Photography - The Glass Magazine

Glass previews the Betty Catroux exhibition at Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris

October 9, 2020

Art, Exhibitions, Fashion, News, Photography

THE MUSÉE Yves Saint Laurent in Paris has opened its doors to the public once again in the wake of eased Covid-19 measures. Betty Catroux, Feminine Singular, an exhibition paying homage to the style and and inf...

Glass reviews Barbara Pyle’s photobook Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band 1975

Arjun Sajip

September 11, 2020

Books, Culture, News, Photography

AS REEL Art Press releases a limited, numbered, signed poster of Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band from their first-ever passport photo sessions, 45 years after the release of Born to Run, we take another...

Glass previews From Here to Eternity: Sunil Gupta A Retrospective at The Photographer’s Gallery, London

Connie de Pelet

August 24, 2020

Art, Exhibitions, Feature, Photography

THIS October, The Photographer's Gallery will exhibit From Here to Eternity: Sunil Gupta A Retrospective: the largest exhibition of Gupta's work to date. Gupta is famed for his 50 years of subversive photograph...

The Tate Modern announces reopening of the Steve McQueen exhibition

Rosie Fitter

August 3, 2020

Art, Exhibitions, News, Photography

THE ART world seems to be returning from its recent hiatus due to the Pandemic - increasingly art landmarks are opening and adapting to the new normal. Negotiating changing social distancing practices means the...

#WhoseFuture – a new creative collaboration to amplify diverse forces throughout the city of Bristol

Rosie Fitter

July 30, 2020

Art, Avant Art, Exhibitions, News, Photography

THE BRITISH city of Bristol has been at the forefront of Black Lives Matter and racial justice developments recently. In the wake of these events, positive movements for social change have been emerging. ...

Glass presents a new episode of Dior’s Female Gaze podcast featuring Pamela Hanson

Imogen Clark

July 20, 2020

News, Photography

CONTINUING to produce content beyond fashion, Dior’s third podcast series The Female Gaze introduces fans of the French fashion house to collaborators who have been tasked to capture the essence of Maria Grazia...

The Tate Britain announces the winners of the £10,000 Bursaries in place of this year’s Turner Prize

Rosie Fitter

July 2, 2020

Art, Avant Art, News, Photography

IN response to the pandemic, Tate Britain announced last month that the Turner Prize would not take place this year – instead a jury would decide upon 10 artists to receive bursaries. Following a 12-month proce...

Announcements from the 2020 Magnum Photos Annual General Meeting

Rosie Fitter

June 29, 2020

Art, Avant Art, News, Photography

NAVIGATING the arts scene in the wake of Covid-19 has called for a drastic re-evaluation of practices and the status-quo. In the spirit of adaptation and redefining, Magnum’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) closed...

Glass reviews today’s highlights from London Fashion Week’s online platform

Rosie Fitter

June 12, 2020

Art, Exhibitions, Fashion, Fashion Shows, News, Photography

THE digital-only format of this June’s digital London Fashion Week has not limited its rich and diverse nature – Glass explores todays multi-faceted presentations, shows and events. James Massiah: Clio C...

Hauser & Wirth’s new platform Homegrown exhibits artwork by their own gallery staff

Rosie Fitter

May 7, 2020

Art, Exhibitions, News, Photography

THE Hauser & Wirth Gallery is launching a new exhibition, Homegrown with artworks by worldwide gallery staff and their families. The proceeds from this bi-weekly exhibition will go to the participating arti...

Glass virtually visits the Claudia Andujar exhibition at Fondation Cartier

Alexis Williams

May 1, 2020

Art, Exhibitions, Feature, Photography

FEEDING our hunger for high-culture seems to be more important now than ever. But how to do it? Locked up inside, and distracted by a myriad of Zoom-enabled cocktail parties and games nights, I’m quite frankly ...

KENJI WONG - In front of the water cannon- Hong Kong People

Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize 2020 announces shortlist of artworks

Rosie Fitter

April 16, 2020

Art, Avant Art, News, Photography

THE Hong Kong Human Rights Arts Prize 2020 presented by the Justice Centre Hong Kong has announced its shortlist of 35 artworks. The Artworks will be showcased in an exhibition open to the public at the Goethe-...

Serpentine Gallery announces programme of online projects

Rosie Fitter

April 6, 2020

Art, Avant Art, Cinema, Culture, Exhibitions, News, Photography

ALTHOUGH the gallery buildings are closed and live programmes now suspended, the Serpentine Gallery’s work continues with a series of online exhibitions, live broadcasts and a new podcast. With a whole host of ...

Glass interviews Mathew Burrows of Artist Support Pledge helping artists during Covid-19

Rosie Fitter

April 6, 2020

Art, Avant Art, Exhibitions, Feature, Photography

THE hashtag #Artistsupportpledge has become a global movement to support artists struggling during Covid-19. The concept is simple – artists post pictures of their works for sale on Instagram using the hashtag...

Glass looks at Lehmann Maupin’s online viewing room for latest show – Power Wall

Rosie Fitter

March 31, 2020

Art, Avant Art, Culture, Exhibitions, Hong Kong, Human Rights, News, Photography

THE Lehmann Maupin gallery has launched an online viewing room for their latest exhibition in their Hong Kong gallery, Power Wall. The show includes works by South African artist Robin Rhode and Jamaican-born a...

Glass reviews Billy Monk’s photographs of the outcasts of apartheid at The Container in Tokyo

Peter Yeoh

December 24, 2019

Art, Feature, Photography

Glass reviews Billy Monk: Defiance and Decadence Under Apartheid at The Container in Tokyo, and discusses the exhibition with its curator, Shai Ohayon AT A glance, you might think Billy Monk shot the photogr...

Sea Containers London partners up with Photo London

Lorna Tyler

May 14, 2019

Art, Exhibitions, News, Photography

SEA containers London will act as the official partner of Photo London for 2019. Acclaimed for its deep-rooted heritage in art and design, Sea containers will harness the creative talents of a number of the wor...

Polaroid Originals releases new special edition camera and frames for summer

Emma Hart

April 8, 2019

Art, Culture, Film, News, Photography

INSPIRED by the summer’s blue sky, Polaroid Originals releases their new OneStep 2 Summer Blue with accompanying Summer Blues and Summer Haze film frames. Designed with travel in mind, the camera has an impress...

Glass interviews Spanish photographer Laia Abril

Emma Hart

March 25, 2019

Art, Culture, Feature, Photography

HOW do you navigate visualising one of the world’s most stigmatised issues? Conceptualised through the lens of Spanish-photographer Laia Abril, her collection On Abortion aims to do so by providing a voice for ...

Glass talks to American documentary-photographer Susan Meiselas

Emma Hart

March 18, 2019

Art, Culture, Feature, Photography

EXPLORING the Kurdistan Project exhibition at the Photographers Gallery, I immediately realised how very little I knew of The Gulf War. Even as an ex-student of 20th century American history, walking into the e...

Michel Comte and Wavelength Foundation set sail to Spitsbergen to focus in on climate change

Oliver Krug

January 18, 2019

Culture, Europe, Feature, Photography

“IF you ask my advice, let’s take them to hell and back. Only then they’ll see.” The energy, the anger but above all the good humoured hands-on attitude and experience shaped by half a life of activism underly ...