries from 36 countries.
The Mother Art Prize aims to promote and support artists who are mothers/parents, as well as to drive the attention of the wider public to Read More
Marianne Hirsch will be talking about Mischling 1/My name is Sara on March 29th, at Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee.
Marianne Hirsch is the William Peterfield Trent Professor of English and Comparative Literature at Columbia University and Professor in the Centre for the Study of Sexuality.
She is the author of ‘School Pictures in Liquid Time: Reframing Difference’ (2019), Read More
In collaboration with the Alkazi Foundation for the Arts, this one-day symposium explores present modes of inquiry related to the ‘place’ South Asia, and the ‘idea’ of subcontinental identity as engaged through practice.
With reputed specialists from art production, curation and publishing, these talks question the complex, intersectional dimensions of arts practices in “South Asia” – Read More
Artists Anna Maria Nabirye and Annie Saunders remove the boundaries between process and artwork as they bring together social practice, visual art and performance for their Up in Arms project, produced by Artsadmin and commissioned by the De La Warr Pavilion.
During the lead up to the exhibition opening, local residents of Hastings and Rother can join free social practice sessions facilitated by Nabirye Read More
TJ Boulting is delighted to present a group show of performance and photography, where the artist is present in both. The title comes from the 1963 series by Carolee Schneemann Eye Body: 36 Transformative Actions for Camera where the artist looked at the idea of being both the image and image-maker, seeing and being Read More
Playing with wildfires is a video and photography exhibition that animates lived experiences of wildfire in Bolivia. It stems from an international research collaboration utilising Augusto Boal’s celebrated models of the Theatre of the Oppressed and Forum Theatre to generate community-based dialogue and response to complex conflicts sparked by wildfires in Bolivia’s Chiquitania. This region Read More
KER is a photographic project investigating healing and resilience among female survivors of domestic violence through therapeutic storytelling and experimental photography. Domestic abuse is a cause very dear to Flochel’s heart because it is her personal story, just like it is for 1 in 3 women globally (WHO, 2021).
This project was born out of a Read More
This exhibition is an artistic experiment: presenting a research process as an installation. What can you do and what would you do with a random collection of photographs? The exhibition was commissioned by Estonian Art Museum Kumu for a project space at the permanent exhibition Landscapes of Identity: Estonian Art 1700-1945, curated by Linda Kaljundi Read More
Funded by the Arts and Humanities Research Council (AHRC) and sponsored by the University of Glasgow and Newcastle University, Playing with Wildfire is an action-research project which deployed methods drawn from Brazilian playwright Augusto Boal’s Theatre of the Oppressed to generate community-based dialogue and response to the complex cultural, political and environmental conflicts precipitated by wildfires in Read More
An emblematic figure of contemporary photography, Karen Knorr belongs to a generation of artists who questioned the nature of photography, no longer considering it as a pure expression of reality, but as a fabricated image.
This exhibition will be an opportunity to rediscover historical works including examples from Gentlemen (1981-83), Country Life (1983-85), Connoisseurs (1986-1990), Academies (1994-2005) Read More
What does risk mean to us? The exhibition #RISK deals with major socio-political issues such as revolutions, armed conflicts, migration and climate change and also sheds light on personal concerns that leads people to step out of their comfort zone, cross borders and break with everyday life. The seven selected photographic positions illustrate that these Read More
Born and raised in Shanghai, China, Pixy Liao is an artist who currently resides in Brooklyn, NY. Liao has participated in exhibitions internationally, including at the Fotografiska, Rencontres d’Arles in Arles, Asia Society, and the National Gallery of Australia.
She is a recipient of the NYFA Fellowship in photography, Santo Foundation Individual Artist Awards, Madame Read More
It was difficult to select the books for this exhibition, but in the end I concentrated on books that I feel part of my experience on one side, and on books that are specifically related to environment, family or violence, in a broader sense, on the other side, as these are the themes discussed with Read More
So much is in midair. The daredevil dive from the bridge into the municipal river. A backyard trampoline jump executed with a kid sibling on the shoulders. A skate trick. A trio of grapefruits in the split second before they crash to the floor. A balloon. A BMX rider appearing to soar over the heads Read More
This is the first UK showing of this new exhibition by award-winning Azerbaijani photographer Rena Effendi, and brings together two related bodies of work made over the last ten years.
Chernobyl: Still Life in the Zone is a moving portrait of the lives of elderly women in the Ukraine’s notorious Zone, the restricted area around Reactor 4 Read More
Works by
Heather McDonough
Sacha Lehrfreund
Mara Bodis-Wollner
Newington Green Meeting House
39A Newington Green
London N16 9PR
Exhibition Launch • Wednesday 8 March 2023. 7:00–9:00 p.m.
Exhibition on view Friday 3 March–Sunday 2 April 2023
Thursdays/Fridays 12:00–6:00 p.m.
(Saturday & Sunday by appointment)
Photographic Night Walk • Friday 10 March. 6:00–8:00 p.m.
Walk and photograph with the artists (bring Read More
CENTRE FOR BRITISH PHOTOGRAPHY
March 22, 6-8pm
Free, but limited tickets available
A Fast Forward Women in Photography & University of Creative Arts event
PANEL DISCUSSION WITH CURATOR: ANNA FOX AND EXHIBITING ARTISTS: HALEY CAFIERO-MORRIS, JOY GREGORY, TRISH MORRISSEY AND MARYAM WAHID.
On March 22nd Headstrong artists: Haley Cafiero-Morris, Joy Gregory, Trish Morrissey and Maryam Wahid will be taking part in a panel discussion chaired Read More
From February 16th, Le Bal presents the first solo exhibition in Franc dedicated to the Polish artist Joanna Piotrowska. Her work has been highlighted at the last Venice Biennale and she was the recipient of the Lewis Baltz Research Fund (2018) initiated by Le Bal. For the past ten years, she is developing a visual Read More
Photographer Corina Gertz’s ‘averted portraits’ focus on the textures, colors, fabrics and details of the costumes of the Opera and Ballet on the Rhine. The photographs, along with the costumes depicted, will be shown for the first time in the exhibition Costume X Fashion: Costumes as Inspiration for Art and Fashion at the Düsseldorf Theater Museum.
To Read More
The RPS International Photography Exhibition returns with its 164th edition showcasing powerful stories and documenting important themes, through the powerful medium of photography. The world’s longest running contemporary photography exhibition will open at RPS Gallery, Bristol in January 2023.
The RPS International Photography Exhibition 164 explores themes of identity, cultural heritage, sexuality and gender, mental health, Read More
Curated by Maria-Thalia Caras, the central exhibition of the 8th Thessaloniki Biennial of Contemporary Art aims to think critically about co-existence and collaborative practices as creative tools for handling the multiple crises that we face. Thinking through being as communion, 28 artists via their respective practices touch on various forms of more than human collaborations, Read More
The Royal Photographic Society’s Women in Photography Group has announced the finalists of the inaugural Woman Science Photographer of the Year competition at an awards ceremony hosted by the Royal Photographic Society in Bristol ahead of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science on 11 February, as initiated by the UN General Assembly.
The Read More
The Score (You and I Both Know) is a new exhibition exploring the impact of war on populations living in the aftermath of conflict.
The free exhibition forms part of Conflict and Injury, a research project from the Department of War Studies investigating how war inflicts injuries on individuals, communities and their lived environments. Read More
Zaibunnisa, an Urdu word meaning ‘the beauty of women’ refers to Maryam Wahid’s Mother’s birth name prior to emigrating from Pakistan to the UK in 1982 for an arranged marriage.
The photographs tell the story of Wahid and her mother’s journey to Lahore in 2019; Wahid’s first-ever visit to Pakistan and her mother’s first visit in Read More
How can art be a catalyst for social change? During her 12-month residency with the University of Salford Art Collection, socially-engaged photographer Gwen Riley Jones worked closely with Salford Youth Council to explore art, creativity, and positive social action.
Click here to learn more about Gwen Riley Jones’ time as Socially Engaged Read More
In February 2023, Belfast Exposed presents an exhibition of new work by the socially engaged artist Anthony Luvera, She / Her / Hers / Herself.
The culmination of a five-year collaboration between Luvera and a participant named Sarah Wilson, She / Her / Hers / Herselfexplores one individual’s experience as they navigate their transgender identity. The Read More
In the 1980s, Touchstones was known as Rochdale Art Gallery. Its daring and innovative approach to exhibition and education programming positioned it on the national map.
Led by Exhibition Officer, Jill Morgan, the focus on exhibiting artists engaged in critical and socio-political practice gave a platform to those who were not being offered the opportunity to Read More
Redeye’s Climate Aware Photography course and certification is available to book now!
We believe Climate Aware Photography (CAP) is the first course of its kind. It is open to photographers of any genre, experience and background. This is a space for you to learn more about the effects of climate change worldwide, discuss photography’s impact on Read More
Photography and Memory is a collaboration between the City Art Centre Edinburgh, Edinburgh Napier University School of Arts and Creative Industries, and The Glasgow School of Art (GSA).
“Photography is the medium opening a window to a concentrated, captured memory. Such memory is evoked by an artist in an aesthetic condensation of the situation experienced.” (Walter Read More
Nominated in Best Documentary Film category at the 2023 Oscars, All the Beauty and the Bloodshed is an epic story about artist and activist Nan Goldin, told through her groundbreaking photography and rare footage of her fight to hold the Sackler family accountable for the overdose crisis.
The film interweaves Goldin’s past and present, the deeply Read More
WOMEN AT WAR
Artists: Yevgenia Belorusets, Oksana Chepelyk, Olia Fedorova, Alena Grom,
Zhanna Kadyrova, Alevtina Kakhidze, Dana Kavelina, Lesia Khomenko,
Vlada Ralko, Anna Scherbyna, Kateryna Yermolaeva,
and Alla Horska (1929-1970)
Curated by Monika Fabijanska
12.01. – 21.03.2023
Women at War features works by leading contemporary women artists working in Ukraine, and provides context for the current war. Several works in the exhibition Read More
Hapax are pleased to announce the six recipients of the artist and curatorial commissions to make new work for the fourth issue, to be published early in Summer 2023.
Following a call-out for submissions of interest, the editors have selected four artists and two curators who will create new photographic projects or curated sections for publication Read More
Part of the latest project from Fast Forward Women in Photography, Putting Ourselves in the Picture centres the lived experience of those working to build a home in the UK
In 2016, Vicky fled Uganda. “I moved because my life was no good there, here I have a chance to have a good Read More
In partnership with the V&A’s Parasol Foundation Women in Photography Project, Photoworks are excited to announce the first UK exhibition of Laia Abril’s, A History of Misogyny, Chapter two: On Rape and Institutional Failure, at the Copeland Gallery in Peckham, London.
A visual history of misogyny spanning over 2000 years—focusing on the pervasion of rape in societies around the world—is Read More
14 AND 15 NOV Justine Kurland will deliver 2 one-day workshops of photography and collage at Martin Parr Foundation in Bristol, exploring her initiative – The Society for Cutting Up Men’s Books
This workshop follows her recent photobook – SCUMB MANIFESTO, published by MACK, 2022. This publication has just been shortlisted for the Aperture 2022 photobook Read More
Joint exhibitions in Glasgow and Edinburgh to showcase the photographic talent of recent graduates from across Scotland
FUTUREPROOF returns for its 14th year, celebrating some of the incredible photographic work emerging from the BA Photography and Fine Art degrees shows of the colleges, universities, and art schools across Scotland. Exhibitions take place in both Edinburgh and Read More
The platform is an experimental forum: 4 days of conversations with personalities from the world of art and photography.
THURSDAY 10 NOVEMBER
ELLES X PARIS PHOTO
This program benefits from Women In Motion, a Kering program that shines a light on the talent of women in the fields of arts and culture.
Conversations organised and presented by Federica Chiocchetti, Read More
For too long, artists have been told that they can’t have both motherhood and a successful career. In this polemical volume, critic and campaigner Hettie Judah argues that a paradigm shift is needed within the art world to take account of the needs of artist mothers (and other parents: artist fathers, parents who don’t identify Read More
Open your eyes to a new worldview with 100 photographs from women and nonbinary visual storytellers.
85% of the world’s photojournalists are men. That means that an overwhelming percentage of our visual historical record has been seen through men’s eyes. To counter this serious ethical problem, Women Photograph flips that bias on its head to show Read More
An international photography award from British Journal of Photography, Female in Focus was established to champion the work of exceptional women photographers from across the globe and directly combat gender inequality in the photography industry. Globally, 70-80% of photography students are women, yet they account for only 13-15% of professional photographers, and that must change. Read More
Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation
Another Way of Knowing
Edited by Lesly Deschler Canossi and Zoraida Lopez-Diago
Black Matrilineage, Photography, and Representation: Another Way of Knowing questions how the Black female body, specifically the Black maternal body, navigates interlocking structures that place a false narrative on her body and that of her maternal ancestors. Read More
Dr. Dawn Woolley will be in conversation with Dr. Jacki Willson to discuss some of the themes and ideas in the book.
Leeds Arts University Postgraduate Hub, Leeds Arts University, LS2 9AQ.
21st October 2022, 17:30 – 19:00
Free entry. Refreshments will be provided.
https://www.bloomsbury.com/uk/consuming-the-body-9781350225299/
Dawn Woolley is an artist and research fellow at Leeds Read More
Celebrating Women Artists
Artist Reception: October 13 from 5 – 8pm
Schack Art Center is celebrating young women and nonbinary artists in this 40 Under 40 Exhibition, showcasing emerging young artists from around the Puget Sound.
Participating Artists
Mahllie Beck, Adia Bobo, Brooke Borcherding, Colleen RJC Bratton, Alison Bremner, Mackenzie Colby, Lee Davignon, Mallory Donahue, Claire Dong, Taylor Hudson, Read More
This ground-breaking exhibition presents the work of fourteen pioneering women photographers and filmmakers working in Scotland during the early 20th century. The women are Violet Banks (1886-1985), Helen Biggar (1909-1953), Christina Broom (1862-1939), M.E.M. Donaldson (1876-1958), Dr Beatrice Garvie (1872-1959), Jenny Gilbertson (1902-1990), Isobel F Grant (1887–1983), Ruby Grierson (1904-1940), Marion Grierson (1907-1998), Isobel Wylie Read More
Jerwood Arts and Photoworks present new commissions by Heather Agyepong and Joanne Coates, awardees of the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards 4.
Now in its fourth edition, the Jerwood/Photoworks Awards are a major commissioning opportunity supporting early-career artists working with photography to make new work and significantly develop their practice. The awardees were selected from over 370 applications to a Read More
Hannah Starkey
20 October 2022 – 30 April 2023
The Hepworth Wakefield will present the first major survey of British photographer Hannah Starkey, tracing the development of her work across two decades.
Throughout her career, Starkey’s meticulously choreographed photographs have determinedly engaged with how women are represented in contemporary culture, an issue which is now centre stage.
Starkey Read More
WOMEN ON THE MOVE
EASTERN EUROPE BETWEEN TRADITION AND ACTION
September 9, 2022 — November 6, 2022
With works by: Maria Kapajeva, Natalia Kepesz, Justyna Mielnikiewicz, Oksana Parafeniuk, Alicja Rogalska, Violetta Savchits, Elena Subach, Agata Szymanska-Medina, Tatsiana Tkachova
Femen in Ukraine, Pussy Riot in Russia, the 2020 women’s marches in Belarus and the fights against the abortion paragraph in Poland: something is happening in Eastern Read More
Brazil’s National Arts Foundation is pleased to invite to the exhibition OPEN FIRE, by Marilene Ribeiro, which has been awarded the Funarte Marc Ferrez Photography Prize.
Focusing on fires that happen within the Brazilian territory, the majority of them criminal, OPEN FIRE incorporates the violence of the recent acts against natural and cultural heritage and Read More
In collaboration with Mira Matic and Kateryna Snizhko, Looiersgracht 60 is pleased to present the group exhibition, Svitlo. This exhibition brings together the work of 12 artists, including Nettie Edwards (UK), Cristina Fontsare (ES), Liz Harrington (UK), Poppy Lekner (NZ), Ky Lewis (UK), Anna Luk (UK), Sonia Mangiapane (AU/NL), Emilie Poiret-Brown (UK), Megan Ringrose (UK), Read More
Fifty years ago, in January 1971, Linda Nochlin’s essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? was published in the American journal ARTnews. Few art historians have been as influential, prolific, and radical as Nochlin. Between 1960 and 2017, she wrote seventeen books and numerous articles examining the social history of women in the arts Read More
WomenTalkPlace are delighted to welcome Jini Reddy to launch the programme for the Talking Place Symposium.
