Photography

An exhibition at New York’s Historical Society presents 70 arresting images from pioneering women

A new book presents images by eight pioneering women who reported from conflict zones

In pictures: contrasting visions of one of the most clichéd symbols of the nation

Two years after his untimely death, the Chinese photographer continues to shape a generation of young image-makers

Snapchat guru Nathan Jurgenson’s new book argues that our surfeit of images has ushered in a new way of existing in the world

How does an image captured 55 million light-years from Earth reflect on humanity?

From whiteness to the male gaze, photographers Hanna Moon and Joyce Ng reflect on the conventions that underpin the fashion industry

Lynne Tillman on the clash between real life and expectation

25 years after his death, we remember the inimitable performance artist and fashion designer

An exhibition at neugerriemschneider, Berlin, explores the healing properties of sticks as a symbol for social change

Maryland Institute College of Art has addressed its admissions policy which refused black students between 1895 and 1954

The Algerian-French artist’s new show at the Hayward Gallery, London investigates what a museum should be used for

The late Brazilian artist’s retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art, Rio de Janeiro, is a delicate exploration of his multi-faceted practice

From the effects of the economic crisis on art to the power of public participation and the most innovative non-profit spaces across the city

‘These are photographs in which moments – and lives – are constantly moving from then to now, bodies finding echoes in the world around them’

The retrospective at Tate Britain of the veteran photographer is filled with masterpieces that are also crime scenes

A series of specially commissioned photographs for frieze’s 200th issue

‘Every two minutes, people upload more images to the internet than existed in total just 150 years ago’

‘Here, the body becomes a ghostly mark in time, a blurring, a phantasm’

‘Gillen suggests that New York is less a place than it is an open-ended idea’