Contemporary art publications about Photography

At the 22nd edition of Pinta BAphoto, the honored artist was Sandra Eleta, one of Latin America’s foundational photographers

The fair celebrates in Buenos Aires the expansion of the discipline and the way it blends with different materialities, taking shape in endless possibilities.

On photography’s 200th birthday, the fair presents images that problematize representations of the body, explore across media, and build collective images.

Brazilian curator Thyago Nogueira, who heads Contemporary Art and Photography at Instituto Moreira Salles (IMS), reflects on the role of institutions, photography’s multiple dimensions, and the need to build new connections between the art scenes of Brazil and Argentina, ahead of his upcoming visit to Pinta BAphoto.

Whether it is from the archive to the gallery or spanning between research and curatorial practice, Mercedes Claus explores the different spaces that outline Argentina’s photographic scene. This is an interview about the circulation, legitimization, and interpretation of images, in light of her work as curator of RADAR at the upcoming edition of Pinta BAphoto.

Eve Schillo is an Associate Curator in the Wallis Annenberg Department of Photography at LACMA (Los Angeles County Museum of Art). During her upcoming visit to Buenos Aires, Argentina, for Pinta BAphoto 2026, she shares an organic and systemic perspective on photography, one that does not need to remain within its own boundaries.

A tribute to Sandra Eleta, the work of Claudia Andujar, a solo show by Joaquín Sánchez, and a project that combines a bookstore and an exhibition chart a map that travels through Panama, Brazil, Paraguay, Mexico, Colombia, Chile, Argentina and Venezuela.

Artist, editor, workshop leader, and gallery owner. Depending on which “hat” he wears, Martín Bollati occupies different positions within the field of image-making (and thinking). He founded ATLAS, a bookstore and gallery specializing in photography, images, design, and architecture, as well as publisher SED Editorial.

From October 22 to 25, La Rural hosts the 22nd edition of the only photography fair in Latin America: it celebrates two centuries of images with unique works, in-house curatorial projects, and an international presence.

Presented at Argentine film festival BAFICI and soon to premiere at MALBA in Buenos Aires, Annemarie is the documentary about photographer Annemarie Heinrich, directed by her great-granddaughter, Mariana Sanguinetti. Heinrich's work, which has appeared in several editions of Pinta BAphoto, will also be on view this 2026 with the fair celebrating 200 years of photography.

The Fukushima control room, Snowden's refuge in Moscow, and Bill Gates's dorm room: built in cardboard, photographed, and destroyed.

La noche y las palabras brings together the artist's installations, photographs, films, and drawings, curated by Francisco Lemus and Mariana Marchesi.

The exhibition at the museum in St. Louis features how exile, exchange, and collaboration in Buenos Aires shaped modern art.

Walter Otero Contemporary Art

The Buenos Aires-based platform opens two simultaneous artist residency programs: one in collaboration with IDEA R LAB in Kurashiki and another with OrganHaus in Chongqing.

A solo exhibition in Málaga traces the career of the Chilean photographer and her ability to transform the portrayal of society's margins into an exercise in memory, dignity, and resistance.

The J. Paul Getty Museum's new bilingual book brings together nearly 150 images by Lola and Manuel Álvarez Bravo, Graciela Iturbide, and Pablo Ortiz Monasterio, among others.

Curated by Irene Gelfman, this year's edition brings together the many faces of contemporary photography in Buenos Aires.

An interview about Argentina and its institutions, about Argentina and photography, about Argentina and its contemporary art audience. About the Instituto de Estudios Artísticos, Francisco Medail's new space.

The Dominican-Mexican photographer explores the social and territorial transformations of Mexico through a critical and serial photographic practice in a major exhibition presented as part of PhotoEspaña.

The exhibition at the Bilbao centre presents a broad selection of Glenda León’s multidisciplinary practice, articulated around “sensitive conceptualism”, in which sound, silence and perception interweave emotional experience with conceptual reflection.

The exhibition will feature a groundbreaking feminist work by late German artist Marianne Wex alongside works by seven contemporary artists.

The New Jersey-based organization opens applications for experimented professionals all over the globe until July 31.

A new series of large-scale photographs of taxidermied birds — some extinct, many endangered — explores the intersection of colonial history, Māori spirituality, and ecological loss.

Enrique Ježik and Matías Costa address violence, memory, and exile in Elche, highlighting the connections shaped by displacement.

A major exhibition at C/O Berlin traces more than five decades of the Mexican photographer’s career, presenting over 250 works including her most iconic series.

The Jan Mulder Collection showcases the intersections between Latin American tradition and global developments in the field. 

The exhibition dedicated to the German-born photojournalist, featuring a selection from his archive—now safeguarded by the Fundación Televisa—focuses on documenting the transformation and growth of Mexico City in the mid-20th century, highlighting its social and urban contrasts.