Talking Place will take place over three days – an online day on Friday 2 September, and a two day symposium at The International Anthony Burgess Foundation on Friday 9 and Saturday 10 September. This evening they will reveal the Read More
A soft gaze at intimacy is an online community that reaches out to real life made of paper and connections; it’s a place to be, a place to sit quietly and a way to get in touch with the vulnerability and history of each person, of each artist. A publication that fuses power with fragility, Read More
Daughters of the Soil is the culmination of twelve months research by documentary photographer Joanne Coates into the role of women in agriculture in Northumberland and the Scottish Borders.
The work was produced during a residency with Maltings and Newcastle University’s Centre for Rural Economy (CRE) and Institute for Creative Arts Practice, which enabled the artist to Read More
Fast Forward has established a significance within the world of photography for highlighting the work of women photographers and for questioning the way that the established canons have been formed. By showcasing the best of emerging and established photography we have started an important discussion and network that will be on going and diverse.
Fast Forward Read More
In 2019 and 2020 Fast Forward created an annual list of the photobooks by women, which were recommended by various international experts. We aimed to bring more attention to some names and some titles, which deserve to be on the spotlight.
For 2020 we have asked to contribute: Rahaab Allana (Curator, Alkazi Foundation for the Arts), Read More
Together at Last retraces the artistic journey of Natasha Caruana. By drawing from her personal archives or the intricacies of the internet, the English visual artist determines how each stage of her life as a woman works. Driven by the perpetual questioning of her status as a wife and young mother, Natasha Caruana considers her Read More
Four Corners are delighted to present their major exhibition, Photographing Protest: Resistance Through a Feminist Lens, which showcases striking images by photographers from across generations, who have used their cameras to support political struggle and social change in Britain from 1968 to today.
The exhibition centres the voices and perspectives of women and nonbinary photographers, and Read More
What happens when feminist and queer care ethics are put into curating practice? What happens when the notion of care based on the politics of relatedness, interdependence, reciprocity, and response-ability informs the practices of curating? Delivered through critical theoretical essays, practice-informed case studies, and manifestos, the essays in this book offer insights from diverse contexts Read More
Sundaram Tagore is pleased to present an exhibition of work by eight pioneering women whose paintings, installations and photography reimagine spaces both real and symbolic. From an immersive large-scale light installation that transforms the surrounding environment to vibrant photographic imagery of staged narratives, this work challenges norms. Exhibiting artists include: Anila Quayyum Agha, Miya Ando, Read More
The Jean-Cocteau Cultural Center invites the Franco-Bosnian artist Maja Bajevic (Sarajevo, 1967) to present Echos, her first personal exhibition in a French public institution. Internationally renowned artist, Maja Bajevic took refuge in Paris during the Yugoslav conflict in the early 1990s. This ordeal animated in her a deep reflection on the political construction of identities Read More
In this exhibition guest curator, the artist NAGASHIMA Yurie, looks at works (including her own) produced by ten artists whose careers began in the 1990s, and offers fresh interpretations of these works from a feminist viewpoint.
Nagashima has been producing photographic work and writing since her own art-scene debut in 1993, all the while harbouring doubts Read More
The São Paulo Pinacoteca, Museum of the Secretariat of Culture and Creative Economy of the State of São Paulo, celebrates the 35-year career of Rosângela Rennó (Belo Horizonte, 1962) with a panoramic exhibition that brings together around 130 works between 1987 and 2021. The Little Image Ecology exhibition presents the main arguments that the artist Read More
This report, commissioned annually by Freelands Foundation, evidences the sixth consecutive year of data on the representation of women artists in Britain. This year, it also includes additional evidences that help to further understand the way that gender, ethnicity and socio-economic factors intersect and impact on the career outcomes for artists.
The annual reports starting from Read More
Eruptions marks Indian transmedia artist and activist Poulomi Basu’s (b.1983, Calcutta) first major international solo exhibition, which will show at SIDE from 30th October 2021 – February 6th 2022. The immersive installation of VR, film and photography will showcase the development of Basu’s participatory practice between 2009 and 2021. Shown together for the first time, Read More
Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective showcases the endless innovation and profound influence of this remarkable photographer who pushed the boundaries for both women in the arts and photography as an art form. Nearly 200 of Cunningham’s insightful portraits, elegant flower and plant studies, poignant street pictures, and ground breaking nudes present a singular vision developed over Read More
Natasha Caruana (b. UK, 1983) is no longer an unknown in France. Winner of the BMW Artist in Residence Award in 2014, she has nevertheless not gotten the exposure that she deserves. For fifteen years, the British artist has been fictionally creating scenarios that recount personal relationships, the complexity of positions in a heterosexual couple. Read More
The gallery is pleased to announce its third exhibition with the artist, featuring a new series of photographs.
Self Circuits is a series of sculptural photographic works representing transformative, almost mythological experiences. These are binary unions of biological systems, as opposed to cyborgian bodies. Self Circuits are naturally instinctive and exist in the wild. It is Read More
FloodZone is an exhibition of an expansive and ongoing photographic series by Anastasia Samoylova, responding to the environmental changes in coastal cities of South Florida. By playing self-consciously with the familiar motifs and palette of the region, the photographs work as complex allegories. There are aerial photographs of the saturated topography; portraits of locals; and Read More
This exhibition explores photography and fashion through the work of three acclaimed multidisciplinary women artists: Barbara Hulanicki, Tamary Kudita, and Bunny Yeager.
Born in Poland, but raised in England, Barbara Hulanicki OBE is a renowned British fashion icon, having been awarded an OBE for Services to Fashion in the 2012 Queen’s New Year Honors. Hulanicki began Read More
The Fuentes Angarita Collection (FAC) presents the group exhibition Past and Present of the Body: 16 Voices of Contemporary Photography. The show explores the diversity of readings and ideas about the body, taking into account the works of both prominent and emerging women photographers. Curator Pietro Daprano asserts “For some people, their body is a Read More
WOPHA, in collaboration with 1854 Media and British Journal of Photography, presents the winners of the Female in Focus award, launched in 2019 in response to the staggering gender imbalance in photography. The exhibition will take place in Miami for the first time at the new Green Space Miami and in UK later this year. Read More
Belfast Exposed presents a solo photographic exhibition that showcases new works by Belfast Exposed Futures Artist, Manon Ouimet, ‘My Name is Maya ’. Ouimet’s series tracks her conversion to Judaism with her images reflecting her journey from spiritual desire to belong, through a calendar year of richly-grounding festivals, traditions and food.
The Belfast Exposed Futures Awards Read More
Meşher
İstanbul, Türkiye
October 9, 2021–March 27, 2022
I-You-They: A Century of Artist Women features a selection of works by artist women who lived and worked in Turkey between roughly the 1850s and the 1950s. Realized under the patronage of Çiğdem Simavi and curated by Deniz Artun, the exhibition derives its name from one of Şükran Aziz’s exhibited Read More
Black women in Britain lift as they climb and have continued to do so for decades with minimal recognition or praise. Their fierce commitment to the collective care of their communities is sometimes to their own detriment. As our carers, educators, writers, activists, labourers and friends – who are susceptible to incomparable racial and sexual Read More
BOP – Books on Photography – is an annual festival bringing together a wide-ranging group of photobook publishers, booksellers and photographers from across Europe. This year BOP is in collaboration with Bristol Photo Festival, and will be held across Martin Parr Foundation, the Royal Photographic Society and the Paintworks Event Space, Bristol.
The festival provides an Read More
“If Paris is France, then Coney Island, between June and September, is the world.”
—George Tilyou, 1886
Despite the incessant predictions of its demise, Coney Island continues to attract visitors of all races, social classes and ethnicities, who, seeking respite from their quotidian stresses and routines, come together and inject the veins of “America’s Playground” with its Read More
Concrete Feathers and Porcelain Tacks is a new film and installation project from artist, Helen Cammock.
Continuing a practice which harnesses film, photography, print, text, song and performance to explore social histories and interrogate mainstream historical narratives, Cammock brings together residents and community groups of Rochdale, Greater Manchester to articulate both individual and collective experiences as Read More
SEXISM AT DANISH UNIVERSITIES – THE ACADEMIC #METOO MOVEMENT
Friday October 2nd, 2020, a mail with an open invitation to sign the petition ’Sexism at Danish Universities’ went out from a group of 16 initiators to the entire Danish Academic sector.
The petition arose from a deep personal and professional desire to cast light on the prevalent Read More
The Photographers’ Gallery presents a retrospective spanning fifty years of work by the landmark American street photographer, Helen Levitt (1913–2009).
Taking place over two floors of the Gallery, this retrospective of more than 130 works will survey the full breadth of Levitt’s rich photographic practice, charting her journey from street reportage to documentary filmmaker and pioneer Read More
James Cohan is pleased to present A Time to Play: New Scenes from Acts of Appearance, an exhibition by Gauri Gill, opening October 7, 2021 at 52 Walker Street. This is Gill’s first solo exhibition with James Cohan and inaugurates the gallery’s new Tribeca space. The gallery will host a masked reception on Thursday, October Read More
Dead water by the photographer Marilene Ribeiro is the winning project of the last call for Discoveries PHotoESPAÑA. Year after year, PHotoESPAÑA selects the best portfolio from among all those that are presented to the viewings; the award consists of an individual exhibition during the next edition of the festival. On this occasion, Casa de Read More
Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)
November 18 – 19, 2021
WOPHA and PAMM announce the participation of 50 internationally-recognized artists, curators, scholars, and educators from around the world alongside 40 worldwide collectives and organizations of women and non-binary photographers in the WOPHA Congress, the first two-day public convening of its kind.
Titled Women, Photography, and Feminisms, the Read More
The Photo Oxford 2021 festival will run from 15 October to 15 November 2021 in venues and public spaces across Oxford and online. The majority of the prgramme is free of charge.
The fourth Photo Oxford festival continues the theme Women and Photography: Ways of Seeing and Being Seen, to complete and expand on the 2020 festival, which was Read More
HATCHED2021
photooxford.org festival
15/10-15/11 2021
WOMEN: WAYS OF SEEING AND BEING SEEN
OVADA, Oxford
04 to 06/11/2021
HATCHED is a creative platform promoting and sharing work addressing women’s issues and
experiences that range from ‘The personal is political’ to Human Rights. HATCHED was set up in
2016 by Maga Esberg and has been part of the Oxford International Women’s Festival since then.
2020-2021 has Read More
Re-Assembling Motherhood(s) invites the reader to learn about and from Maternal Fantasies ́ feminist research and collective artistic practice on motherhood(s), care work and representation in the arts.
Composed of seven interdisciplinary artists / mothers and ten children, Maternal Fantasies takes the social invisibility of the maternal experience as a point of departure to produce films, Read More
SOLIDARITY
The 2021 programme is created in response to the waves of protest and public demonstration that the world witnessed during the lockdowns of 2020. Exhibitions and live events programmed especially for the festival will give a voice to the urgent global issues of our time through the work of artists responding to the Black Read More
Retrospective exhibition unveiling decades of archive photography by US born photographer Marilyn Stafford to tour the UK 2021-2022
The first ever retrospective exhibition of US photographer, Marilyn Stafford (b.1925), launches this year, encompassing the most comprehensive display of the photographer’s work to date. Works come from an international archive spanning four decades, and include Read More
September 2-3, 2021
Conference organising committee: Barbara Borčić, Sandra Križić Roban, Marika Kuźmicz Lana Lovrenčić, Andra Silapētere
Organisers: Arton Foundation, Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art- LCCA Riga, Center for Contemporary Arts – SCCA-Ljubljana & Office for Photography, Zagreb
Official language of the conference: ENG, the conference will be translated to Polish and will be held in Warsaw time.
We would Read More
Non-suicidal self-injury (NSSI) is intentional harm towards a person’s self without the intention of death. It can be a physical way to express emotions that feel limited by language or to alleviate the tension of withholding intense feelings. Through Solomons’ practical research, she highlights the need for interpersonal compassion towards individuals who feel isolated with Read More
In the attempt to shape further conversations on the devastating events taking place in Afghanistan, the ICA presents a curated selection of outstanding contemporary works by female filmmakers from and on Afghanistan.
Afghanistan’s long-lasting cultural effervescence has been heavily undermined by the recent foreign policies of major western governments and by the Taliban’s consequent gain of Read More
Maureen Paley is pleased to present the sixth solo exhibition by Sarah Jones and her first in the gallery’s new location at 60 Three Colts Lane.
The new work by Sarah Jones builds upon her distinct photographic language that dissolves the hazy glare of day into the weight of a photographic night, condensing a recognizable sense Read More
Experiments in the Wonder World of Photography ‘What is a 21st Century photograph?’ — ‘What does it look like?’
Ellen Carey, American Experimental photographer asks these questions about her own work, following inquiries to women photographers worldwide in an open call put forth by Hundred Heroines in 2020.
“Light’s immateriality challenges its makers today, analogue versus digital Read More
Conversation: An-My Lê and Shahzia Sikander
Thursday, July 22, 6 p.m.
Presented virtually on Zoom
Join exhibiting artists An-My Lê and Shahzia Sikander for a conversation about their artistic practices and Much Unseen is Also Here.
If you require special accommodations for this event, please contact mocp@colum.edu.
For more details please follow the direct link.
Women Photographers International Archive (WOPHA), and Pérez Art Museum Miami (PAMM) announce highlights of the inaugural WOPHA Congress. Titled Women, Photography, and Feminisms, this first international convening of its kind invites women photography organizations and artists around the world to an in-person and online space for dialogue, celebration, and critical debate about women’s contributions to modern and contemporary Read More
In the framework of the Generation Equality Forum, the non-profit organisation AWARE : Archives of Women Artists, Research and Exhibitions teamed up with the designer matali crasset to imagine a documentary exhibition on the recognition of 20th-century women and the main actions taken to highlight their work in the history of art: « Be AWARE. Read More
In the world that Martine Gutierrez photographs, she exists as the cynosure of global desire. The artist’s self-produced (and wholly independent) art publication, Indigenous Woman (2018), places variations of her image and body at the center of countless mise-en-scène, as she disrupts, subverts, and reappropriates the rarified space of cisgendered identity and whiteness—no longer unquestioned Read More
Much Unseen is Also Here, an initiative of Toward Common Cause, brings together the works of two major artists who both consider the theater of the landscape, monumentality, cultural history, and representation.
Probing monuments and identity, An-My Lê and Shahzia Sikander explore history’s embeddedness in our present. Lê’s Silent General (2015 – ongoing) presents large-scale views Read More
“I have always loved visiting the homes of others, not so much to see how people lived their daily lives, but in order to try and understand them better, and in my turn feel accepted by them, becoming part of their lives.”
Involved in this narrative there are people who are part of italian society’s collective Read More
Stills is delighted to present Move, a collaboration between Stills’ Creative Learning team, Works 4 Women and lead artist Morwenna Kearsley. Move is open from 24th June – 10th July 2021.
About Move
Exploring representations of women, culture, and ethnicity in the media, Move looks to expose unseen power dynamics between men and women in both public Read More
SEEDS OF EMPIRE is a series of exhibition projects by the artist Joy Gregory and composer Philip Miller. The work combines still and moving image, drawing, text, objects, sound to create an immersive installation. Emerging from Gregory’s extensive research on the slave trade and colonial histories in Jamaica, the work looks at documentation of slavery Read More
The New Woman of the 1920s was a powerful expression of modernity, a global phenomenon that embodied an ideal of female empowerment based on real women making revolutionary changes in life and art. Featuring more than 120 photographers from over 20 countries, this ground breaking exhibition explores the work of the diverse “new” women who Read More
An exhibition devoted to the life and work of Claudia Andujar and her collaboration with the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous peoples, who she has spent her life documenting and defending.
Over 200 photographs, an audio-visual installation and a series of drawings by the Yanomami are brought together for the exhibition. They reflect the dual Read More
“Rania Matar’s captivating photographs of young women around the world capture the transitory beauty of adolescence.” —Katie White, Artnet
As a Lebanese-born American artist and mother, Rania Matar’s cross-cultural experiences inform her art. She has dedicated her work to exploring issues of personal and collective identity through photographs of female adolescence and womanhood—both in the United Read More
This exhibition is part of the Official Section of the PHotoESPAÑA 2021 Festival.
