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Assumption of Mary
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Volcanic eruption of Mount Etna, wildfires across Europe, and a total Solar eclipse. Assumption of Mary, the slowness of August, Ferragosto. Welcome to mid summer, Welcome to our latest Prescription.
Volcanic eruption of Mount Etna, wildfires across Europe, and a total Solar eclipse. Assumption of Mary, the...
TIFF ’26
September 10–20, 2026
The Toronto International Film Festival returns to celebrate the best cinema. Special events, talks, plus The Market, where works and industries come together to power the future of the screen sector.
The Toronto International Film Festival returns to celebrate the best cinema. Special events, talks, plus The...
Performing Arts Season
2026–2027
In today’s world, our commitment to connecting community with creative innovators has never been more vital. Vanguard dance, music, and adventurous theater artists offer fresh ideas and energy.
In today’s world, our commitment to connecting community with creative innovators has never been more...
Martin Parr: The Last Resort, Luxury, Hong Kong
Jun 25 – Aug 31, 2026 / Online Exhibition
Showcasing seminal works marking his decisive shift from black-and-white documentary to colour photography and propelled him to international recognition, The Last Resort, Luxury, and Hong Kong.
Showcasing seminal works marking his decisive shift from black-and-white documentary to colour photography...
Inferno & Paradiso
Jun 26 – Nov 1, 2026
Inferno & Paradiso is an immersive slide-projection exhibition created by Alfredo Jaar, one of the most socially active artists of our day. Twenty contemporary reportage photographers are selected.
Inferno & Paradiso is an immersive slide-projection exhibition created by Alfredo Jaar, one of the most...
I Want To See a Lighthouse
Gary Briechle
He photographs what is familiar and available: neighbors, children, backyards. His subjects seem caught between presence and absence. Indifferent to intention, but carry the quiet burden of existence.
He photographs what is familiar and available: neighbors, children, backyards. His subjects seem caught...
SMITH: Ici Grand Ouvert
May 23, 2026 – Jan 31, 2027
An artist-researcher, SMITH navigates between photography, moving images, installation, sculpture and performance. Shrugging off chronology, he shifts the boundaries of portraiture and landscape.
An artist-researcher, SMITH navigates between photography, moving images, installation, sculpture and...
Zauri Matikashvili. You may not want to be here
Jun 13 – Sep 13, 2026
The cinematic works are complemented by his sculptural series entitled "You may not want to be here" with works distributed over the entire exhibition space, entering in dialogue with his films.
The cinematic works are complemented by his sculptural series entitled "You may not want to be here" with...
Our 9th Year Anniversary
Artpil / Prescription 176
We are rounding out our ninth year with over 10 million visits strong. A very exciting journey it has been, indeed. With our ninth year anniversary musings, we continue to move forward.
We are rounding out our ninth year with over 10 million visits strong. A very exciting journey it has been,...
World Press Photo 2026
Winners & Exhibitions
The mission of World Press Photo has expanded, and we draw on our experience to guide visual journalists, storytellers, and audiences around the world through this challenging and exciting landscape.
The mission of World Press Photo has expanded, and we draw on our experience to guide visual journalists,...
Julie Bullard / Nadia Lee Cohen & Martin Parr
IDEA
The book is designed as a late '70s photo album. It is very closely modeled on an example acquired from eBay, complete with faux leather spongy board covers and a vintage gold metal spiral binding.
The book is designed as a late '70s photo album. It is very closely modeled on an example acquired from eBay,...
The Assault of Illusion
Mar 18 – Sep 27, 2026
The Assault of Illusion presents a reading of art as a tool for producing illusions and deceptions and explores how this has progressively shaped both our desire and what we understand as reality.
The Assault of Illusion presents a reading of art as a tool for producing illusions and deceptions and...
NO KINGS
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Today is scheduled the largest No Kings demonstrations across the U.S. Previously taking place in the summer and fall of last year bringing out millions to the streets, this year promises much more.
Today is scheduled the largest No Kings demonstrations across the U.S. Previously taking place in the summer...
If We Could Inhabit the Skin
Anouk Chambaz / a Dramaturgy for Living the Boundary
On the occasion of the exhibition "Sometimes I Get Goosebumps" hosted by Recontemporary, artist Chambaz expresses her vision of a space of subtraction between the self and the other in a dual vision.
On the occasion of the exhibition "Sometimes I Get Goosebumps" hosted by Recontemporary, artist Chambaz...
Viridiana Morandini: POGO
Publication
There’s something fleeting in the act of taking a photograph, a kind of hush, a wish not to disturb, coupled with the impossible ambition of capturing everything... Make it seem like an accident.
There’s something fleeting in the act of taking a photograph, a kind of hush, a wish not to disturb,...
Sony World Photography Awards 2026
Awards & Exhibitions Announced
World Photography Organisation is a leading global platform dedicated to the development and advancement of photography. Its programming and competition provide valuable opportunities for artists.
