Paper is an everyday material, almost taken for granted – and at the same time one of the oldest carriers of our memories, thoughts and stories. In Papyrus, Jessica Backhaus makes this very material the starting point for a photographic body of work that is as reduced as it is sensual. Following Cut Outs (2021) and Plein Soleil (2024), the new book completes her trilogy on abstraction – and marks her tenth publication with Kehrer Verlag.

At a time when images increasingly exist on screens and paper is slowly disappearing from our everyday lives, Jessica Backhaus turns her attention to its...

The particular fascination of photomontage lies in the spaces between images: where pictures meet, leave their original contexts behind and give rise to unexpected new realities. This is precisely what happens in Frozen Features, the new project by American photographer, publisher and artist Jason Fulford, published by Loose Joints.

Fulford fuses time and space, places and memories into a visual waking dream. A tiny coiled leaf meets a vast landscape, a hand floats across a bedspread, traces of civilisation are layered over images of nature. Pictures that originally had nothing to do with...

They sit side by side – yet sometimes seem worlds apart. In 'Archipelago', Yolanda Del Amo transforms human relationships into composed photographic stages. Gazes fail to meet, bodies share the same space yet remain at a distance. Intimacy and alienation, belonging and autonomy exist simultaneously.

The title says it all: the photographer sees relationships as an archipelago of emotional islands – separate, fragile, yet connected by invisible structures. Working in the tradition of tableau photography, the New York-based artist creates narratively dense visual spaces reminiscent of tableaux...

World-renowned Japanese avant-garde artist Yayoi Kusama died in Tokyo on August 14, 2026, at the age of 97, just weeks after the close of her record-breaking exhibition at the Museum Ludwig in Cologne.

The major retrospective in Cologne, which ran from March 14 to August 2, 2026, generated unprecedented hype and attracted more than 450,000 visitors, making it the most successful exhibition in the Museum Ludwig's history. Over 300 works spanning seven decades were on display.

Yayoi Kusama died peacefully in hospital from multiple organ failure. She was world-famous for her psychedelic polka...

Bridges between Tradition and Modern Technology – On August 12, 2026, the catalogue of works aka catalogue raisonné of media artist Dagmar Varady was presented in the Cabinet Room of the State Chancellery and the Ministry of Culture of Saxony-Anhalt in Magdeburg, in the presence of the artist and publisher Lois Lammerhuber. For the first time, it comprehensively documents her artistic output from 31 years of creative work, spanning 1993 to 2024, encompassing a total of 433 works.

The presentation took place within the framework of the Saxony-Anhalt Art Foundation's catalogue raisonné...

Some people look at photography. Roy Kahmann looks for photographers.

For more than two decades, the Amsterdam-based publisher, curator, collector, and gallerist Roy Kahmannhas made discovering and nurturing photographic talent the beating heart of his work. What began with Kahmann Gallery and GUP Magazine has evolved into the comprehensive Hungry Eye ecosystem, uniting publishing, exhibitions, artist representation, and an empowering platform for the next generation of image-makers.

One of its cornerstone initiatives is FRESH EYES. Launched in 2012 as GUP NEW TALENTS and changed into Fresh...

AI has long become part of the creative everyday in photography, post-production, fashion and advertising. But what is it doing to our visual culture – and to the way we create, read and trust images? This is where SCHIRN Kunsthalle Frankfurt’s major summer exhibition The World Through AI comes in.

Around 40 works by some 30 international artists explore the cognitive, psychological, political and ecological dimensions of artificial intelligence. Videos, photographs, sculptures and graphic works examine machine vision, facial recognition, training data, microwork, memory and imagination –...

Body, earth, fire, water, flowers – and the camera as witness. Tate Modern dedicates a major exhibition to Ana Mendieta (1948–1985), one of the most radical and influential multidisciplinary artists of the 1970s and 80s. More than 120 works bring together her iconic Silueta Series, photography and newly remastered films alongside rarely seen paintings and drawings, sculptures and reconstructed installations.

Mendieta dissolved the boundaries between body, landscape, performance, sculpture, photography and film long before such crossovers became commonplace. Her best-known “earth-body” works...

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The result? Faster production times, greater creative freedom, and content that can adapt to multiple platforms and audiences. As technology continues to evolve, hybrid production is no longer just an option—it's becoming a strategic advantage for brands...

As the winner of the 2025 Prix Elysée, awarded by an international jury of experts, Hannah Darabi (1981), an Iranian artist based in Paris, explores Iranian folk dance as an act of identity resistance through photographs, videos, and archives interwoven with the social and political history of her homeland.

She creates series in which her images enter into dialogue with archives, texts, and objects, revealing the political complexities of contemporary Iran.

Inspired by Woman, Life, Freedom—a recent nationwide protest movement against the restrictive laws imposed on women by the Iranian...