Human intervention on nature and the effects on the individual are the central axis of this winning project of Discoveries PHotoESPAÑA 2020.
Agua Muerta is a joint project between the protagonists of the images – anonymously affected by civil works in regions of Brazil Read More
This Photo Cafe curated by artist Elisa Moris Vai will gather contemporary photographers for whom History is a substrate for creation.
Why and how do they address specific parts of History will be the focus of the evening. From research to the choice of mediums, from ethics to representation, travelling across personal and collective narratives, this Read More
The Kraszna-Krausz Photography Book Award has been jointly awarded to artists Sunil Gupta for Sunil Gupta: From Here To Eternity and Maria Kapajeva for Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear. Both Sunil Gupta and Maria Kapajeva are part of the Fast Forward team.
Marie-Hélène Gutberlet and Brigitta Kuster win the Moving Image Book Award for Read More
IN PROGRESS is a new show commissioned by the RPS consisting of five solo exhibitions of both new work and work-in-progress, by five of the most innovative photographers and photo-based artists working today. The exhibition explores a wide range of issues – including personal history, cultural identity, nationality, community, migration, displacement, memory, responsibility, morality, belief Read More
Artists Heather Agyepong, Jessa Fairbrother, and Lua Ribeira have collaborated with Bristol Museum and Art Gallery. In a series of separate interventions, the artists’ own work will be displayed alongside and interspersed with the Museum’s collections to encourage new dialogues around the works.
Memorialization in the Age of Forgetting | Heather Agyepong
Heather Agyepong utilises her own Read More
Drawn from one of the most comprehensive collections of Jo Spence’s works in the world, From Fairy Tales to Phototherapy focuses on the intersection between arts, health and wellbeing, celebrating her work as a photo therapist in which she used photography as a medium to address personal trauma, reflecting on key moments in her past.
Arnolfini Read More
Unique and kaleidoscopic collection of feminist visual and literary art
The idea that women are dangerous – individually or collectively – runs throughout history and across cultures. Behind this label lies a significant set of questions about the dynamics, conflicts, identities and power relations with which women live today.
The Art of Being Dangerous offers many different Read More
Tensed Muscles is a collaboration between photographic artist Steffi Klenz and rappers Boss B & Brownsilla. Through imagery and music, they explore the relationship between the architectural promise of modernist living; of equality and opportunity, and the reality of living in Maiden Lane, Camden in the 40 years since the estate’s inception.
Steffi Klenz is preoccupied Read More
‘The Decisive Moment’ is what occurs when the visual and psychological elements of people briefly meet in perfect resonance, expressing the essence of that situation. ‘The Decisive Moment’ also happens as the photographer decides to raise their camera, compose the frame and press the button… click. Each photographer follows a different path, each has their Read More
The Foundation is delighted to announce the long and shortlists for the 2021 Photography and Moving Image Book Awards, chosen from over 180 submissions. The books in the running address global issues related to gender, identity, history, social injustices, community and memory.
Ranging from untold stories of contemporary society, to innovative thinking about the future of Read More
The New Art Gallery Walsall is delighted to present the Living Memory Project’s, The Black Country. This exhibition marks the culmination of a four-year engagement with residents of Dudley, Sandwell, Walsall and Wolverhampton in order to record, archive and celebrate everyday life stories and personal photographic collections.
To talk on record, to tell our life’s story, and Read More
This new issue of photography+ takes a closer look at the practice of three women artists – Mónica Alcázar-Duarte, Lucia Pizzani, Xaviera Simmons – all of whom have been working towards exhibitions or making new bodies of work during lockdown.
We hear from Mónica Alcázar-Duarte, describing in her own words the motivations and connections which weave Read More
The How To Self Publish a Photobook Workshop is a great opportunity for people interested in publishing their own photography book to discover insider secrets. Workshop participants will be given all the necessary tools and insight that they will need to start self-publishing right away.
The course covers a variety of contemporary publishing models, from the Read More
Stories have been told to us from a masculine perspective for so long that we need alternative storytelling ! With this ambition, Gaze, the magazine of female perspectives, was born in 2020. Through intimate storytelling, immersive reporting and a ton of photography, it’s an inclusive platform for the female gaze both in text and Read More
In total, 395 photobooks from 44 countries were sent in to the 2020 KASSEL DUMMY AWARD. The shortlist selection resulted in 47 photobooks.
Winners of the 10th KASSEL DUMMY AWARD 2020. Tofu-Knife by Kohei Kawatani (JP) / Rato, Tesoura, Pistola by Pedro Guimarães (PT) / The Land of Promises by Youqine Lefèvre (BE) / SPECIAL MENTION
SOKOHI Read More
Impressions Gallery online photo bookshop is now open! Take a look at the specially curated selection of self-published, signed and rare photobooks, and be inspired this springtime with the highlighted publications on nature and the outdoors.
Due to socially distanced working, Impressions Gallery will be shipping orders less frequently, with packing and posting taking place on Read More
Good News: The Routledge Companion to Photography and Visual Culture is now available in Chinese!
Thanks to the great work of He Yining, Liu Zhangbolong, and Wei Ran, this book, which was published originally in 2018, was translated into Chinese and published by Posts & Telecom Press. The book comprises a range of essays and interviews Read More
In celebration of International Women’s Day, Photo London are delighted to present their magazine’s special issue dedicated to Helen Sear. Her practice focuses on the co-existence of human, animal, and natural environments and is rooted in an interest in Magic Realism, Surrealism and Conceptual Art.
In 2015, Sear was the first woman to represent Wales at Read More
Gain insight to the research and work of artist Angélica Dass
In a creative practice that constructs archives of personal narratives around race, gender, parenthood, Angélica Dass combines photography and activism to expose ongoing social injustices. In this new public talk, which also celebrates the publication of The Colors We Share (Aperture, 2021), the artist challenges Read More
Aperture Foundation, in collaboration with Prestel Publishing, is pleased to present a conversation between leading street photographers Melissa O’Shaughnessy and Gulnara Samoilova, moderated by Aperture senior editor Denise Wolff. Traditionally a male-dominated field, street photography is increasingly becoming the domain of women. In this discussion, they’ll celebrate two publications featuring the work of women in Read More
Autograph presents:
“Join us for an evening exploring what health, healing and liberation practices look like for Black women and non-binary people in the context of late capitalism.
Writer, healing arts practitioner and community organiser Omikemi will perform an excerpt from their collection of spoken word portraits and monologues in an audio-visual collaboration Read More
Cultural Council for Palm Beach County presents a special conversation on photography and feminism by 2021 Biennial curator Aldeide Delgado with artists Katie Prock and Ates Isildak. Delgado will offer insights about the Biennial concept and her curatorial vision through this compelling event, while the artists will respond to questions about their practice and recent accomplishments.
May 22, 2021
2:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Cultural Read More
New book Queer Formalism: The Return by William J. Simmons is the first installment in the Critic’s Essay Series published by Floating Opera Press. Comprising long-form essays, this series gives voice to critics who offer thought-provoking ways in which to subvert or replace normative modes of discussing culture.
Queer Formalism: The Return expands upon William J. Simmons’s Read More
Women’s role in industry and technology-based work in post-war Europe is a hitherto untold story, and audiovisual archives have tended to focus on male-orientated ‘heavy industries’ such as coal, iron and steel, or large scale engineering sectors such as shipbuilding, construction, aerospace and car manufacturing. Yet women continue to play a key role in many Read More
Higher Pictures Generation presents an exhibition of new photographic collages by Justine Kurland. This is the artist’s second presentation with the gallery.
In 1967 the radical feminist and writer Valerie Solanas sold copies of her newly authored SCUM Manifesto on the streets of New York’s Greenwich Village, charging $1 ($2 if the buyer was a man). Read More
Bristol Photo Festival is a new and innovative festival that celebrates the power and diversity of photography. They commission and produce national, international solo and group exhibitions in a biannual festival across the city of Bristol. They also run an ongoing national and international programme of talks, events, workshops and training through a partnership model Read More
Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear is a multi-layered and multi-disciplinary story of the relationships between collective and personal memories by looking at the community surrounding a textile mill in Narva, Estonia, now closed, of which Kapajeva’s family was a part. The story of one small community is set in the larger context of post-industrial cities worldwide, Read More
Kanike are quite excited to collaborate with Aravani Art Project to bring to you a photo based exhibition by the members of The Aravani Art Project – Kathegala Kanive (Valley of Stories). Over the last few months the members of Aravani art project have been learning to narrate their stories using photography and cyanotypes guided Read More
The 2021 Contemporary Artists’ Books Conference (CABC) will focus on “The Temperature of Art Book Criticism and Scholarship.” As the scale of participation in and range of approaches to artists’ books and publishing have blossomed in recent years, now is a key time to develop new critical tools for assessing artists’ books and their broader Read More
Join Loretta J. Ross, Visiting Associate Professor of the Study of Women & Gender at Smith College, for a special guest presentation on the history of BIPOC reproductive justice and oppression. Professor Ross will share a selection of photographs from the Sophia Smith Collection of Women’s History, as part of a residency and collaboration between Read More
Reproductive: Health, Fertility, Agency explores the psychological, physical, and emotional realities people encounter in the years leading up to, during, and after fertility. The exhibition features eight artists who consider a range of topics including birth, miscarriage, pleasure, the lack of access to abortion, trauma, and the loss of fertility. The term “reproductive” is twofold. Read More
Linda Nochlin’s landmark 1971 essay Why Have There Been No Great Women Artists? heralded the dawn of a feminist history of art, daring to dismantle basic assumptions that centred a male-coded artistic ‘genius’. In 2021, Nochlin’s message remains as urgent as ever, and today Thames and Hudson publish the 50th anniversary edition of her text-turned-rallying-cry, Read More
2020 was a weird year, to say the least. But, if anything, it truly showed how powerful people can be when they come together to support something they love. Like most people, Rianne Picture’s grand plans were impacted by the pandemic. At first, they were distraught that they had to give up the lovely Read More
Description about the book written by Indu Antony:
This is my ഓർമ പെട്ടി. (Orma Petti translates as ‘memory box’ in Malayalam).
This ഓർമ പെട്ടി offers a tiny window into who I am.
The pandemic of 2020 and the lockdown that followed threw me, with a million others, into uncharted territories. However the feeling of isolation was particularly heightened Read More
Curative Things is a collaborative symposium organised by Thing Power Research Group (LAU), Thinking Through Things (Northern Network for Medical Humanities Research, supported by Wellcome Trust), and Fashion Research Network.
This symposium focuses on objects at the intersections between art and fashion, health and medicine. Examples might include clothing, prostheses and other wearables: things that have Read More
Women in the Dark: Female Photographers in the United States, 1850–1900
By Katherine Manthorne.
Schiffer
Manthorne (California Mexicana), an art history professor at CUNY, provides a revealing portrait of early forgotten women commercial photographers in this graceful and thoughtful illustrated history. Filled with rare examples of the women’s art, the book provides short biographies of the photographers along Read More
Arnolfini, Bristol’s international centre of contemporary arts, has announced their revised Winter 2020/2021 exhibition programme, post lockdown, as part of a focus on health and wellbeing.
From 4 December through to 21 February 2021, Arnolfini present a major retrospective of the work of photographer Jo Spence (1934 – 1992), drawn from The Hyman Collection, which is Read More
Fairy Tales and Photography, or, Another look at Cinderella, a facsimile of Jo Spence’s ambitious BA thesis will be published in full for the first time. Written in 1982 by Spence, a cultural worker and photographer, this landmark thesis aimed to untangle interconnected gender and class oppressions in historic fairy tales. Spence asks ‘How do Read More
Women and Photography in Africa
Creative Practices and Feminist Challenges
Edited By Darren Newbury, Lorena Rizzo, Kylie Thomas
Copyright Year 2021
This collection explores women’s multifaceted historical and contemporary involvement in photography in Africa.
The book offers new ways of thinking about the history of photography, exploring through case studies the complex and historically specific articulations of gender and photography on Read More
Annual report ‘Representation of Female Artists in Britain’ by Dr Kate McMillan
This report, commissioned annually by the Freelands Foundation, evidences the fifth consecutive year of data on the representation of female artists in the UK. This year it includes 36 additional evidences that help to further understand the role that gender plays in the career Read More
une histoire mondiale des femmes photographes
Luce Lebart Marie Robert
Une fabuleuse somme collective, un livre manifeste, un ouvrage de référence
Cet ouvrage illustré par 450 images, présente les œuvres de 300 femmes photographes du monde entier, de l’invention du médium jusqu’à l’aube du xxie siècle. Rares sont celles dont les noms sont parvenus jusqu’à nous, disparaissant du Read More
Photofile series by Thames & Hudson
Author: Clara Bouveresse
Women Photographers: Pioneers (1851-1936)
A compact survey of pioneering women photographers at the dawn of the medium.
When women began working as photographers in the second half of the 19th century, the rules of the medium had not yet been codified and experimentation was the order of the day. As Read More
Latvian National Museum of Art
14.11.20 – 24.01.21
From 14 November 2020 to 24 January 2021, the exhibition “I Remember, Therefore I Am. Unwritten Stories: Women Artists’ Archives” organized by the Latvian Centre for Contemporary Art will be on display in the 4th floor exhibition halls of the Latvian National Museum of Art. The exhibition will bring Read More
For six years (2014-2020) Tel Aviv-based photographer and artist Iris Hassid followed the day to day life of four young Palestinian women, citizens of Israel, who are part of a recent surge of the young generation of Arab female students attending Tel Aviv University.
Engaging in spontaneous, pleasurable, and often thought-provoking conversations, Iris Hassid photographed Samar (a fresh Read More
This exhibition examines social gatherings—connecting individuals and communities.
With the new rule of (6) photographers explore their own archive looking back at a time of gatherings, clubs and protests.
Celebrating the archive, from the 1980s to present, with photographers and artists
Exhibitors include—Josie Barnes, Alex Brattel, Roz Cran, Stuart Griffiths, Sharon Haward, Amanda Jobson, Ian O’Leary, Wai Ho Read More
In 1912 Ernest Jones, a student of Jung published a paper about the lustful fixation of humans towards salt. The salted paper technique was created in the mid-1830s by English scientist and inventor Henry Fox Talbot. The artists at Kanike have been obsessively working with this medium and would love for you to experience the Read More
Why are middle-aged women invisible? Maria Kapajeva’s solo exhibition When the World Blows Up, I Hope to Go Down Dancing will be on display at Art Hall Gallery from 17 September. The artist addresses the social pressures that accompany women throughout their lives and looks for ways to confront them. The curator of the Read More
“Photography is the art of fixing a shadow” said William Henry Fox Talbot (1800-1877), the inventor of photography on paper, to which the Estensi Galleries dedicate, from 12 September 2020 to 10 January 2021, “L imprint of reality. William Henry Fox Talbot. At the origins of photography “. This is the first major Italian retrospective Read More
Four Corners are delighted to announce the Another Eye conference, celebrating the contribution of women refugee photographers who came to Britain after 1933. Presentations will cover these photographers’ work across portraiture, reportage, social documentary and architectural photography, and how the European cultural approaches that they brought with them informed British visual culture. In particular the Read More
As the train departs from Zürich HB, where the iconic Mondaine railway clock hangs above the platform, the passengers are about to enter a world that will awaken their senses and leave them with visual experiences they won’t easily forget. The southbound journey to Lausanne, a city more than 200 kilometers from Zürich, is characterized Read More
Following on from our regular face to face research symposiums in which we share ongoing practice, this is a 2- part online event that will take place on 17th and 24th September 2020 6-7.30pm. Registration is free but you will need to book a place to receive the Zoom links for the sessions. The links Read More
DECOLONISING THE GAZE : ONLINE SYMPOSIUM
Arpita Shah, Maryam Wahid, Nilupa Yasmin & Caroline Molloy
10th September
6pm – 8pm
£3 (plus booking fee)
This online event follows on from GRAIN and The New Art Gallery Walsall’s collaboration on the exhibition ‘Too Rich A Soil’ which opened on the 15th November 2019 and closed early due to lockdown. The exhibition presented new Read More
Judith Butler presents a lecture and live Q&A chaired by Amia Srinivasan that draws on her new book, which shows how an ethic of nonviolence must be connected to a broader political struggle for social equality.
