Every year, FT Weekend Magazine commissions artists to respond to the capital. Here three photographers explore different sides of the city, from youth culture to the financial centre
The artist uses meticulous research to uncover the buried histories of her Native American Crow ancestors. As she appears in a new exhibition in London, Joshua Hunt meets her to talk art-world grievances, indigenous crafts and what’s in a name
Work made by women of colour in the UK in the 1980s and ’90s has gone largely unrecognised. Now a new book edited by Joy Gregory draws our attention to these overlooked artists. Here, she showcases four of the pioneers
A collection of photographs of unknown women reading sparks an unlikely correspondence
From models to mannequins, the French photographer’s pictures are less about psychological realism than about the fantastical and uncanny
Meet the artists using traditional materials to weave a modern narrative
Inside Torrini Fotogiornalismo, the Florentine shop capturing the great, the good and the delightfully everyday
Architectural photographer Gilbert McCarragher captures the unique homes and community of the hamlet on the edge of the country
A new book by the celebrated social photographer captures the city in all its most unscrupulous glory
Finding a new calm in Kenya’s island paradise
Hujar’s ‘Portraits in Life and Death’ pairs photographs of his friends from New York’s cultural scene in the 1970s with images he made in the catacombs of Palermo. As they go on show in Venice, Waters picks his highlights
He never set out to become a photographer but has ended up making some of the medium’s defining images
A terrific show explores the close relationship between photography and the city
Newly reissued, Richard Billingham’s pictures of his alcoholic father Ray have lost none of their power to provoke strong emotions
The documentary photographer has also carved out a career capturing the world of fashion and talks about how one discipline informs the other
Where to focus, from Berlin to San Francisco
The photographer’s full body of work, spanning five decades, is being exhibited for the first time at Paris’s Palais Galliera
The fine art photographer on why Warren Buffett is his hero, not wanting to retire and his fascination with wildlife
How to lift the spirits this month
The photographer’s spectacular images, on show in London, document the effects of human activity on the natural world
As he publishes a new book and exhibition, the REM frontman talks about his twin careers
The former British Vogue editor is curating a major exhibition of Mapplethorpe’s portraits. What drew him to this controversial photographer’s world?
New York exhibition ‘Don’t Forget to Call Your Mother’ features mid-century Americana and contemporary Chinese artists
The artist’s handwritten aphorisms have gained her a cult following
The Cape Town-based artist is ‘a fiend for Birkenstocks’, channels The Dude and loves his Nissan Patrol GRX
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