World Photography Organisation is a leading global platform dedicated to the development and advancement of...
International Women’s Day / 2026
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Founded over 100 years ago evolving through various names and dates, this fulcrum of women’s rights was adopted by the United Nations only in 1975, and is still largely overlooked in many countries.
Founded over 100 years ago evolving through various names and dates, this fulcrum of women’s rights was...
Political Bodies, Historical Pain: Azra & Vuk
Intermedial Approach to Performative Legacies
Azra and Vuk’s performative practice operates at the unstable intersection of archive, body, and ideology. Their work navigates the afterlives of war, the sedimentation of generational trauma.
Azra and Vuk’s performative practice operates at the unstable intersection of archive, body, and ideology....
Cultural Pane
Erosion and Commercialisation of Culture
Vietnam’s ethnic minorities have endured colonialism, war, and displacement. They face a quieter erasure as cities expand. These images tell of resilience and loss and of cultures adapting to survive.
Vietnam’s ethnic minorities have endured colonialism, war, and displacement. They face a quieter erasure as...
The Virgin Suicides
Corinne Day / Sofia Coppola
Corinne Day’s representation of female beauty met its match in Sofia Coppola, whose debut with the film The Virgin Suicides marked the first of her unaffected, empathetic depictions of womanhood.
Corinne Day’s representation of female beauty met its match in Sofia Coppola, whose debut with the film The...
Ordinary Grief
A Story of Reconciliation
I returned to Iran after 25 years of self-exile, where I embarked on a personal and political reclamation of my identity and history. My attempt to reconcile despair and joy, exhaustion and hope.
I returned to Iran after 25 years of self-exile, where I embarked on a personal and political reclamation of...
30 Under 30 Women Photographers / 2026
Selections Announced
Artpil proudly announces the 30 Under 30 Women Photographers 2026. For its 17th Edition, this annual selection continues to help photographers gain further exposure and participate in the collective.
Artpil proudly announces the 30 Under 30 Women Photographers 2026. For its 17th Edition, this annual...
Martin Luther King Jr.
MLK & the Civil Rights Movement
American civil inequities have been transformed into legal institutionalized violence and continues today; the very notion of equality as an ideal coming under attack, even by its very governing body.
American civil inequities have been transformed into legal institutionalized violence and continues today;...
New Year / 2026
Ballroom & Battleships
Again we close out another calendar year and enter 2026. The Associated Press describes 2025 as "marked by conflict, political upheaval and extreme weather across the globe." A little like last year.
Again we close out another calendar year and enter 2026. The Associated Press describes 2025 as "marked by...
Human Rights Day
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Human Rights Day is observed annually around the world on December 10 commemorating the anniversary of one of the world's most groundbreaking global pledges: the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
Human Rights Day is observed annually around the world on December 10 commemorating the anniversary of one of...
Let Us Now Give Thanks
Native American Art
It's Thanksgiving. A nation’s founding conditioned on colonialism, proclamation premised on the blood of the natives and sustained with slavery, driven by excess. The irony is something to bear.
It's Thanksgiving. A nation’s founding conditioned on colonialism, proclamation premised on the blood of...
Our 8th Year Anniversary
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We are rounding out our eighth year with over 7 million visits strong. A very exciting journey it has been, indeed. With our eighth year anniversary musings, we continue to move forward.
We are rounding out our eighth year with over 7 million visits strong. A very exciting journey it has been,...
Black History Month
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While the U.S. dissolves Civil Rights oversight and DEI and state governments act to ban books that tell an uncomfortable history, we recognize and celebrate the artists who have inspired and created.
While the U.S. dissolves Civil Rights oversight and DEI and state governments act to ban books that tell an...
The Shadow Pandemic
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This other virus, which has existed for a far greater period of time and whose rate of contagion is perhaps the highest known – the population in denial even more staggering – has not yet a cure.
This other virus, which has existed for a far greater period of time and whose rate of contagion is perhaps...
Federica Patera & Andrea Sbra Perego
A Double Interview
With our work, we aim to shape the creative process: what is represented is not the content of the stories, but the transformation process that leads reading to become writing, and vice versa.
With our work, we aim to shape the creative process: what is represented is not the content of the stories,...
WAR, and the Declaration of Human Rights
75 year Anniversary
Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human family is the foundation of freedom, justice & peace in the world. Thus begins the Declaration.
Recognition of the inherent dignity and of the equal and inalienable rights of all members of the human...
On the Periphery
by Sinziana Velicescu
This is God’s country, south seeking solstice on roads leading no where, crossing nothing. Today, there are two suns in the sky with heat hung arid over the asphalt. The migraine of a wasted afternoon
This is God’s country, south seeking solstice on roads leading no where, crossing nothing. Today, there are...
Works & Collections
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Arpil is proud to announce the long awaited Works & Collections with unique contemporary art pieces, limited edition photography, and monograph artist and photo books available for purchase.
Arpil is proud to announce the long awaited Works & Collections with unique contemporary art pieces, limited...