Month: June 2016

Edward Weston: The body and the Line

A new exhibition compares photographs by the portraitist Edward Weston with drawings by some of the greatest exponents of American Minimalism, taken from the Philip and Rosella Rolla collection in Italy.

22 June 2016

Agent Orange: The Legacy of the Vietnam war

The Vietnam War ended more than 40 years ago, and for many it is a distant memory. But the legacy of chemical warfare lives on in the form of birth defects and debilitating health in a great many Vietnamese. Tobias Nicolai’s series, The Inheritance From The Vietnam War, examines why this dark period of modern times can never be considered “just another chapter in a history book”.

20 June 2016

Simon Baker on the New Tate Modern

Tate Modern has just opened an extension that gives it 60 percent more exhibition space, which means more room to show photography as part of the institution’s newfound commitment to the medium, weaving it into exhibits alongside other art forms. BJP visits Tate’s curator of photography ahead of the opening.

17 June 2016