The Force of Nonviolence argues that nonviolence is often misunderstood as a passive practice that emanates from a calm region Read More
A discussion session with scholar and editor of Burn it Down! Feminist Manifestos for the Revolution, Breanne Fahs and writer Lola Olufemi, focussing on selected manifestos in this landmark collection spanning four generations of feminist activism and writing. Burn It Down! is a window on historical feminist thought, providing a prompt to consider contemporary activisms.
Manifestos Read More
James Hyman Gallery presents an online exhibition of largely unseen photographs by Shirley Baker selected from the British photographer’s Estate.
The exhibition, which goes live from 22 June to 24 July via the Gallery’s website, includes Baker’s rare colour work as well as a selection of iconic black and white images.
Focusing on Shirley Baker’s celebrated street Read More
SUNDAY, JUNE 7
10:00 A.M. – 11:30 A.M. (ET)
[The discussion will also livestream on the Focus on the Story Facebook page]
Cost: Free
In isolation, collective action through body solidarity never looked so good. Intertwined bodies locked in resistance, fists raised, feet on the ground – these images push against Read More
The Paranapiacaba Photography Festival (São Paulo, Brazil) will be officially launched this Wednesday, 06/05, where João Kulcsár will interview visual artist Marilene Ribeiro on the subject “Photography and Socio-environmental Issues” this Wed, 06/05, 22h (BST)
You can access the talk through the live stream via the Festival Instagram account HERE
or by following the direct link.
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n.paradoxa’s MOOCs online
A new advanced course on feminist art manifestos.
Reading and discussing these manifestos provides a means to explore feminism in relation to contemporary art.
There are 6 lessons in this course.
This course is based upon Feminist-Art-Manifestos: an Anthology, edited by Katy Deepwell, and published by KT press in 2014. A free copy of Read More
How To Online Masterclasses give you access to some of the world’s leading photography-industry professionals who will draw on their own work and long experience to explore theoretical and practical issues related to image, book and exhibition making.
Each Masterclass will be an opportunity to go behind the scenes and learn how these experts work – Read More
In 2019, the Guildhall Art Gallery appointed Hannah Starkey as Guildhall Artist-in-Residence. The residency aimed to support an artist in the development of new work created in and about the Square Mile. The theme for the inaugural residency was ‘Celebrating City Women’.
For over twenty years Starkey has dedicated her photographic practise to the representation of Read More
On the occasion of Women’s History Month, the Museum of Art & Photography in collaboration with the Bangalore International Centre is hosting a special edition of its lecture series called ‘Women in Art & Culture’ by four Indian women prominent in their respective fields.
Thursday, 5 March 2020
Pushpamala N.: Chronicles of the Phantom Lady: Humour, wit Read More
Velvet Black – Notes is Fleur Olby’s first solo show combining her series ‘Velvet Black’ and ‘Notes’.
Velvet Black is a present-day ode to Victorian plant shows, with black velvet backdrops and their cultivation of indoor-outdoor window theatres. The series started as a photographic notebook of planting a garden, and is resonant of a flower press, Read More
Amak Mahmoodian’s Zanjir (Translation: “chain”) presents a body of photographs that cross great distances – reaching through history to bring the earliest images of Iranian photography into the present, across oceans to invite Mahmoodian’s family and friends; and across the border between life and death.
In 2004, Mahmoodian visited the Golestan museum and undertook an archival Read More
Free Female in Focus E-Guide
Female is Focus is the global award celebrating female-identifying photographic talent
From 1854 Media, the Female in Focus e-guide celebrates exceptional work of women photographers around the world whilst drawing on a multitude of leading industry voices to explore how, together, we can push for gender equality in the photography industry.
The Female Read More
Migrant Mother, Migrant Gender
Sally Stein
published by MACK
“I contend that in close comparison with Marian icons, the reason why this photograph continues to command attention is that it is not so simple or familiar a variant of the holy family imagery as it first appears.”
Sally Stein reconsiders Dorothea Lange’s iconic portrait of maternity and modern Read More
In recognition of International Women’s Day, Richard Saltoun will be screening Helen Chadwick’s Domestic Sanitation, a performance which took place in Brighton in 1976.
In The Latex Glamour Rodeo, five women in grotesque rubber costumes act out bizarre beauty rituals in a kind of beauty salon. The performance is without sound, but a radio show can Read More
Since the beginning of her career in the 1970s, Annegret SOLTAU has championed an experimental approach to art, challenging the conventional notions of representation through performance, photography and collage. While the focus of Soltau’s work never ventures far from the female body and its bodily processes, often incorporating images of herself, at the heart of Read More
Talk: Doris Derby
March 6, 2020, 18.30
Join the American civil rights photographer for this special talk
Known for her work during the Mississippi Civil Rights Movement, this is a unique opportunity to hear from activist and documentary photographer Dr Doris Derby. Derby is widely recognised for her explorations of Black history and culture, producing thousands of photographs documenting Read More
Recycling, borrowing, stealing, shamelessly ripping off… artists scavenge. They remix. They find new pathways, links and meanings. They plunder from past or present to create debate. In ‘steal this essay’ Heidi Zuckerman Jacobson poses the question: ‘What imagery is so pervasive that claims of ownership seem facile? And are artists in their ability and need Read More
Our Plastic Ocean, by international award-winning photographer Mandy Barker, addresses the current global crisis of marine plastic pollution. Barker collects debris from shorelines across the world and transforms them into powerful and captivating images. The exhibition, which is traveling from Impressions Gallery where it was conceived, is the first major touring retrospective of her work.
At Read More
Quinn is an installation by photographer, artist and writer Lottie Davies.
It is the fictional story of a young man, William Henry Quinn, who walks from the south west of England to the far north of Scotland in post-Second World War Britain. Although fictional, the work responds to the real-world experiences of young men and women Read More
The role of photography and film has often been relegated to that of illustration, yet its uses – as a visual record, in scientific research, education and travelogues – have been varied and at times ingenious.
From experimentation with technologies in extreme environments (telephoto lenses, glass plate negatives, flashlight photography, chrono-photography, photomicrography, cinematography) to the practices Read More
This Women’s History Month, Four Corners celebrate some remarkable women who escaped Nazi persecution and helped to transform Britain’s photography scene.
During the 1930s, more than 80,000 refugees came to Britain from Nazi-dominated Europe. Amongst those escaping anti-Semitic and political persecution were a surprising number of women photographers. Often established practitioners, these women brought fresh, modernist Read More
Established in 1981 and situated in its iconic building in Brixton’s Windrush Square since 2014, Black Cultural Archives (BCA) is the only national repository of Black history and culture in the UK.
The unparalleled and growing archive collection offers insight into the history of people of African and Caribbean descent in Britain. BCA recognises the importance Read More
TJ Boulting is delighted to present their first solo show with American artist Haley Morris-Cafiero. Part performer, part artist, part provocateur, part spectator, for this latest series ‘The Bully Pulpit’ Haley played cyber bullies at their own game. After being trolled about her appearance when her previous project ‘The Watchers’ went viral, she went about Read More
Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum (TPMM) is delighted to announce that on Wednesday, February 12, 19:00 we will host a public presentation of the projects that have been produced by 7 South Caucasian women photographers – grantees of the program TPMM Multimedia Production Lab Grant 2019.
Among 7 photographers Read More
SERIES AND BOOK LAUNCH: Photography, Place, Environment (Bloomsbury Academic Publishing) presents Coal Cultures by Derrick Price, and Landscapes Between Then and Now by Nicola Brandt.
Photography, Place, Environment publishes original scholarship and critical thinking exploring ways in which photography contributes to, or challenges, narratives relating to geography, environment, landscape and place, historically and now. By critiquing Read More
This paper explores the archival afterlives of photographs of the facially injured and disfigured ex-servicemen of the Great War, focusing on the prolific records of reconstructive surgery and aftercare in military hospitals. From the scientific quest to record and understand these wounds and their treatment, to soldiers’ post-war reintegration, the photographs have struggled to shed Read More
As a response to the current investment in large hydroelectric dams as a basis for Brazil’s ‘sustainable’ economic growth, Costs addresses the impacts these endeavours have had on both the environment and people. Director Marilene Ribeiro surveys three hydro schemes that have happened at different times in Brazil (the past – the Sobradinho dam; the Read More
In association with the exhibition Too Rich a Soil at The New Art Gallery Walsall, the three exhibiting artists; Arpita Shah, Maryam Wahid and Nilupa Yasmin will be in discussion with academic and writer Caroline Molloy.
The artists will speak about the shared themes of identity, culture and heritage in their practice. During this event the Read More
The Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain is pleased to announce the largest exhibition to date dedicated to the work of Claudia Andujar. For over five decades, she has devoted her life to photographing and protecting the Yanomami, one of Brazil’s largest indigenous group.
Based on four years of research in the photographer’s archive, this new exhibition Read More
A week-long programme featuring panel discussions and a film screening, as well as workshops and courses. From patrons to historians, the Royal Academy of Art celebrate the influential women working to support art and artists.
In this programme of events to mark International Women’s Day 2020, the RA examine the impact women have had on the Read More
A conference that addresses the under-representation and misrepresentation of women artists, WOC and nonbinary artists.
The conference The Roadmap to Equality in the Arts in the Netherlands aims to raise awareness, gather available data and mobilise existing networks and collective knowledge in order to establish a gender equality roadmap in the arts in the Netherlands. With Read More
In Practice: Total Disbelief considers artistic engagements with dimensions of doubt as they contribute to the formation of social life. Across media, the works in the exhibition engage formal tools that uphold belief and produce what we consider to be true – narrative and cinematic tropes, photographic technologies, empiricism, and others – and use them Read More
The Foundling Museum
40 Brunswick Square
London WC1N 1AZ
January 24 – April 26, 2020
Portraying Pregnancy is a major exhibition exploring representations of the pregnant female body through portraits, over 500 years.
Until the twentieth century, many women spent most of their adult years pregnant. Despite this, pregnancies are seldom apparent in surviving portraits. This exhibition brings together images Read More
Centre Photographique d’Île-de-France (CPIF)
107, avenue de la République FR – 77340 Pontault-Combault
January 19 – April 5, 2020
Réversible is the third part of Constance Nouvel’s project. The first part, Atlante, was unveiled at In Situ – fabienne leclerc gallery in Paris and this was followed by Solstice, which was presented at the Le Point du Read More
First Women comprises a unique collection of 100 portraits capturing women in the UK who were “first” in their field of achievement. The portraits by photographer Anita Corbin provide inspiration and insight for a new generation of women seeking an understanding of their own roles in a rapidly changing world in which equality is still Read More
When: 13 December 2019, 10:00 — 17:00
Venue: Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square, Keynes Library
A collaboration between Birkbeck Research Centres: the Centre for History and Theory of Photography; the Centre for Architecture, Space & Society and the Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities.
This workshop is focused on photography as a tool for representing places where routine or
traumatic violence Read More
When: 11 December 2019, 18:00 — 19:30
Venue: Birkbeck 43 Gordon Square, 106
In the 19th and 20th centuries, countless numbers of photographs were offered and displayed on the walls of churches, forming collections that represent local culture and devotion, as well as the history of photography. The research aims to develop our understanding of the cultural Read More
There are over one-hundred high quality colour photocopies, home computer printouts, and digital files of British photographer Jo Spence’s work held in the collection at the Ryerson Image Centre (RIC) in Toronto, Canada – the largest repository of her memorial archive. Spence (British, 1934–1992) was a radical London-based activist, socialist-feminist photographer, writer, educator and collaborator Read More
A professional development programme in Manchester for artists, makers and photographers.
Collaboratively developed and delivered by a-n The Artists Information Company, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester Craft & Design Centre and Redeye, the Photography Network. Four full-day sessions will be led by arts sector experts, focusing on core business skills: writing, pitching, project management and promotion. In all Read More
First in a series of events aiming to create an informal space for conversation and networking, and an opportunity to learn about national and private collections with some new skills along the way.
This event includes a tour of the photo collection stores at National Science and Media Museum in Bradford, followed by a talk by Read More
In the early history of photography in South Asia it was often the case that the subjects of photographs had their identities thrust upon them rather than being complicit in the act of taking of the photograph and those who were holding the camera were guided by either purposefully political agendas or subconscious bias.
This exhibition Read More
Seen Fifteen is delighted to announce a new exhibition of photography and painting by artists
Dragana Jurišic´ and Catherine McWilliams. REBEL GODDESS brings together works by both artists
that draw inspiration from legends of ancient goddesses as a conduit for comment on contemporary
issues. In Greek mythology, Gaia was the ‘mother’ of Earth who gave birth to the Read More
The Digital Hub Immersive Technology Week takes place from 14th to 20th November and will allow clients of The Digital Hub and the wider community the opportunity to learn about and get hands on experience of the latest in Virtual Reality and Augmented Reality.
There will be a number of workshops and drop-in sessions throughout the Read More
KATALOG is 30 years in print.
Celebrating we include a supplement issue to all subscribers: Fast Forward: Women in Photography.
The forthcoming issues will be launched during Paris Photo and again in December at the Fast Forward: Women in Photography conference at Tate Modern in London (Nov 30 – Dec 2).
Join the many readers all over the world Read More
In a special collaboration with Marinella SENATORE and gallery artist Silvia GIAMBRONE, this exhibition brings together two leading artists to explore Feminism in Italian Contemporary Art. Curated by Paola Ugolini, the exhibition is a visual representation of struggle, resistance and growing awareness in the belief that art can trigger a constructive dialogue–overcoming differences in gender, Read More
Catherine McCormack, academic and expert in the field of maternal themes in art, curates a two-part exhibition exploring maternal experience and subjectivity.
The first exhibition explores the idea of ‘matrescence,’ a term developed byanthropologist Dana Raphael in 1973 in an attempt to theorise the transitional period of shifting the body and psyche in the process of Read More
Grey Gallery is a nomadic entity working with artists, writers and musicians on a project by project basis and returns to Eleven Spitalfields, newly reconfigured with a beautiful double height main gallery and retaining the ground floor of the early Georgian townhouse which hosted previous exhibitions since 2010. This new exhibition brings together the work Read More
The Center for Photography at Woodstock is pleased to announce Photography Now 2019, juried by Maurice Berger and Marvin Heiferman. Featured artists include Cynthia Bittenfield, Martha Díaz-Adam, Maureen R. Drennan, Nona Faustine, Luther Konadu, Sara Macel, Jean L. Sousa and Derrick D. Woods-Morrow.
Today, the search for identity—the need to understand and represent who we are Read More
LUX,
Waterlow Park Centre
Dartmouth Park Hill
London N19 5JF
Sat 19 Oct 2019 / 2-4pm
As part of our current exhibition All You Need’s An Excuse, please join us for a special screening of a recent acquisition by the London Community Video Archive (LCVA), All Work and No Pay, made in 1975 by the Power of Women Read More
Arnolfini
16 Narrow Quay
Bristol BS1 4QA
September 14 – December 15, 2019
A large-scale exhibition of international artists, highlighting the experiences of women and celebrating their triumphs – and showing how the struggle for liberation is ongoing and hard-won.
Just like moons and like suns,
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A Room of Our Own
A Fast Forward Women in Photography Exhibition
17 October–21 December
Mann Island Winter Garden
Outside Open Eye Gallery, Liverpool
LOOK Photo Biennial Launch Night
6–8pm, 17 October, Open Eye Gallery
Although great gains have been made in the movement towards gender parity over recent years, there is still far to go. Working Read More
Worldwide, many countries are reinforcing their borders and turning increasingly inwards, but a collective international awareness is also on the rise. Global issues must be tackled from a sense of global belonging; this edition of LOOK Photo Biennial seeks to encourage this belonging. As a medium, photography is equipped for this: images are shareable, accessible Read More
a photography exhibition and live music event to celebrate the work of 20 photographers form around the world.
Wed, 11 September 2019 18:30 – 21:30 BST
Hart’s Lane London SE14
Alongside our second print issue, shado has produced a 3-month photography project with 18 photographers around the world where each photographer has responded to the brief I AM Read More
Higher Pictures is pleased to present Susan Lipper’s Domesticated Land, her third show with the gallery. Preceded by Grapevine (1988−92) and trip (1993−99) and following a thirteen-year hiatus, Domesticated Land – begun in 2012 and continuing into the present day – brings Lipper’s familiar feminist, utopian-seeker persona further West into the California desert.
