While Spain extends a hand to the troïka for help in shoring up its banks and Italy steps in line to do the same, the financial crunch affecting Europe seems far from the preoccupations of the art market. At least on the surface. 
Welcome to Art Basel, where everyone is looking good and wears a smile....

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The big lesson at Art Basel is that art (whether it be photographic or not) needs to be experienced. The viewer needs to be physically confronted with a work, to move towards it, draw back, or lose himself or herself in it. 
This pilgrimage is not made only to buy art but also to disco...

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L'Art d'aimer, de la séduction à la volupté, presents the birth and evolution of love through different artistic mediums. Exhibitions about love are rare. As a reflection of French writer Romain Gary’s comment, “Love is an adventure without a map or compass where only ...

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Ayyam Gallery DIFC presents a new series of works by renowned photojournalist, Ammar Abd Rabbo, in his second artistic exhibition with Ayyam Gallery entitled ‘Follow the Leader’. A chronicler of life’s events, capturing nearly every moment from the poverty stricken on ...

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Masterpiece London was launched in June 2010 with 118 participating exhibitors and over 18,000 visitors. The 2011 fair proved itself to be just as spectacular and attracted over 28,000 visitors. James Hyman will make their debut presence at Masterpiece London. On the 28th of June 201...

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American publisher Rizzoli just released the first major monograph about Ryan McGinley whose work has been recognized for the past ten years. Through his viewfinder, we rediscover the intimacy of his generation, photographed with brio. In 2000, Ryan McGinley turned 22. He organ...

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During the past four years, American photographer Ryan McGinley captured the faces of enthusiastic fans massed together during concerts and musical festivals. Today these portraits of Americans and Europeans are featured on three enormous fences. Keen observers, the photographer and his t...

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Obviously, provocation is a well-known art. In photography, abusing it can be risky, occasionally bordering on ridiculous. By associating the themes of human nudity and animal innocence in Animals, Ryan McGinley, the youngest photographer to have his personal works featured at the Wh...

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Sam Haskins liberated nude photography from cliché with his ground breaking trilogy of books “Five Girls” (1962), “Cowboy Kate” (1964) and “November Girl” (1967). With “Cowboy Kate” Sam pioneered the first use of narrative in a purely p...

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For the second edition of Inimagnable, this is a photograph of Remy Ochlik who was chosen to appear on the streets of Paris from June 19 to 25. Inimagnable is an association that provides support and fin...

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“An imaginary record label that produces imaginary artists.” That’s how the French photographer Vanessa Atlan describes this work. Larger than life, each group “signed” by Wonderland Stereo has its own history, albums, songs and lyrics— all invented by the artist. From Betty in Jail, ...

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For several years Manuel Bidermanas has wanted to honor the city of Ambazac, France, by offering it his father’s personal photo laboratory. The project came together when the Espace Izis opened its doors last April in Ambazac, where the photographer and his family took...

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The Helmut Newton Foundation is presenting an exhibition in Berlin from June 2 through November 18 called“White Women / Sleepless Nights / Big Nudes” featuring three famous series by Helmut Newton (Berlin, 1920 – Los Angeles, 2004). This exhibition is more precisely dedica...

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Paris, September 2011, sitting on the patio of a cafe, I ask my neighbor for a light. Something doesn’t seem right. I don’t know how to describe it. We start to talk, and I perceive, beneath my neighbor’s beauty, an unparalleled sweetness and presence. I already want to take her picture. I a...

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