BY ANGELICA VILLA March 30, 2021 3:51pm A rare photo album made by Ed van der Elsken sold for $21,250 at an auction in New York, setting a new record the Dutch photographer and filmmaker. Made ca. 1951, the untitled album comprises 27 black and white photographs depicting Parisian street scenes, as well as portraits of Dutch photographers… More Rare Photo Album by Dutch Street Photographer Bought at Auction by Rijksmuseum

By Angelica Villa March 30, 2021 3:07pm Bahman Mohassess is considered Iran’s most important modernist, and has been dubbed the “Persian Picasso.” But for nearly five decades of his career, he lived outside the public eye in Italy, and his countrymen even thought he was dead. Now, however, there is no missing the many contributions of Mohassess,… More HOW RECLUSIVE ARTIST BAHMAN MOHASSESS SHAPED IRANIAN MODERNISM—AND BURIED HIS OWN LEGACY

BY TESSA SOLOMON March 30, 2021 2:55pm In an attempt to grapple with claims that the sale of NFTs consumes too much energy, a new digital marketplace called Palm has debuted with the aim of being more ecologically efficient. To kick off the platform, Palm has tapped major talent: artist Damien Hirst, whose work is known for its shock… More Damien Hirst to Debut 10,000 Works on Paper on ‘Environmentally Friendly’ NFT Platform

Since the early 1980s, Shabazz has captured the energy of street life and hip-hop culture in New York, making indelible images of joy, style, and community. By Tanisha C. Ford Essays – March 30, 2021 New York is a ghost town. The COVID-19 pandemic has brought the metropolis to a standstill. Many are scared to even leave their… More Why Jamel Shabazz Is New York’s Most Vital Street Photographer

4.6 billion people now use the internet. Leading artists Jakob Kudsk Steensen and Bill Posters consider the impact of changing digital worlds at Future Now. 1 January 1983 is widely considered to be the official “birthday” of the internet. Just under 40 years later, internet-use is soaring, with the rise of post-truth narratives, virtual reality… More New Technologies at Future Now

For her latest exhibition Field Test, photographer Jackie Nickerson (b. 1960) has wrapped the human form in elaborate, unwieldy costumes made of waste plastic. Limbs are immobilised and faces obscured, suggesting a loss of freedom and identity. In other images, impersonal locations such as airports are glimpsed through tinted windows, or photographs are pictured shrouded in layers of… More Concealment and Control