Photography as an art: exhibitions, photobooks, prizes and photographers to know — light on gear reviews.
This issue is led by two photobook stories, Stanley Stellar's portraits of New York's West Village and Gavin John's survey of Australian theatres and cinemas. It also covers the Nikon Comedy Wildlife award finalists, plus gallery and museum shows ranging from Carl Sprinchorn to Mike Nelson. Many of the exhibition items are about painting and sculpture rather than photography.
Two Maine museums are showing Carl Sprinchorn (1887–1971). The Ogunquit Museum of American Art's show runs through November 1, and Bates College Museum of Art's show of over seventy works runs through December 19. A joint catalogue accompanies them.
The Guardian reviews the Ashmolean's Aphrodite show in Oxford, finding the story "jumbled" despite world-class loans. It includes a c. 1490 Botticelli workshop Venus and Pistoletto's 1967 Venus of the Rags.
Sharif Bey's ceramic and mixed-media Guardian and Crown Series draw on the Benin Bronzes, ceremonial masking and Moai heads. Sharif Bey: Homecoming at The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh pairs his work with pieces by Warhol and Basquiat and runs through October 12.
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New exhibitions, major acquisitions, openings and leadership changes at MoMA, the Met, Tate, the Louvre, Centre Pompidou and the Guggenheim.
Tracks recent match results and league standings from Serie A, Premier League, La Liga, Bundesliga and the European cups.
Fires when a notable artwork is reported stolen, or a stolen one is recovered — museums, churches and private collections.