Her meticulously composed Read More
STREET / FORM investigates photography’s relationship with the urban landscape and street culture. The juxtaposition of shape and form, the encounters with the unknown, the intimacy with strangers. 70 photographers from around the world find inspiration in the street.
Shutter Hub have teamed up with one of the most exciting street art festivals in the world, and have Read More
FAST FORWARD: HOW DO WOMEN WORK?
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE AT TATE MODERN
30 November 2019, 10.30–17.00
1 December 2019, 10.30–18.00
2 December 2019, 10.30–14.00
Please join our conference to discuss how the framing of photographic practice can be reimagined. Following two inspiring international conferences about the role of Women Photographers, held at Tate Modern in 2015 and National Gallery of Art in Lithuania Read More
Tickets are now available for the BOP Bristol 19 programme of artist talks.
BOP Bristol 19 is a brand new photobook festival hosted by Martin Parr Foundation and The Royal Photographic Society at Paintworks, Bristol.
The festival brings together a diverse range of photobook publishers and sellers from the UK and Europe providing an opportunity for photographers Read More
Photographs by Czech photographer Markéta Luskačová taken on the North East coast of Britain in the late 1970s will go on display at the Martin Parr Foundation to coincide with the first publication of this series of work by RRB Photobooks.
“I was thirty-two when I saw the northern sea for the first time. It was Read More
Finnish Museum pf Photography
Discussion “Women in Art: Is it all about talent?”
Wednesday August 28 at 5.30pm – 8pm.
The question of talent is often mentioned as justifying the absence of women in art exhibitions. But is it all about talent?
The photographers Marie Docher (FR), Karen Knorr(UK), Elina Brohterus (FI) and Hertta Kiiski (FI) participate in the discussion. The Read More
Portraits change the way we understand one another. Whether this is professional photos, selfies on Instagram or snapshots of our friends, the photos that we take of ourselves and each other speak volumes about who we are and who we want to be.
Through portraits, we come face to face with someone else: they create a Read More
Her Ground at Flowers Gallery in London uses landscape as a thematic focus to consider relationships between genre and gender. The term landscape, a principle category in Western art, is used in relation to the visible features of an area of land, often depicting human relationships to place and the environment. This exhibition looks at the specificity of viewpoint, addressing the Read More
Curated by Alice Maude-Roxby and Stefanie Seibold, Resist: be modern (again) at John Hansard Gallery explores the practices of women artists, designers and writers of the 1920s and 30s through the work of contemporary artists.
These early pioneering women were important ground breakers for their time, many of their ideas are reverberating until today. Their battles against Read More
Wikipedia’s gender trouble is well-documented. In a 2011 survey, the Wikimedia Foundation found that less than 10% of its contributors were women. While the reasons for the gender gap are up for debate, the practical effect of this disparity is not: content is skewed by the lack of representation from women.
Let’s change that.
Join members of Read More
Transformative Moments
Williamson Art Gallery
Slatey Road, Birkenhead,
Wirral, CH43 4UE
15 June – 26 July 2019
Photographer Stephanie Wynne and women from Wirral Change, a BME outreach centre,
present ‘Transformative Moments’ at the Williamson Art Gallery this June.
The women came together during 2018 to mark and celebrate the centenary of the crucial point in British history when some women Read More
An exhibition of photography reflecting on the work of women in the 21st century and celebrating 145 female-identifying photographers from around the world curated and presented by Shutterhub in partnership with Festival Pil’Ours.
145 female photographers, 435 images, from across 15 different countries. It’s Time To Think and Shutterhub are proud to be taking this inclusive Read More
100 Years Opening of the Berlin Art Academy for Women
Exhibition from June 17, 2019 to October 13, 2019
Schloss Biesdorf, Alt-Biesdorf 55, Berlin
with Birgit Bellmann (graphic print), Alke Brinkmann (painting), Ines Doleschal (collage), Else (Twin) Gabriel (photography, video, painting), Ellen Kobe (performance, installation), Coco Kühn (installation), Petra Lottje (video, drawing), Seraphina Lanz (wall piece, object), Cornelia Renz Read More
Documentary photographer and anthropologist Alegra Ally travelled to the Yamal Peninsula in Siberia from October through December 2016 to study and document the Nenets way of life. For thousands of years, indigenous Nenets have lived nomadic lifestyles herding reindeer across the Yamal Peninsula in the Russian Arctic.The Khudi family is one of 12,000 Nenets still Read More
In collaboration with Salusbury World Refugee Centre and London College of Communication 20:20 focuses on the visual re-telling of 20 oral histories collected from 20 refugees who came to the UK 20 years ago.
This multi-media experience focuses on stories of homeland, adaptations to exile and celebration of resilience from refugees who came to the UK Read More
Beyond the Perfect Image
15 June 2019—16 June 2019
What you’ll do
Join us to celebrate ageing and reflect on illness through a programme of performances, screenings and discussions about what defines a healthy body.
On Saturday, take part in a programme of events including stand-up comedy, singing from St Christopher’s Hospice Community Choir, screening of artists’ films and Read More
A Photo Lab talk with Marilene Ribeiro at Goldsmiths University of London.
Marilene’s book “Dead Water” has just been shortlisted for the “Arles 2019 LUMA RENCONTRES DUMMY BOOK AWARD”, winners to be announced on the 4th July.
Dead Water tells the story of dams and hydropower from the perspectives of the people who have been affected Read More
From the volume Feminist Issues in Contemporary Art (1979) to the publications of several interviews with artists including Laurie Anderson, Tracey Emin, Rose Garrard, Susan Hiller, Mary Kelly, Tina Keane, Georgina Starr, Mona Hatoum, Runa Islam, Silvia C. Ziranek (to mention just a few) Audio Arts Magazine featured a significant and diverse spectrum of women’s Read More
For the annual Photo London keynote, The National Portrait Gallery are pleased to announce Dutch documentary photographer Dana Lixenberg (Amsterdam, 1964). She joins Magda Keaney, Senior Curator, Photographs to discuss her recently exhibited series American Images, which comprises a selection of portraits of American icons who have been instrumental in shaping today’s popular culture. Many Read More
The 23rd edition of the Biel/Bienne Festival of Photography continues until June 2. With 27 exhibitions and 21 artists, it explores the unusual theme of “flood,” or inundation and overflow. While this theme is explored in the works included in this year’s edition, it can also be seen in the whole festival programme, which keeps Read More
AWITA has partnered with Photo London to present “The photographer and her subject: do women see things differently?”. This will take the form of a discussion, moderated by Charlotte Jansen in which contemporary female photographers Mary McCartney, Hannah Collins and Juno Calypso will share three images of their work; they will then discuss with Maryam Read More
First Women comprises a unique collection of 100 portraits capturing women in the UK who were “first” in their field of achievement. The portraits by photographer Anita Corbin provide inspiration and insight for a new generation of women seeking an understanding of their own roles in a rapidly changing world in which equality is still Read More
MARIA KAPAJEVA
DREAM IS WONDERFUL, YET UNCLEAR
Latvian Museum of Photography, Riga
May 16 – June 30, 2019
Opening: May 16th, 5-7pm
Artist Talk: May 28th, 6pm
Latvian Museum of Photography is pleased to present a solo exhibition of an Estonian artist Maria Kapajeva Dream Is Wonderful, Yet Unclear, which opens on May 16th. The exhibition is part of Riga Read More
AUTOGRAPH presents two exhibitions
26 APRIL – 17 AUGUST 2019
LONDON: AUTOGRAPH
CURATED BY RENÉE MUSSAI AND BINDI VORA
Lola Flash
[SUR]PASSING
Working at the forefront of genderqueer visual politics for more than three decades, photographer Lola Flash’s work challenges stereotypes and gender, sexual, and racial preconceptions.
Her art and activism are profoundly connected, fuelling a life-long commitment to visibility and preserving Read More
Milla Talassalo’s exhibition is a study of triplet sisterhood. In the exhibition, entitled 3, Talassalo examines individuality and her own identity in relation to her sibling counterparts.
It is difficult to explain triplet sisterhood. The finest aspect is the phenomena of feeling, periodically, understood without words. For Talassalo, her sisters’ worries are her worries, and their Read More
The exhibition Dry Joy by Finnish artist Iiu Susiraja presents a selection of her works from a period of more than ten years. Susiraja creates candid and honest photographs and videos with a sense of warmth and humour. Although she appears in the works herself, they are not simply self-portraits but rather performances for the Read More
Victoria J. Dean and Sharon Murphy share a concern with landscape and with interventions in the landscape: built structures that emanate ambiguous force or presence; and semi-allegorical child-figures who are sited or staged in different natural settings. Dean’s practice explores the human propensity to rationalise space, in the context of place and landscape, while Murphy’s Read More
Over half a century has passed since the publication of Valerie Solanas’ SCUM Manifesto. Taking its cue from Chiara Fumai’s rendering of the radical feminist manifesto, this panel discussion attempts to unpack the complexities of being a non-male artist and the ways feminism can act as an antidote in an inherently patriarchal art system.
The panel, Read More
In partnership with The Childhood Trust, Bedrooms of London presents a new body of work by photographer Katie Wilson highlighting the damaging consequences for children arising from the shortage of social housing in London. Focusing on the spaces in which children are sleeping, the photographs are shown alongside first-hand narratives from families collected and written Read More
From March 2019, Richard Saltoun Gallery is dedicating 100% of its programme to women. This 12-month programme is part of the gallery’s long-standing commitment to supporting under-recognised and under-represented female artists. 100% Women aims to protest the gender inequality that persists in the art world and encourage wider industry action through debate, dialogue and collaboration.
Today Read More
Pen + Brush celebrates over a century of being the only non-profit in New York exclusively devoted to the showcasing and support of women contemporary artists and writers with their inaugural exhibition
Furies, Fairies, Visionaries. This exhibition features works by thirty artists utilizing the visual languages of both fantasy and abstraction to claim and create space. Addressing gender, Read More
The upcoming exhibition at The Lightbox gallery and museum, Women in Photography: A History of British Trailblazers (30 January 2019 – 2 June 2019) will feature around 70 works including Turner Prize winners and nominees and Venice biennale exhibitors such as Helen Sear, Sam Taylor-Johnson, Hannah Collins, Gillian Wearing and Jane and Louise Wilson. The works featured will Read More
Maria Kapajeva’s solo exhibition showcasing her video work Test Shooting opens at CBS Digital Artspace in Copenhagen, Denmark January 15- February 15 with Artist Talk February 1st from 3-5pm.
Test Shooting focuses on the interaction between the sexes testing the absurdities of the stereotypical presentation of female attractiveness.
Test Shooting won the Runner-Up award at FOKUS Video Art Read More
The Lightbox gallery and museum is delighted to welcome back the University for the Creative Arts (UCA), Farnham for an exhibition showcasing the very best artwork from MFA photography students. The UCA photography department has a reputation for educating some of the most innovative photographers of our time. This exhibition will offer visitors a unique Read More
So To Speak tells the story of a separation through visual poetry and photographic imagery. The writing and photographs are the product of the period of one year of grief the artist experienced after the moment her long-term relationship ended and while still living in the same house as her former partner.The artist uses her daily walks Read More
For its first regional event of South Caucasus Moving Museum of Photography that will take place on Wednesday, December 5th in Yerevan, Tbilisi Photography & Multimedia Museum partners with AGBU Armenia and 4plus agency.
A collection of slideshows by contemporary Georgian, regional and international photographers will be screened in the program of the Moving Museum of Read More
As a final instalment of their series ‘the Female Gaze’, Photo London is delighted to present a screening of ‘A Much Better Illusion’ by Chloe Sheppard alongside a conversation with Ione Gamble of Polyester zine.
For this evening event, there will be a screening of Chloe’s first film ‘A Much Better Illusion’, after which Read More
As part of their ongoing series ‘The Female Gaze’, Photo London is delighted to present this conversation, which will explore the use of Instagram as a platform for social change.
For this evening event, Hannah Watson, the director of TJ Boulting Gallery will moderate a discussion between Eliza Hatch, artist and founder Read More
This paper explores what it might mean for historians to take seriously the shared history of firearms and cameras, two technologies that co-evolved in the 19th century and that have had a profound impact on society ever since. As David Campbell writes, “the technologies of the gun and camera…evolved in lockstep.” (Campbell 2012; Landau 2002; Read More
The worlds of art and fashion merged in the 1980s on the pages of illustrated magazines. Since the early 1990s, fashion photographs have migrated effortlessly between the art field and the commercial field, between being considered personal works or assignments limited by the ideas and wants of designers, brands and fashion publications. An important material Read More
We are pleased to announce the opening of the FIF_BH exhibition “Shared Spaces of the Imagens” in the Photo Gallery of the Centro Cultural Fiesp, in the city of São Paulo. The opening event will take place on November 6 at 19h30.
Idealization / Curated: Bruno Vilela and Gui Cunha
Participating Artists Read More
The new photographic work of the Greek-German artist Christina Dimitriadi be shown at the ISLAND HOPING exhibition , presented by the City of Athens Cultural, Sports and Youth Organization, in the Arts Center from 9 November 2018 to 3 February 2019. An opening event is planned for 8pm on 9th November 2018.
The exhibition is the first individual presentation of the artist in a public institution Read More
Discover the extraordinary breadth of the V&A’s photography collection, which has been growing and evolving since the 1850s, and was recently augmented by the transfer of the Royal Photographic Society collection.
From early daguerreotypes to contemporary digital images, This two day conference explores the history of photography through the lens of collecting and considers Read More
#LaPartDesFemmes
invited by
PARIS PHOTO
A MANIFESTO FOR PHOTOGRAPHY
The collective #LaPartdesFemmes, committed to support both the visibility and recognition of female photographers, will unveil their Manifesto for Photography initiated by Marie Docher on 8th November during PARIS PHOTO 2018, the largest international art faire dedicated to photography.
Shortly after the publication of our open letter to the director of the Rencontres d’Arles Read More
Join Chloe Dewe Mathews as she presents her new monograph in conversation with curator Sarah Allen
Caspian: The Elements is Chloe Dewe Mathews’s record of five years spent roaming the borderlands of the Caspian Sea. In a resource-rich region roiled by contested geopolitics, Dewe Mathews found that elemental materials like oil, rock, and uranium are central to Read More
WOMEN, THE EXCEPTION AN UNDER-REPRESENTATION OF GENDER IN PHOTOGRAPHY?
Organised by Fannie ESCOULEN
Thursday 8 November
AUDITORIUM – LEVEL 1
The invention of photography has paved the way for new professional, social and creative conquests. Amateurs and the curious hurried to manipulate the medium, in search of experimentation and discovery. Women, finding it a means of expression and personal Read More
Tue 30 Oct 12-1pm
Get to know our artist in residence Chinar Shah and curator in residence Zuzana Jakalová at our Residency Social.
Shah joins Bluecoat from Bangalore for the first of her two-part residency in partnership with Bluecoat, Hope University, FACT and AHRC. She is interested in the power dynamics of the internet, cyberfeminism and women’s experiences of race, caste Read More
I’M HOME brings together the works of Black British Female Photographers who explore the ideas of the home and family. The aim of the show is to collectively present the work of both established and emerging photographers in purpose-designed space that allows the viewer to experience an aspect of the lives of the artists well as the works.
Featuring the Read More
The Bravest Little Street in England – A memorial to the lost men of Chapel Street by local artist Carole Evans
At: AIR Gallery, 30 Grosvenor Road, Altrincham, WA14 1LD, 14 November – 25 November 2018
Private View; 13 November, 6pm – 9pm
Panel discussion with artist: Saturday 17 November, 11am
The Bravest Little Street in England is a solo exhibition by Read More
Sabeena Gadihoke’s talk will focus on a recent curatorial project titled Light Works, which explored the oeuvre of photographer Jitendra AryaSabeena Gadihoke’s talk will focus on a recent curatorial project titled Light Works, which explored the oeuvre of photographer Jitendra Arya at the National Gallery of Modern Art, Mumbai and Bengaluru during 2017-18
Booking for this Read More
Friday 30 November: 14.00 – 17.30 Talk & Panel Discussion / 18.00 – 21.00 Evening Networking Event
The networking evening event is available for those with a dual symposium ticket only.
Book early to avoid disappointment.
