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PHOTOFAIRS are the contemporary art fairs for photography. Next fair: PHOTOFAIRS Shanghai | Shanghai Exhibition Centre | 8 - 11 May 2025

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‘Photographs are often treated as important moments, but really they are fragments and souvenirs of an unfinished world.’ — American artist and photographer, Saul Leiter.

An exhibition of his works is open at Foam, Amsterdam till 20 April.

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#PHOTOFAIRSRecommends: If in Zurich this Spring, don't miss a major exhibition of Lucia Moholy (1894–1989) at Fotostiftung Schweiz, running till 9 June 2025.

Image Credit: Lucia Moholy, Edith Tschichold, Bauhaus Dessau, 1926 © ProLitteris, Zürich

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#PHOTOFAIRSRecommends: A World in Common: Contemporary African Photography at C/O Berlin, open till May 7 and showing 23
African and African diaspora artists!

© Dawit L. Petros. Courtesy of the artist and Tiwani Contemporary

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Get to know one of China's most important contemporary artists working with photography, film and installation, Yang Fudong, at his exhibition at UCCA Beijing on till 22 Feb 2026

Image: Yang Fudong, The Summer Palace, c.1976.

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'The 80s: Photographing Britain' at Tate Britain shows the radical photography of the 80s. On view till 5 May.

Paul Graham, Union Jack Flag in Tree, County Tyrone, 1985, printed 1993-4. © Paul Graham; Courtesy Pace and Pace/Macgill Gallery, New York

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#PHOTOFAIRSRecommends: Yasumasa Morimura and Cindy Sherman: Masquerades at M+, Hong Kong, on view till 5 May 2025.

Image Credit: Cindy Sherman, Untitled #92, 1981 (Cropped). Courtesy of the artist and Hauser & Wirth. #PHOTOFAIRS

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French artist Jean-François Rauzier is the creator of a technique known as “hyperphotography". An exhibition of his series “Givernisme,” is now on view in Shekou, Nanshan District, China until 23 February.

Image courtesy of the artist and Modern Fine Art.

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Following its presentation at the Singapore Pavilion at Biennale Arte 2024 in Venice, 'Seeing Forest' by Robert Zhao Renhui is back at the artist's home country of Singapore. Experience it at @SgArtMuseum, on till 18 May.

Photo Courtesy of the artist. #PHOTOFAIRS

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Closing soon: Jeff Wall, at Gagosian New York, on 25 January 2025. The exhibition shows the range of the Canadian photographer's photography practice, from classic reportage to elaborate constructions.

Image copyright Jeff Wall and courtesy of Gagosian.

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It's the season of warm coats, as this one, beautifully captured by the legendary American photographer, Irving Penn. View this work, alongside more from Penn's 70-year career at Pace Gallery, New York, on view till February 22.

Image Courtesy of Pace. #PHOTOFAIRS #IrvingPenn

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"I am curious about what people look like beyond their appearances, what kind of masks we wear to face the world, and who we are behind those masks," says photographer Elizaveta Porodina.

Now on view at Fotografiska Shanghai.

Window, Paris, 2021 ©Elizaveta Porodina

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🪑 What is a chair? In her solo exhibition at Fotografiska Shanghai, 'Three-in-One', Li Weiyi explores the complex relationship between art and life, function and form.

Image Credit: © Li Weiyi, Three in One, 2024, Courtesy of Fotografiska Shanghai. #PHOTOFAIRS

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#ImageoftheWeek: Portraits of the Artist as a Young Man (1964) shows Andy Warhol in his prime through the lens of Gerard Malanga.

Photo: © Gerard Malanga. Courtesy The Waverly Press.

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We speak to Head of Art at Tai Kwun, Pi Li about the importance of institutional support for artists. Read the full in-depth interview: https://t.co/lfkD9xfZQK

Image Courtesy of Tai Kwun

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📢 Five Hong Kong Exhibitions to Visit this November. Artists from around the world are currently on view at Hong Kong’s museums and galleries. Here we give you five of our top recommendations: https://t.co/Ml4847wOEz

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📅 Opening today: American digital artist Beeple's first solo museum show at Deji Art Museum in Nanjing, China, titled 'Tales from A Synthetic Future'.

Image courtesy of Deji Art Museum. #digitalart #exhibition #PHOTOFAIRS

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#PHOTOFAIRSRecommends: Presented by @CentrePompidou x West Bund Museum, 'Another Avant-garde. Photography 1970-2000' is open at the West Bund Museum in Shanghai until 16 February 2025.

Images courtesy of West Bund Museum. #museum #photography #PHOTOFAIRS

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#PHOTOFAIRSRecommends: Marina Abramovic's first museum exhibition in China, 'Transforming Energy' is now open at Modern Art Museum, Shanghai, till 28 Feb 2025. 'The show in Shanghai is the best thing I’ve ever done. Really—I’m very happy,' the artist told artnet.

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#PHOTOFAIRSRecommends: A retrospective of the iconic Japanese photographer, Daido Moriyama is on at Photo Elysée till 23 February 2025. Image Credits: all © Daido Moriyama, Moriyama Photo Foundation.

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#ImageoftheWeek: This week’s image, 'Rubbing Sun' (2011) by Zhang Jianjun has been picked by collector and patron, Sylvia Wang.

Sylvia Wang serves as Head of Asia of TRLab, Consultant of ArtBiz Asia and Founding Patron of M+. Image courtesy of Axel Vervoordt. #PHOTOFAIRS