V&A Photography Centre:
World-leading Collections

Ahead of the V&A’s landmark Photography Centre opening, we speak to the Head of Photography and Senior Curator of Photography.

London Gallery Weekend:
Exhibitions to Explore

London Gallery Weekend offers a snapshot of the arts landscape, with exhibitions engaging in topics of decolonisation, gender, memory and sustainability.

Dedicated to the City

Tom Wood is affectionately known as “Photie Man” across Merseyside. The retrospective at Walker Art Gallery shows us why, spanning 50 years’ work.

5 Photographers to Know: Getxophoto 2023

Twenty two photographers explore the political potential of pausing, positioning breaks and inactivity as gestures of rebellion and resistance.

Waterways in Crisis

There are just over 200 chalk streams globally. 85% are found in the UK. Ellie Davies highlights their beauty and vulnerability in the face of climate crisis.

Transforming Landscapes:
In Conversation with Steve Messam

An interview with Steve Messam about his latest immersive exhibitions. They’re popping up across the UK, including at National Railway Museum. Each one brims with colour and play.

What to Expect:
Venice Architecture Biennale 2023

Practitioners from across the globe come together to consider the role of architecture in addressing issues of representation and sustainability.

A Precarious Belonging

Margaret Mitchell offers an insight into the practical and social impact of current homelessness in 36 arresting photographs and vivid portraits.

Back to the Arcade

Franck Bohbot is interested in the retro aesthetics of arcades and gaming spaces in Los Angeles, capturing neon-noir shots that flicker with excitement.

Crafting a Story

The new photobook from Patty Maher is filled with stories. Her images conjure a place where literature, fairy tales and surrealist paintings coalesce.

Global Talent:
The Aesthetica Art Prize Exhibition

21 shortlisted artists invite visitors to be inspired by new ideas, with surveys of representation, digitisation, diaspora and the climate crisis.

5 to See:
Photo London 2023

The annual fair returns to Somerset House for 2023. In this roundup, we outline five artists to know – engaging with topics of ecology, gender and intimacy.

Feast for the Senses

A groups of Lausanne-based students were tasked with creating photographs inspired by a fragrance by French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaultier.

Photographing the Intangible

Photographer Farah Al Qasimi is inspired by domestic-set horror movies of the 1970s and 1980s, using them as a jumping-off point for her work.

Sparking a Revolution

A major show demonstrates Kwame Brathwaite’s legacy in portraying “the essence of Black experience, as a feeling, drive and an emotion.”

A New Angle

On first glance, Theo Deproost’s Lost In Time appears to be a collection of impressive landscape shots. The reality is much more, and it’s deeply intriguing.

A Maternal Lens

During the Covid-19 pandemic, Karni Arieli launched an Instagram account, collecting refreshingly candid and aesthetically rich images of motherhood.

5 Photographs: V&A Parasol
Foundation Prize for Women

From the Russia-Ukraine War to Iranian homes and the legacies of colonialism, this year’s projects respond to the theme “Agents of Change”

Symbolic Connections

16 contemporary photographers pay tribute to the fragility, beauty and adaptability of ecosystems at Fotografiska Stockholm.

Unguarded Moments

Dawn Eagleton’s street photographs are painterly: condensation, rain, smears and reflections coalesce to obscure, abstract and conceal each subject.