To open the up the dialogue on one of our key themes Year Of The Woman we invite you to Read More
Women, Work and Commerce in the Creative Industries, Britain 1750 – 1950
Saturday 9 February 2019, 9.30am – 5.30pm
This symposium adds to the growing body of feminist scholarship that is deconstructing the male-dominated history of commercial and industrial artistic production. The programme will bring together current interdisciplinary perspectives on women’s experiences of work and the gendered Read More
London College of Communication is delighted to welcome Professor Karen Knorr to deliver the Royal Photographic Society Inaugural Women in Photography Lecture. Karen will be in conversation with Anna Fox after the lecture followed by a short break before a panel discussion to mark the occasion of the Women in Photography inaugural lecture, featuring Poulomi Basu, Natasha Caruana, Read More
Focus Kazakhstan: Post-nomadic Mind, London
at the Wapping Hydraulic Power Station, Wapping Wall, London,
19 September-16 October 2018.
Evening Discussion on Thursday 27 September, 7pm.
Professor Katy Deepwell, editor KT press/n.paradoxa, and artists Almagul Menlibaveva and AselKadyrkhanova.
They will discuss the role and development of female artists in post-soviet countries, looking particularly at the Kazakh art scene. As well as Read More
The Photographers’ Gallery, 2-5pm
This timely discussion builds upon an increasing focus on the practise of and positions held by women in photography, with the aim of addressing aspects of life and society beyond art and gender divisions, in our current #MeToo climate.
In both looking back and towards the future, this event reflects upon the images used for the #MeToo Read More
As you will be aware, Dr Shahidul Alam was arrested, tortured and imprisoned in Dhaka Bangladesh at the beginning of August. Shahidul is an internationally respected photographer, journalist and activist and a good friend and colleague to many of us working in the photography and the academic worlds here in the UK.
University of Sunderland, where Read More
Founders Laylah Amatullah Barrayn and Adama Delphine Fawundu discuss their project MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora
MFON: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora is a publication and platform committed to establishing and representing a collective voice of women photographers of African descent. The inaugural issue featured over 100 women photographers from across the Diaspora.
Ahead of the Read More
Africa in the Photobook is a website initiated in 2015 by photographer and (photo)historian Ben Krewinkel. The website is about the changing visual representation of Africa as expressed through the medium of the photobook. By showcasing book spreads the books become partly accessible to a wider public and function as a platform for students, collectors and Read More
How We See: Photobooks by Women
New York: 10×10 Photobooks, 2018
Edition of 600
Designed by Laura Coombs
How We See: Photobooks by Women, 10×10 Photobooks’ latest project and publication presents a global range of 21st-century photobooks by female photographers.
With historical records establishing 19th-century British photographer Anna Atkins’s Photographs of British Algae: Cyanotype Impressions (1843-1853) as the first photobook, it is Read More
National Museum of Montenegro in Cetinje
3 July – 28 August, 2018
‘Why Have There Been No Great (wo)Men Artists?’ is the first in the series of regional exhibitions that are being organised as a part of the ‘Perceptions’ programme. The exhibition showcases pieces that are a part of the British Council collection of UK art, as well Read More
First Women comprises a unique collection of 100 portraits capturing women in the UK who were “first” in their field of achievement.
The portraits by photographer Anita Corbin provide inspiration and insight for a new generation of women seeking an understanding of their own roles in a rapidly changing world in which equality is still an Read More
Baltic Centre for Contemporary Art are pleased to present Women by Women, as part of the Idea of North season. Curated by photographer Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, this intimate collection explores the representation of women and girls in the North East of England by women photographers, moving back and forward through time, between the 1970s and the present.
For Read More
Exhibition opening: Sun 24 June 2018, 1.00-4.00pm
Performance night: Thu 5 July, 7.00-9.00pm ‘What does it mean to wear Hannya’ Storytelling by Laura Sampson, Shamisen play by Yui Shikakura
Exhibition continues until 29 July 2018.
Wiebke Leister’s research investigates the nature of photographic portraiture beyond the limits of individual likeness – focussing on representations of faciality in relation to its facial Read More
A collaborative symposium
Four Corners with History and Theory of Photography Research Centre, Birkbeck
Thursday 28 June 2018, 2.00-6.00pm followed by drinks
Birkbeck, University of London, Bloomsbury
Room to be confirmed
This event accompanies the Radical Visions exhibition at Four Corners Gallery, and the launch of its new digital archive. It will consider Camerawork’s engagement, role and influence with community-practice, feminism and representation, and ask Read More
Opening: Thu 5th July 18:30 – FREE ENTRY ( Pls book via Eventbrite)
18:30 – 19:10 – Panel Discussion with:
Marilene Ribeiro – photographer and researcher, Brazil/UK
Sue Branford – journalist, BBC, Latin America Bureau, and Mongabay, UK
Anna Fox – photographer and professor, University for the Creative Arts, Farnham, UK
Chair: Alícia Bastos, Braziliarty, Brazil/UK
19:10 – 19:30 – Film Read More
Over 20 photographers representing several generations of artists throughout the last 3 centuries, highlighting Georgia’s very rich and complex history of photography. The exhibition “In and Out of Reality” is divided in two volumes. Volume I covers the period starting from the end of 19th century – the debut of the history of photography in Read More
We are very happy to invite to the talk with Clare Strand at the Silencio (http://silencio-club.com) on Wednesday, April, 25th, at 7 PM.
Autograph ABP
London, Rivington Place, EC2A 3BA
27 APRIL – 7 JULY 2018
Opening on April 26th, 6.30 – 8.30PM (please RSVP on their website)
In I Am Now You – Mother, Marcia Michael visualises the act of matrilineage through the body of her mother, Myrtle McKnight.
Michael uses photography and oral history to retrieve lost and Read More
The venue
Out of the Blue, 36 Dalmeny Street, Edinburgh, EH6 8RG
Open Monday- Saturday 10am-5pm / Closed Sundays
The exhibition
Nevertheless, She Persisted
May 8th – 18th 2018
Open daily and free to all
The project was released online on March 8th 2018 to coincide with International Women’s Day and will now be Read More
Martha Langford (Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky Institute for Studies in Canadian Art, Concordia University in Montreal)
New national histories of photography are appearing. Some are recuperative, supplementing the canon with missing or underestimated figures. Others are methodological retellings, refreshing the canon with new historiographical perspectives. Some are bent on justice, adapting postcolonial, decolonizing, or settler-colonial Read More
VII Photo Agency presents a round table with the seven women of VII: Anush Babajanyan, Linda Bournane Engelberth, Jessica Dimmock, Ilvy Njiokiktjien, Maggie Steber, Nichole Sobecki. Moderated by Sara Terry.
Will be live-streamed here: https://www.facebook.com/CFDbcn
Gender, sexual harassment and the #MeToo movement have sparked one of the most intense debates of recent years. How does Read More
The solo exhibition of new work by Clare Strand, titled The Discrete Channel with Noise, is featuring photography, painting, machinery and sound installation. The works on display are set in our time when the misinterpretation, mismanagement and misrepresentation of information – whether deliberate or accidental – has an ever-increasing and overwhelming effect on our everyday Read More
“She looks into me” is a series of intimate images that hold a deep reverence for a time when the mystery of life and the mystery of death were closely related.
Conceived in a manner close to theater this book is divided in 3 chapters that explore the idea of human representation and how looking at Read More
Our next Geekender is coming 16 – 18 March!
In collaboration with UAL Futures’ Feminist Internet Project we will be speculating on issues of power, gender and technology with a weekend of events, workshops and experimentation.
Friday night will kick off with a panel on “Tomorrow’s Nipple: censorship, subversion and social media” about the control of images Read More
Switzerland’s 1816 ‘year without a summer’, which provided the backdrop for the conception of Frankenstein, was part of a three-year period of severe climate deterioration. Chloe Dewe Mathews returned to the glaciers 200 years later, and the resulting photographs explore the environmental and social issues of our time through the themes of Mary Shelley’s novel.
Details
Where: Read More
In Jean Cocteau’s post war film Orphée (1950) there is a beguiling moment when the then modern day Orpheus, standing in front of a full length framed mirror in his room, slides his hand through his own reflection. This once hard glassy impermeable surface becomes viscoelastic, transmutes into liquid; the ragile portal through which Orpheus moves into a parallel Read More
There and not there
Curated by Sarah McAvera
Absence is the connecting quality of two otherwise very different artists, Victoria J Dean and Sharon Murphy. With a background in theatre, Murphy’s photographs have the aura of a stage set, with the landscape in some ways acting as a curtain, covering up the story behind. While some works Read More
Annual Huntley (un)Conference 2018
Recent developments over the past few years seem to indicate that ‘we are moving on up’ or moving out of the frame – so are Black artists and curators experiencing a watershed moment with Blackness? With the advance copies of the No Colour Barlegacy book* published on 24th February, Read More
Photography sets the image free
Michelle Henning
Inaugural Professorial Lecture
Location: University of West London, St Mary’s Road, Ealing
Date: Wednesday 7 March 2018
Time: Registration 6pm. Lecture commences 6.30pm
Free Admission: All welcome.
Photography is commonly understood as a static medium that “freezes” the moment. This characterisation of photography privileges certain kinds of practice, draws a sharp distinction between it and Read More
Private view: Wednesday 14 February 6-8pm
15 February – 31 March 2018
Curated by Paola Ugolini, Women Look At Women explores feminine identity through the work of thirteen internationally renowned women artists. In this inaugural exhibition at Richard Saltoun’s new gallery in Dover Street, each of the works on show reflects a different aspect of the relationship Read More
Presented at 24 Jor Bagh, “Mutations – Indo French image encounters” is a large-scale contemporary exhibition that will showcase the works of 16 photographers from both France and India : Anouck Durand, Baptiste Rabichon, Charles Freger, François Burgun, Laetitia d’Aboville, Marion Gronier,Philippe Petremant, Thierry Fontaine and Yannick Cormier, Anshika Verma, Asmita Parelkar, Dhruv Malhotra, Indu Antony, Sohrab Read More
Susan Meiselas
Mediations
Concorde, Paris
The retrospective devoted to the American photographer Susan Meiselas (b. 1948, Baltimore) brings together a selection of works from the 1970s to the present day.
A member of Magnum Photos since 1976, Susan Meiselas questions documentary practice. She became known through her work in conflict zones of Central America in the 1970s and 1980s Read More
Photoforum Pasquart presents:
Seevorstadt 71
CH–2502 Biel / Bienne
Adrian Sauer (January 28 – April 15)
Adrian Sauer (*1976, lives and works in Leipzig, DE) explores in his photographs the foundations of a medium which, since its beginnings, has seen changes like no other medium.
Dorothée Elisa Baumann (January 28 – April 15)
In her artistic practice, Dorothée Elisa Baumann (*1972, Read More
This collaborative programme led by Centre for Chinese Contemporary Art (CFCCA) brings together five distinct art organisations across the UK, to show a diverse range of art works and new commissions from some of the most exciting female artists working in mainland China.
NOW explores how the diversity of current female artistic practice transcends notions of Read More
Thursday 8th February
5.30pm: Artist’s Talk, Free admission, seating limited.
6.30pm: Official Launch
8.00pm: Outdoor projection event
My Own Unknown, is an on-going series of work by Dublin-based photographer Dragana Jurišić. A very personal exhibition, the work addresses the complexities of exile, politics and betrayal together with family history. Organised into 5 chapters, the work opens out to explore important universal Read More
This exhibition showcases important materials from the archive of the late Jo Spence, British photographer, writer, and self-described ‘cultural sniper’, tracing links and collaborations in activist art, radical publications, community photography and phototherapy from the 1970s and 1980s. Consistent with Spence’s ethos of radical pedagogy, this exhibition focuses on her collaborative working methods. It opens Read More
Six contemporary art commissions highlight the progression towards equality through the stories of the women who have contributed to the spirit & history of Knole. Artists include Lubaina Himid, CJ Mahony, Lindsay Seers, Emiy Speed, Melanie Wilson, and Alice May Williams.
KNOLE HOUSE, SEVENOAKS, KENT, TN15 0RP
17 MAY – 14 NOVEMBER 2018
For more information Read More
Join Francis Hodgson in an exploration of the work and practice of photographer Maryam Eisler. Eisler will be presenting her latest project Voices East London (2017) which features a series of striking images from the streets of East London- the City’s “creative ghetto” known for spearheading the UK’s biggest population rise over the past decade. Read More
Coming March 2018 from Schilt Publishing.
The village of Kolodozero, deeply concealed in the woods of Pudozh, is located on the border between Arkhangelsk Oblast and Karelia in Russia. In ancient times, people settled on the northern flanks of the local bodies of water—rivers and lakes. Kolodozero therefore consists of a handful of small Read More
Tribe is a collaborative exhibition of photography by mid-career professional artists. Their work is a narrative, addressing issues of family, history, love and loss. The artists are a group of women from all over the US.
Please see direct link for more information.
Exhibition Dates: January 25 – March 27, 2017
Location: Pen + Brush, 29 E. 22nd St., NYC
Press Preview: Thursday, January 25, 12–3 p.m.
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 25, 6–8 p.m.
Pen + Brush inaugurates its 2018 exhibition program with the first comprehensive view of photographic work by Lola Flash. A fixture in the New York City art scene, Read More
A full day symposium focusing on how photographers and artists engage with communities and establish networks that help them to forge successful careers. This event is in partnership with the University of Salford School of Arts and Media.
A good network can provide you with encouragement, advice, direction and experience. A poor network could Read More
Galerie im Körnerpark: 4 November 2018 – 21 January 2018
nGbK: 2 December 2017 – 21 January 2018
Closed on: 24/25 and 31 Dec as well as 1 Jan
Exhibition, Booklet, Events
Akinbode Akinbiyi, Maria Thereza Alves, Hasan Aksaygın & Aykan Safoğlu, Nathalie Anguezomo Mba Bikoro & Anaïs Héraud-Louisadat, Pauline Boudry & Renate Lorenz, Antye Greie aka AGF, Rajkamal Read More
Acclaimed photographer, Trish Morrissey brings two brand new bodies of work to the Hestercombe Gallery, inspired by the last female occupants of Hestercombe House, Miss Warre (1790-1872) and Mrs Portman (1854-1951) who both independently ran the Hestercombe estate.
Crossing the disciplines of performance and photography and playing with notions of fact/fiction and time/history Morrissey’s work creates Read More
Join us for our first major survey of artists’ films, performances for the camera, critical writing, podcasts and limited editions by women artists from over 30 countries featured in our Horsecross Arts collection of contemporary art since 2005.
Discover works reflecting the diverse artists’ interest in issues of memory and migration, dance and drama, films and Read More
No Man’s Land offers rarely-seen female perspectives on the First World War, featuring images taken by women who worked as nurses, ambulance drivers, and official photographers, as well as contemporary artists directly inspired by the conflict. Commemorating the First World War Centenary, No Man’s Land features photographs by three women of the epoch, alongside three women making work Read More
Join artists, photographers and researchers for our annual conference focusing on cities and urban spaces
For its tenth year anniversary, under the theme of ‘Cartographies’, this two-day event explores how we make sense of places through visual, sonic and photographic representations, across a variety of global contexts. Bringing together a wide range of international artists, urban Read More
New book is published by Firecrackers (editors: Fiona Rogers & Max Houghton)
A vivid showcase of work by more than thirty of the world’s leading contemporary female documentary photographers.
With Performing Afrotopia, Marie-Ann Yemsi, offers in collaboration with Kettly Noël an Afrotopia evening event, an abstract chapter of the Pan-African exhibition that explores the advantageous links between images, dance and performance. It will feature artists and collectives Rachel Monosov and Admire Kamudzengerere, Transcultural Protocol, Nelisiwe Xaba and Kettly Noël, The Impossible Dance.
The Ciné Mobile Read More
Then and Now: Japanese Women Photographers of the 1970s and ’80s Revealed Through Their Photobooks
Russet Lederman
The paper was presented firstly at Tate Modern conference “Fast Forward: Women in Photography” in 2015. Now it is published in Volume 8, Issue 1: Art and Vernacular Photographies in Asia, Fall 2017
“In March 2014, the Hasselblad Foundation presented the Japanese Read More
Fast Forward: Women in Photography – Lithuanian Edition
3 – 4 November, 2017
National Gallery of Art, Vilnius, Lithuania
Building on the success of the Fast Forward conference at Tate Modern in 2015, co-organised by Tate, University for the Creative Arts (UCA) along with Photography Archive Research Centre (PARC) at University of the Arts London, Lithuanian Photographers Association and Read More
History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
All events free and open to all, at 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
24 October 2017, 6:00-7:30pm
Keynes Library (room 114)
Dr. AnnaLea Tunesi (independent scholar)
Art Dealing, Taste and Politics: Photographs from the archives of Florentine art dealer Stefano Bardini (1836-1922)
Stefano Bardini, Self-portrait.
