Putting art reproductions in their place
Letters: We place a much higher value on things that are rare or unique, provided they speak to us in some significant way
Posts Tagged 'photography'
Flat, soulless and stupid: why photographs don’t work in art galleries
Photographs can be powerful, beautiful, and capture the immediacy of a moment like nothing else. But they make poor art when hung on a wall like paintings
Ai Weiwei, Modern Toss, The Turner Prize: this week’s new exhibitions
From Ai Weiwei’s show at Blenheim Palace to The Turner Prize in London, Skye Sherwin and Robert Clark find out what’s happening in art around the country
Hedi Slimane: heart and soul
Creative director of Saint Laurent, Hedi Slimane is an indie-rock obsessive and his fascination with music’s wild side inspires his designs and his catwalk shows. Alex Needham takes a first look at a new exhibition of the designer’s gritty and atmospheric photographs
London fashion week: Sam Taylor-Johnson show reveals ‘spirit’ of Chanel
Second Floor exhibition aims to create psychological portrait of late designer in form of 34 photos of preserved Paris apartment
Why I love my Leica
From Henri Cartier-Bresson to Annie Leibovitz, many of the 20th century’s most defining images were shot on a Leica. Our technology columnist, a lifelong fan, tells the story of the camera that almost died and was triumphantly reborn in the digital age