Notes related to Fotografía

By Álvaro de Benito

The Juan March Foundation in Madrid presents an extensive and analytical exhibition on Robert Rauschenberg (Port Arthur, USA, 1925–Captiva, USA, 2008), focusing on the use of image and photography in his work. The exhibition, structured from a novel curatorial perspective, reinterprets the production of one of the great masters of contemporary art, highlighting it as the outcome of an essentially photographic practice.

The exhibition by photographer Edgar Kanaykô Xakriabá reaffirms the strength of Indigenous art as a living, insurgent, and ancestral language.

By Violeta Méndez

The fair opened its 21st edition with a program that celebrates photography in all its forms — from the sensitive “skins” of Marina De Caro to the gazes of those who inhabit the streets, and the trajectory of the FotoGalería at Teatro San Martín.

By Violeta Méndez

Blurring the boundaries between image, performance, and experimentation, projects by Gustavo Nieto, Nicola Costantino, and Donna Conlon stand out in a new edition of Pinta BAphoto, returning to La Rural with proposals that expand the scope of photography today.

By María Galarza

Through the exploration of the intersections between image, body, and discourse, Guad Creche (Salta, Argentina, 1985) positions their curatorial gaze on the performative potential of photography.

By Violeta Méndez

Both the exhibited and the stored works draw attention in Matilde Marín’s studio. On the walls, her emblematic photographs steal the gaze, but so do the wrapped and labeled folders on her tables, the boxes full of books on the floor, and the stacks of files on her shelves. The image completes itself with her voice, the one that explains why the archive, too, is a protagonist.

By María Galarza

Editor and curator, Sol Echevarría created Espacio FAN as a meeting ground between the editorial and the visual. There, books become a territory for experimentation, and artworks become ways of reading. A project that champions collaboration, critical thinking, and cultural resistance in times of retreat.

By Violeta Méndez

Simple, yet with complex movement, the artist managed to capture what his sensitive eyes perceived, and today his name is part of the local art history as a reference in photographic portraiture.

The event celebrates its 21st edition with a diverse program that spans photography through curatorial, performative, and editorial approaches, intertwining “the material with the immaterial, the intimate with the collective.”

In its final weeks, the exhibition Mi país no es Grecia offers one of the most comprehensive overviews of the Peruvian photographer’s work—moving between the popular, the precarious, and the poetic.

The tenth edition of the Prix Pictet brings together in Buenos Aires twelve international photographers who address the major social and environmental challenges of our time.

The show brings together 13 artists from Mexico City, Johannesburg, Kathmandu, and New Orleans to explore the power of connection across generations and geographies.

By Álvaro de Benito

The Lázaro Galdiano Museum in Madrid hosts the first exhibition in Spain of veteran photographer and visual artist Julia Toro (Talca, Chile, 1933). Her photographic production yields to both simplicity and wonder, frameworks that delimit and amplify the everyday themes she addresses. The protagonists of this cyclical, customary flow of life in her work are diverse, and their problems and experiences drift among the concepts of love, pain, memory, and relationship with their surroundings.

The new center promotes residencies and curatorial projects focused on visual research and artistic production, building an alternative archive on Miami’s urban transformation.

By Álvaro de Benito

Inventory of Fragile Materials is the title of the exhibition by Rocío Aguirre (Concepción, Chile, 1989) and Camilo Delpin (Concepción, Chile, 1989), presented at Spolia Haus until mid-month. Organized in collaboration with the Chilean Embassy in Spain, the Chile-Spain Foundation, and PHotoESPAÑA, the exhibition brings together two projects that, while distinct in their visual idioms, converge conceptually in their shared investigation of the residual.

A show that reveals the archaeology of the everyday through archives, images, and excess.

Twin Photography Duo’s First Solo Museum Exhibition Weaves Afro-Cuban Spirituality with Painterly Explorations of their Cultural Heritage.

The exhibition The Tiger’s Coat explores the many facets of the Italo-Mexican artist—photographer, militant, and enigmatic figure—through a constellation of historical documents and contemporary artworks.

Photographers working with contemporary narratives are invited to apply and take part in the opportunity to live, work, and exhibit in London, while gaining meaningful support and industry connections. Submissions deadline: July 22, 2025.

By Álvaro de Benito

The Casa de México Foundation in Spain presents Guadalupe. La Virgen de México (Guadalupe. The Virgin of Mexico), an extensive program of exhibitions and activities centered around one of Mexico's most iconic and anthropologically significant figures. In addition to lectures and various screenings, the program revolves around two main themes: craftsmanship and popular culture on one hand, and anthropology on the other.

By Álvaro de Benito

The Casa de México Foundation in Spain is hosting Cuando habla la luz (When Light Speaks), the first retrospective of Graciela Iturbide (Mexico City, 1942) since she received the 2025 Princess of Asturias Award for the Arts. Curated by Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera, the exhibition brings together 115 works spanning from 1972 to 2017.

The Fundación Casa de México in Spain presents the exhibition Lourdes Grobet y el Laboratorio de Teatro Campesino e Indígena, a selection of nearly seventy photographs from the project developed by Lourdes Grobet (Mexico City, Mexico, 1940–2022) around the Laboratorio de Teatro Campesino e Indígena (LTCI) (Peasant and Indigenous Theatre Laboratory).

The Elba Benítez Gallery in Madrid is currently hosting an exhibition of photographs from A Sônia, a project by Claudia Andujar (Neuchâtel, Switzerland, 1931), created in 1971. This body of work stands as one of the most significant early explorations into the creative manipulation of the photographic snapshot. For this occasion, the exhibition focuses on a carefully curated selection of images that establish a dialogue of balance, intensity, and chromatic richness with the surrounding space.

Brazilian photojournalist Sebastião Salgado has died at the age of 81, leaving behind not only an unparalleled body of photographic work, but also a humanistic, sensitive, and committed gaze on the world.

The Museum of the Mola inaugurated the photographic exhibition Portraits of Struggle: 100 Years of the Dule Revolution by renowned Guna photographer Lois Iglesias.

Chile will be the guest country at this year’s PHotoESPAÑA. For the first time in its history, the international festival includes a dedicated national section, with four major figures in Chilean photography taking the spotlight. The event will feature major exhibitions of work by Lotty Rosenfeld, Julia Toro, Michael Mauney, and Martín Gusinde. These exhibitions—held across venues in Madrid and Santander—offer audiences a powerful encounter with a body of work deeply shaped by the country’s history and social fabric.

Observing through George Friedmann’s lens allows one to grasp the power of photography and the charm of artistic fusion. Eso que llaman amor (That Which They Call Love) highlights the beauty of what is carefully constructed yet retains the fragility of the unexpected.

The fair has officially announced the opening of applications for exhibiting galleries interested in participating in this edition. The application deadline is May 15, 2025.

The Badischer Kunstverein presents the work of the Brazilian poet and artist in their first extensive solo exhibition in Germany; To See Aloud  includes diverse facets of her artistic practice, ranging from early text works, videotext poems, publications and printed matter to photographs, objects, object poems and installations, all the way to her most recent performances and artworks in public spaces, including sound-based and collective activations.

Felipe Romero (Bogota, Colombia, 1992) usually shows in his photographic proposal a high interest in conflict zones. While the scenario reflects this palpable but still intangible tension, it also serves as a reflective framework where the conflict and its protagonists meet.