This paper explores the importance of photography in Read More
The HYSTERIA collective is raising funds for the printing and distribution of our eighth periodical on feminisms and power.
The HYSTERIA collective has been working very hard over the past nine months on the eighth issue of the HYSTERIA periodical. Now it’s time to share it with the rest of the world. But we need your help! Read More
BRACHA invites you to the private view of an exhibition of photography and video art highlighting hereditary cancer
Curated by Tamar Arnon & Eli Zagury
Exhibition dates: 22nd – 26th September 2017
Rosenfeld Porcini gallery
37 Rathbone Street, London W1T 1NZ
Galllery opening hours:
10am – 6pm Sat: 11am – 6pm (free entry)
Sunday 24th September 2017 6pm – 9pm
The evening will include a presentation by BRACHA’s Read More
New perspectives on the border in Ireland
9 Sept – 22 Oct 2017
Thursday 14 September
5pm: Artist Kate Nolan ‘In Conversation’ with Stephanie McBride
6pm: Official launch of the exhibition
Gallery of Photography Ireland, Meeting House Square, Temple Bar, Dublin 2
London-based Estonian artist Maria Kapajeva’s largest solo exhibition thus far, entitled The Dream is Wonderful, Yet Unclear, is opening at Narva Art Residency.
As part of the Tallinn Photomonth programme, London-based Estonian artist Maria Kapajeva returns to Narva Art Residency with a solo exhibition studying the social legacy of Krenholm. For 150 years, Krenholm – the Read More
Brooklyn Museum, NY USA
APRIL 21–SEPTEMBER 17, 2017
Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art and Stephanie and Tim Ingrassia Gallery of Contemporary Art, 4th Floor
Focusing on the work of black women artists, We Wanted a Revolution: Black Radical Women, 1965–85 examines the political, social, cultural, and aesthetic priorities of women of color during the emergence of second-wave feminism. Read More
ZANELE MUHOLI:
SOMNYAMA NGONYAMA, HAIL THE DARK LIONESS
In her first solo exhibition in London, South African visual activist Zanele Muholi (b 1972) presents her ongoing self-portrait series Somnyama Ngonyama.
In more than 60 photographs Muholi uses her body as a canvas to confront the politics of race and representation in the visual archive.
Taken primarily in Europe, North America Read More
Dis/Obedient Women Exhibition
curated by Sari Patnaik
in association with Art Night London 2017
in collaboration with Whitechapel Gallery
Opening July 1 6-12pm
Kobi Nazrul Centre, 30 Hanbury Street, London E1 6QR
The Place is Here presents work by over twenty black artists and collectives working in 1980s Britain. Shown across the South London Gallery and Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art, the exhibition spans painting, film, photography and archival material from this pivotal decade in British culture and politics.
The Place is Here evokes some of the Read More
New Territories: Landscape Representation in Contemporary Photographic Practices
International Workshop
Humboldt University of Berlin
16, 17 and 18 June 2017
This three-day workshop gathers international scholars and artists. From different disciplinary perspectives that include art histories, architecture, geography and archeology, speakers addresses the many pressing questions that representations of natural and man-made landscapes bring into focus: the national identity Read More
Mfon: Women Photographers of the African Diaspora is an exclusive and commemorative bi-annual journal committed to establishing and representing a collective voice of women photographers of African descent. The inaugural issue of Mfon features 100 women photographers across the Diaspora. This iconic issue features an introduction by Dr. Deborah Willis, MacArthur Fellow and Chair of Read More
Venue: Middlesex University, Grove Building, Hendon Campus, The Burroughs, Middlesex University, London, NW4 4BT, UK.
Date: Monday 3 July 2017, 11-6pm.
This event is open to artists, academics and curators interested in feminism and contemporary art.
Katy Deepwell (founder and editor of n.paradoxa: international feminist art journal and Professor of Read More
Between 1985 and 1990, London based artist Marysia Lewandowska recorded over 200 hours of audio with artists and academics, ranging from private conversations to public events. The Women’s Audio Archive began life as a fictional institute, invented as a way of approaching key female figures in the arts, becoming a valuable reflection of their politics and Read More
Female Photographers
The Jubilee Conference of the Hungarian Society for the History of Photography (MAFOT) at the Petőfi Literary Museum and the Hungarian National Museum
The ten-year-old Hungarian Society for the History of Photography invites researchers interested in the history of photography to think together. At the conference in May 2017, the presentations Read More
Photography & the Archive Research Centre (PARC) at the London College of Communication invites you to the opening of The Other Observers: Women’s Photography in Britain – materials from the Val Williams Archive.
Curated by PARC Graduate Associates Ana Ascobar and Jacqui Taylor as part of the Moose on the Loose outreach programme.
Women in Photography the Read More
HEWING WITTARE present a 3 woman show with Chudamani Clowes, Rebecca Glover and Anna Liber Lewis entitled ‘Shapeshifting – tactics to combat drowning’ as part of the E17 Art Trial 2017.
Saturday, June 10 – 2pm
As two Jerwood Gallery exhibitions featuring women artists overlap (Jean Cooke and Eileen Agar), we are delighted to welcome curators and authors of A Woman’s Place Project Day+Gluckman, artist Jessica Voorsanger and Tate Curator and art historian Carol Jacobi to the gallery, to discuss the complex relationship of a woman artist to her personal biography.
The panel Read More
L E N S T H I N K Y O R K S H I R E
Thursday May 11th will see the very first social for Lens Think Yorkshire, A bimonthly
social in Yorkshire to meet, share work, ideas, & develop photography in
the North. The night will see Al Palmer of Read More
Reflecting on Charlotte Salomon
An Exhibition and Study Day at the Women’s Art Library organised by Goldsmith University of London
Study Day : 15.05.2017, 11.00-18.00
Special Collections Reading Room
The event is free of charge, but booking is required.
Exhibition: 01.05.2017-31.05.2017
Special Collections Foyer
2017 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Charlotte Salomon (1917-1943), a German-Jewish artist who was killed Read More
Diffusion 2017 looks at REVOLUTION in its widest context, investigating through the prism of photography and lens-based media social change, freedom of expression, popular protest, human rights and the pursuit of utopias.
The Diffusion conference focuses on two key issues, with contributions from exhibiting artists, architects, designers, cultural theorists and committed urbanists.
Building the Revolution examines artist involvement Read More
GSA & Edinburgh Napier University
Assessing the legacy and impact of feminist photographer Franki Raffles
Tuesday 25 April 2017, 11-4pm,
This symposium is a contribution to the appreciation of the current Franki Raffles exhibition Observing Women at Work at Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, 4 March – 27 April 2017.
What are the lessons for contemporary feminist and Read More
Reid Gallery, The Glasgow School of Art, 4 March-27 April 2017 An exhibition of work by the feminist social documentary photographer
Franki Raffles (1955-94) was a feminist social documentary photographer. This exhibition Observing Women at Work presents a selection of photographs and material by Franki Raffles [1955-94] from three bodies of work, namely ‘Women Workers in the Read More
Thu, April 27, 2017
6:30 PM – 8:00 PM BST
Helen Cammock works with moving image, photography, text, performance and installation. Within these various forms is her underlying interest and aim to consider how societal dissonance, that exists between the individual and collective experience embodies consequences of structural inequality.
Ideas around authorship and the appropriation, exchange, interruption and Read More
Talk: “Women Rebels, Women Poets”
by Marta Gili, Director, Galerie nationale du Jeu de Paume, Paris
LOCATION:
HU Hauptgebäude, Hörsaal 3075, Humboldt University of Berlin
24 May 2007, 18:00
Institut für Kunst- und Bildgeschichte (IKB) der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
In this talk Marta Gili looks at the work of women photographers of the first Read More
New book is published by Laurence King:
Girl on Girl: Art and Photography in the Age of the Female Gaze
By Charlotte Jansen
A new generation of female artists is emerging who have grown up in a culture saturated with social media and selfies.
This book looks at how young women are using photography and the internet to explore Read More
Publishing and photo books – From editing and design to marketing and distribution
Magnum Photos, London | Sat 29 & Sun 30 July 2017
Learn from the best publishers and photobook producers about the publishing market: covering how to pitch to publishers, methods of production, design, editing, and budgets.
BOOK A PLACE HERE:
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Karen Knorr – Europe and India
Danziger Gallery
95 Rivington Street
New York, NY 10002
For our third solo show of photographs by Karen Knorr, the gallery is presenting a selection of her constructed animal scenarios taken in both Europe and India. Shot between 2003 and 2016 in various European museums and stately homes and in Indian palaces and Read More
UNA Y OTRA (ONE AND ANOTHER)
Curator: Rodrigo Orrantia
Carrera 5 # 26C – 40
Bogotá Colombia
Opening: Saturday 22 April
April-May 2017
This exhibition brings together the recent work of women artists who work with photography and video around the theme of identity and place. In the Read More
History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
Free and open to all, at 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
Wednesday 17 May, 2:00-5:00pm
Room G04
A collaboration with Birkbeck Architecture Space and Society Centre:
Sabine Wieber (Glasgow University)
‘Intimate Collaborations’ at the Photo Studio Elvira in Munich
Tag Gronberg (Birkbeck)
Architectural Relationships Past, Present and Future on the Côte d’Azur
Patrizia Di Bello, (Birkbeck)
Response: Read More
Interesting review on a new book Girl on Girl: Art and Photography in the Age of the Female Gaze by Charlotte Jansen, published by Laurence King (2017)
University of Brighton
School of Media
Edward Street Campus Lecture Theatre
28th Apr 2017 1:00pm-5:30pm
Nostalgia is a recurring theme of contemporary popular film, television and digital media. Reboots and remakes, sequels and spin-offs fill our screens. DVD box sets repackage old shows as new products. Digital techniques recreate the look of celluloid, old photography and early cinema, as Read More
Gestures of Resistance aims to respond to our current general mood of political anxiety and alienation by opening up socio-political critique in order to resist the palpable feeling of disempowerment. Rather than accepting the non-choice of the neoliberal setup of Greece or current right-wing politics both in America and Europe, the artists of Gestures of Read More
British Journal Of Photography: Female Gaze
Issue: May 2017
Female Gaze: New perspectives from the selfie generation. Charlotte Jansen considers a new generation of female photographers who make women their subject. Zuza Krajewska goes inside a prison for young male offenders. Endia Beal addresses themes of race, gender and corporate culture. And Laia Abril uncovers secret histories Read More
Under the Dark Cloth: Working with Photography Studio Archives is an International one-day symposium at QUAD, Derby, presented to coincide with the exhibition People, Places, and Things: the W. W. Winter’s Archive, on show at Derby Museum during FORMAT17.
Commercial photography studios were once common sights on almost every high street. Each has Read More
photographies journal was first published in 2007 to initiate theoretical and critical discussion of photography in local and global contexts.
To celebrate our 10th anniversary, photographies journal is holding a two-day conference. Bringing together a range of international speakers, it promises to be a defining event, engaging and interrogating the contemporary condition and currency of the Read More
Four Corners is delighted to invite you to the opening of The Partisan Coffee House exhibition, which tells the fascinating story of London’s first socialist coffee house, an ‘anti-espresso’ bar. Founded by social historian Raphael Samuel and cultural theorist Stuart Hall in Soho 1958, the Partisan was the spiritual home of the New Left.
The exhibition Read More
ACCA is proud to present a major exhibition of newly commissioned work by Melbourne-based, English-born artist Claire Lambe. Encompassing sculpture, photography and theatrical mise-en-scène, Lambe creates intimate and intense psychological spaces in an ambitious attempt to describe the human condition in its cruel reality and horrifying glory.
Known for her strange and often abject Read More
09:30-17:00 Richard Hoggart Building
Room 137a Goldsmiths, University of London
Engaging in Urban Image-making is a one-day symposium hosted by the Centre for Urban and Community Research (CUCR) at Goldsmiths, which brings together practitioners from: Sociology Goldsmiths, Photojournalism London College of Communication, Urban Photographers Association and London Independent Photography. Its purpose is to begin a dialogue Read More
ANNA FOX / MA FASHION / CENTRAL SAINT MARTINS
12 – 26 APRIL 2017
In January this year, MA Fashion commissioned acclaimed British photographer Anna Fox to document the building of the final year collections. Over a two-month period, Fox engaged in fieldwork that reveals the process of fashion design at close quarters; in Read More
London Metropolitan Archives (LMA) is home to an extraordinary range of documents, images, maps, film and books about London. This site offers an insight into the archives, with practical advice on how to research and use them, both at LMA and online.
We run a wide selection of talks, guided tours, film screenings, exhibitions and other Read More
Four Corners Film, London
6:45 PM – 9:00 PM
Photographers Maggie Murray, Gina Glover, Jenny Matthews and Joanne O’Brien discuss the work and experience of women photographers in the 1970s and 80s. This event is part of Four Corners’ Archive project, which is putting the Camerawork magazine online. To be chaired by Helen Trompeteler, writer and curator Read More
WOMEN IN ART SYMPOSIUM WITH W PROJECT
18.00–20.00
Join this special edition symposium from the W Project to celebrate International Women’s Day
The W Project returns on the eve of International Women’s Day with a very special symposium exploring diversity in the art world and the future of curation.
We invite you to join us at Tate Modern for an evening Read More
Explore parallels between the work of French Surrealist Claude Cahun and Turner Prize-winning British artist Gillian Wearing, brought together for the first time in this new exhibition.
Though born seventy years apart, both artists share a fascination with the self-portrait and use the self-image, through the medium of photography, to explore themes around Read More
The London-based artist and reader in Urban Aesthetics at the Royal College of Art Rut Blees Luxemburg discusses her large-scale photographic works, which concern the phenomenon of the urban and representation of the city.
This event is part of the Whitechapel Gallery’s talk series Prix Pictet Conversations on Photography, which provides a platform for leading contemporary photographers Read More
“Building Resilience: Dialogue, Collaboration and Partnerships across Our Differences”
Colombo, Sri Lanka
This day-long event offers a platform to consider the position of women in the art world and address questions of inclusion and diversity, especially in relation to museum collections.
Speakers include Iwona Blazwick (Director Whitechapel Gallery), Susan Fisher Sterling (Director National Museum for Women in the Arts), Ann Gallagher (Director of Collections, Tate), and collectors Valeria Napoleone and Floriane de Saint Pierre.
Organised in Read More
The Moon and a Smile
Greta Alfaro, Anna Fox, Astrid Kruse Jensen, Neeta Madahar & Melanie Rose, Sharon Morris, Sophy Rickett, Helen Sear, Patricia Ziad
4 March – 23 April 2017
The Moon and a Smile responds to a period in the 1840s and 1850s, when Swansea was at the centre of early experiments in photography worldwide. In Read More
With a myriad of creative possibilities and inspiration, The Photography Show is a haven for every photographer, no matter what stage of your photography journey you’re at.
Join UCA’s Women in Photography at the show on 18-21 March at the NEC Birmingham to find out more about their projects and browse the Read More
Starts 22 June 2017 – 18:00
Finishes 24 June 2017 – 20:00
Birkbeck, University of London
Feminist Emergency
Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities in collaboration Birkbeck Gender and Sexuality (BiGS), the Birkbeck Institute for Social Research, the Birkbeck Institute for the Moving Image and the British Comparative Literature Association.
This major international feminist Conference emerges out of a shared sense that feminism Read More
Joy Gregory is one of the major artists to emerge from the Black British photography movement of the 1980s; a time when debates around the domain of representation were explored and challenged. Gregory’s work is influenced by a combination of race, history, gender and aesthetics; firmly rooted in concepts of ‘truth and beauty’.
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Member Led Event – The Body Up North with Natalie Wardle
27 April 2017, 19:00 to 20:30
Photographic artist and Redeye member Natalie Wardle hosts an evening with young and talented Northern photographers whose work looks at the human form in visual art and performance. Speaking alongside Natalie will be Manchester-based artists Ruby Robinson and Ellen Moss.
The Read More
Organised by Brighton Women’s Centre, in association with Brighton Dome
Saturday 4th March, 12pm – 1.30pm
The Old Courtroom, 118 Church St, Brighton BN1 1UD
(opposite Brighton Dome Concert Hall)
Join renowned photographers Marilyn Stafford and Nina Emett as they each present a selection of photographs from their work based on the theme of women, hosted Read More
Terrains of the Body:
Photography from the National Museum of Women in the Arts
Drawn from the National Museum of Women in the Arts (Washington, U.S.), this collection display showcases photography and video work by seventeen contemporary artists from around the world.
By turning their camera to women, including themselves, these artists embrace the female body as Read More
Thursday 27 April 2017, 6:00-7:30
Room 106
Christina Riggs (University of East Anglia)
Photographing Tutankhamun: Photo-objects and the archival afterlives of colonial archaeology
Patrizia Di Bello (Dr),
Senior Lecturer, History and Theory of Photography
Birkbeck, University of London,
www.bbk.ac.uk/art-history
As part of the Oxford International Women’s Festival and International Women’s Day, new exhibition HATCHED 2017 will showcase work by local and global artists on the theme of women’s issues.
Exhibition: 22 February to 11 March 2017
at the North Wall Gallery, Oxford
Private View with Maga Esberg’s It (‘s a) girl!performance:
Friday 24th of February 6.30-8.30pm
Performance starts at 7pm.
Using Read More
Perpetual Revolution: The Image and Social Change
January 27–May 7, 2017
Curators’ talk: February 8, 6:30–8:30pm
International Center of Photography
250 Bowery
New York, New York 10012
USA
The International Center of Photography (ICP), the world’s leading institution dedicated to photography and visual culture, kicks off 2017—its designated Read More
A tribute to female flâneurs: the women who reclaimed our city streets
by Lauren Elkin
“The flâneur – the keen-eyed stroller who chronicles the minutiae of city life – has long been seen as a man’s role. From Virginia Woolf to Martha Gellhorn, it’s time we recognised the vital, transgressive work of the flâneuse…. It’s time to recognise Read More
The Lure of the Archive
Falmouth University Photography Symposium
At the Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
4 March, 2017
10am – 5pm
To coincide with the launch of the exhibition The Moon and a Smile – eight new artist commissions responding to the photographs of the Dillwyn Llewelyn family in mid 19th century Swansea – Falmouth University hosts a Read More
http://www.loeildelaphotographie.com/en/2017/01/20/article/159934571/on-feminism-the-winter-issue-of-aperture/
“The winter issue of Aperture, “On Feminism,” arrives at a moment when the power and influence women hold on the world stage is irrefutable, and the very idea of gender is central to conversations about equality across the country, and around the globe. “On Feminism” focuses on intergenerational dialogues, debates, and strategies of feminism in photography Read More
Moose on the Loose 2017 Biennale of Research:
Transformations, Collaborations
Exhibitions Talks Archives Films Publications Commissions Classes Book Launch Lectures Meetings Conversations Explorations Food
February-March, 2017
Moose 2017 includes exhibitions, a new film festival, book launch, LGBTQ+ zines, studio visits, workshops and demonstrations, plus the second iteration of Shadows –exploring the use of analogue photography by contemporary artists, and Read More
FIX Photo Festival 2017
12 – 21 May: Free Entry
FIX Photo Festival – An annual celebration of consummate photography in all its forms.
In this, the second year of the festival, FIX Photo is curated in response to the consequences of the dramatic political shifts of 2016. Exhibiting artists will issue a positive challenge to the Read More
In October 2016 a network camera was installed on Mount Scopus in Jerusalem looking east across the West Bank towards the Jordanian Mountains.
The camera is constructing images pixel by pixel, line by line from the top left to the bottom right hand corner of the frame so that each complete image represents just Read More
Exhibition Laboratory
Merimiehenkatu 36
Helsinki
Finland
The KuvA Research Days discuss artistic research across the disciplines
The Research Days of the Academy of Fine Arts (KuvA) are held from December 12 to December 14 in Helsinki, Finland. The themes explored in this public event include death, the role of the artist-researcher in society and in science, and archaeology as Read More
WHAT IS PHOTOGRAPHIC RESEARCH?
An afternoon of presentations and conversations emerging from the themes of the inaugural UAL Photography Research Exhibition at Camberwell Space Projects.
Chaired by Anne Williams and Duncan Wooldridge
Keynote Speaker: Dr. Helen Westgeest
Photographic research as comparative interrogation of visual mediation in fine arts and everyday life
Dr. Westgeest is Assistant Professor of Modern and Read More
Something to get off your chest? Conspire with Guerrilla Girls and speak your mind
The Guerrilla Girls operate a Complaints Department in Tate Exchange, inviting individuals and organisations to come and conspire with the Girls, post complaints about art, culture, politics, the environment, or any other issue they care about. Encouragement and some materials will be provided Read More
Strive Market
As part of the Strive Festival we will have a Market in the Royal Festival Hall. It is an opportunity to share the diverse creativity, skills and innovation of young people and of course sell your creations!
We are offering (Free) stalls to talented young people (15-30) who create/design/ make their own work. This could range from Read More
STEFFI KLENZ
He only feels the black and white of it:
Berlin Wall 14-07-1973
BOOK LAUNCH – TUESDAY, 21st June
The Heights Bar, 15th Floor
Saint Georges Hotel 14-15 Langham Place, Regent Street, London W1B 2QS
MOREL BOOKS
Free and open to all at 43 Gordon Square, London WC1, unless otherwise specified
Thursday 9 June 2016, 6-7:30 pm
Room 112
Luke Gartlan (University of St. Andrews, History of Photography journal)
Before ‘White Australia’: The Singleton Family Photo Albums and Early Australian-Japanese Relations
Patrizia Di Bello (Dr),
Senior Lecturer, History and Theory of Photography
Birkbeck, University of London,
www.bbk.ac.uk/art-history
Tate Britain, Clore Studio
Saturday 18 June 2016, 17.00–18.30
Coinciding with the Jo Spence display, artist Rose Gibbs leads a discussion drawing on the legacy of the Hackney Flashers and women’s arts collectives, past and present, considering their work in relation to women and feminised labour.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s there were an abundance of collective activities and Read More
Tate Britain, Clore Studio
Saturday 18 June 2016, 17.00–18.30
Coinciding with the Jo Spence display, artist Rose Gibbs leads a discussion drawing on the legacy of the Hackney Flashers and women’s arts collectives, past and present, considering their work in relation to women and feminised labour.
Throughout the 1970s and 1980s there were an abundance of collective activities and Read More
some interesting women in this talks collection
MUST SEE AT TATE BRITAIN
Painting with Light:
Art and Photography from the Pre-Raphaelites to the Modern Age
11 May – 25 September 2016
This spring, Tate Britain will uncover the dynamic dialogue between British painters and photographers; from the birth of the modern medium to the blossoming of art photography. Spanning over 70 years, the exhibition will bring Read More
Project aim
Photofusion is gravely threatened by rising rent. Photofusion means something special both to creativity in London, and to the community in Brixton. We are gravely threatened by a combination of falling funding and rising rent. Please help us to move, survive, and carry on doing great work!
Photofusion is a hub for photography that has Read More
Organised by FOTONOW CIC and Knowle West Media Centre
THE PHOTOGRAPHER: ARTIST, ACTIVIST, INNOVATOR?
Wednesday, April 27th 6-8pm
Leinster Avenue, Bristol BS4 1NL
Panel Discussion with Amak Mahmoodian, Maria Kapajeva, David Partner, Andrew Jackson
Portfolio Reviews: booking is essential at thephotographer.eventbrite.co.uk
Saturday 21 May, 2.00pm to 3.30pm.
Malcolm Dickson, co-curator of Passion, will discuss Maud Sulter’s work with artist Marlene Smith, a key figure in the British black arts movement. Followed by refreshments.
Free event, booking advised.
Now in its seventh edition, NPS 2016 is organised this year in partnership with FORMAT International Photography Festival off year and QUAD. It explores three main themes: new online photographic communities that are revolutionising learning and showing of work; the challenges of making – and forgetting – visual history in an age when everything is Read More
The Photography Show open now is the UK’s largest event dedicated to photography, it offers a great opportunity for you to try (and buy!) some of the latest kit, get advice and inspiration from some of the best in the business and meet potential business partners.
Pro Day is on Monday, 21 March and in the Read More
FORMAT Photoforum
QUAD
Market Place
Cathedral Quarter
Derby DE1 3AS
Thursday 12th May, 2016
18:30 – 20:30
£ 5 (£4)
We invite you to share your work and gain valuable advice and guidance from photographer, author and teacher, Paul Hill MBE in this Open Session. These open sessions are great opportunities to ‘expose yourself’ in front of an informed audience of fellow Read More
The National Photography Symposium is the UK’s leading gathering place for ideas and discussion around photography. Now in its seventh edition, NPS 2016 explores two main themes: new online photographic communities that are revolutionising learning and showing of work; and the challenges of making – and forgetting – visual history in an age when everything is Read More
Photoforum
Four Corners Film Spring Photoforum presents the work of four women photographers
Thursday 17 March, 6.30-8.30pm
Lisa Byrne, Maria Kapajeva, Mira Loew, and Fiona Yaron-Field will show and discuss their work in relation to current feminist debates. This event is part of Women’s History Month in East London
RSVP on the provided link.
Free and open to all, note the change of address for the next event
Wednesday 9 March 2016 – 6-7:30
*Clore Lecture Theater, Clore management Centre, Torrington Square (opposite main building), WC1E 7JL
Jennifer Tucker (Wesleyan University & Visiting Fellow, Birkbeck Institute for the Humanities)
Picturing Modernization: Vision, Modernity and the Technological Image in Humphrey Jennings’ Pandaemonium
Humphrey Jennings’ Pandaemonium: Coming Read More
Juno Calypso and Felicity Hammond, winners of this year’s British Journal of Photography International Awards are exhibiting their work right now.
It is the second year that the gallery are hosting the awards, and the 10th year of the awards itself. Do hope you will be able to join us. The exhibition will be on until Read More
http://www.recyclart.be/fr/agenda/extra-fort-nick-hannes-maria-kapajeva
bar 19:30
doors 20:15 €3
projection / projectie 20:30
Rue des Ursulines 25
1000 Bruxelles
Accès
Les soirées « extra fort » sont des soirées photographiques corsées pour ceux qui aiment les images. Des photographes présentent et échangent avec vous autour de leur travail, les influences qui les ont accompagnés dans leur démarche, les projets connus mais aussi méconnus. Read More
History and Theory of Photography Research Centre
Free and open to all, at 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD, unless otherwise specified
Wednesday 17 February 2016, 6-7:30 pm
Room B04
Linda Mulcahy (London School of Economics)
Docile Suffragettes? Resistance to Police Photography
Seminal accounts of the history of photography commonly draw attention to the mugshot as the archetypal documentary visual record Read More
Free and open to all, at 43 Gordon Square, London WC1H 0PD
Room 112
Monica Bohm-Duchen in conversation with Dorothy Bohm
About Women: Photographs by Dorothy Bohm
This is Dorothy Bohm’s first book to focus exclusively on the subject of women. Taken throughout the world, from the late 1940s until the present day, her photographs range from images of Read More
>³One is not born, but rather becomes, a woman,² and there were those,
>who became a woman long before the famous quote of Simone de Beauvoir
>was said out loud in 1949 and who left their footprint, seen or hidden,
>praised or still unrecognized. Last couple of decades have seen a
>radical transformation in the ways of recreation, assimilation,
>dispersion Read More
STUDY DAY: This study day will explore a century of outstanding contributions to photography by women. Inspired by the current Julia Margaret Cameron Display, academics, curators and writers will explore Women’s contribution to a genres including, fine art, fashion, war and political photographs.
year three photography students from Coventry University have organised:
The INSITE symposium will be a forum in which individual research
projects will be presented, examining a variety of issues relating
to photographic practice and visual representation in the 21st
century. 36 speakers will form a programme taking place over two
days, on the 3rd and the 4th of February from Read More
Ashmolean Museum, Oxford, September 7 – 08, 2016
Museums and Galleries History Group Biennial Conference
Gendering Museum Histories
This conference addresses the relationship between museums, galleries
and gender during the last 400 years. Museums can be understood as
buildings, institutions, collections, displays, interpretations and
groups of people; each of these aspects has both reflected and shaped
ideas about gender and its construction Read More
Archives Matter: Queer, Feminist and Decolonial Encounters
This conference will take place on the 3rd of June 2016 at Goldsmiths, University of London and is hosted by the Centre for Feminist Research.
Archives matter. Archives are bound up with the question of whose history is worth preserving. Scholars in postcolonial and decolonial studies have broadened our understanding Read More
Tuesday 26 January 2016, 6-8 pm
Keynes Library
Marta Weiss (Victoria and Albert Museum)
Julia Margaret Cameron: New Discoveries
Responding: Colin Ford (Former head of the National Museum of Photography, Film and Television in Bradford)
This seminar will explore new material Martha Weiss discovered while researching the current must-see exhibition at the Victoria and Albert Museum, marking the bicentenary of Read More
Wednesday 20th April – Friday 22nd April 2016, QUAD Derby
Redeye is partnering with Format and Flâneur, Procurate for the return of the UK’s largest portfolio review and The National Photography Symposium in April next year. Keep your diaries free to meet and hear from 30+ international photography experts at this not-to-be-missed networking event. Featuring professional practice talks by industry experts, major awards Read More
Redeye will be hosting a day of events at The Photography Show in 2016. Redeye will be running a day of activities on Tuesday 22nd March including quick-fire talks from contemporary photographers, workshops on professional practice, and advice on presenting your work.
The Redeye Team
facebook.com/redeyephotographynetwork
@redeyenetwork
www.redeye.org.uk
Shadow Sites II will be screened at the ICA on Tuesday evening in A Cosmonaut’s Trip, a programme which examines the role of space exploration in experimental film, featuring archive footage by pioneers of early cinema alongside animation and contemporary artists’ moving image works:
Saatchi Gallery
14th January, 19:00 (Doors open 18:30)
We’re kicking off the year with a screening to celebrate
Saatchi Gallery‘s 30th birthday and the opening of their
first ever all-women show on 14th January.
The exhibition, titled Champagne Life, features 14 artists
including Mirrors to Windows artist Alice Anderson.
Followed by Q&A with director Susan Steinberg.
University of Oxford is pleased to announce a two-day conference on ‘Women and the Canon’ to be held at Christ Church (University of Oxford) on 22-23 January 2016.
“This conference seeks to problematize received notions of canonicity, and therefore of artistic and intellectual authority, by approaching them through their relationship to gender. The Oxford English Dictionary defines Read More
Following a very successful 2015, we would like to thank you for your continued support and formally announce that Photobook Bristol will return to the SouthBank Club, Bristol on the 10th-12th June 2016. We have confirmed some fantastic speakers already, including Ken Grant, Mark Power, David Solo, Laura El-Tantawy, Amak Mahmoodian, Dragan Jurasic, Martin Parr, Read More
London Art Fair has built up a strong reputation for photography within the Main Fair, Art Projects and Photo50.
Photography Focus Day takes place at London Art Fair on Wednesday 20 January, with talks and tours on this day examining contemporary photographic practice.
All events are free to attend with a valid Fair ticket or invitation and take place in Read More
Gerry Badger, Lara Clifton, Julie Cook, Paul Davies, Dr Nerys Mathias meet to discuss issues related to the body and Julie Cooks exhibition – Sightlines: Public and Private (Lives). There will also be a special performance by Blanche Dubois.
Lunch and drinks included
There is a ticket line number and a box office number (Box Office is open only Read More
Chair: Dr Michael Pritchard
Registration: 10.30
Start: 11am – 4.30
National Media Museum, Bradford, West Yorkshire, BD1 1NQ
Tel: 01225325733
To coincide with the bicentenary of the birth of Julia Margaret Cameron, The Royal Photographic Society in partnership with the National Media Museum and the University of Westminster presents a day of lectures that celebrate women in photography from both Read More
This two-day conference explores the complex and dynamic evolution of the history of women in photography, from early commercial practices, to the impact of World War II on women and their work, to reframing the role of the archive.
Considering both national and international discussions about women in the history of photography, this event Read More
This panel launches a new research initiative on women and photography at UCA Farnham and brings together an international line up of photographers and curators to discuss key questions emerging from the work of women photographers today. Fast Forward: Women and Photography is a precursor to a larger international symposium taking place in 2015.
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