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With 454 images arranged with as little order as possible, viewers are encouraged to wander and make their own observations—much like Arbus did on the streets of New York ...
Arbus drew most of her subjects from her native New York City, making this largest-ever collection of her work "feel ...
Yet the great photographer Walker Evans, who knew both Arbus and Mailer, marveled after seeing the picture, “You actually get a sense of what it’s like to be Norman.” ...
Culture critic Carolina Miranda weighs in on a retrospective of Diane Arbus’ photography at Zwirner gallery, and a Wende Museum exhibition about mass surveillance in former East Germany during the ...
Diane Arbus was a daughter of privilege who spent much of her adult life documenting those on the periphery of society. Since she killed herself in 1971, her unblinking portraits have made her a ...
Diane Arbus, Everything Everywhere All at Once. How do you show 450 Arbus photos? In a maze of an exhibit at the Park Avenue Armory. Our critic suggests taking them on one at a time.
Culture critic Carolina Miranda weighs in on a retrospective of Diane Arbus’ photography at Zwirner gallery, and a Wende Museum exhibition about mass surveillance in former East Germany during the ...
On July 28, 1971, photographer Diane Arbus was found dead in a bathtub by her friend Marvin Israel. She was, according to the medical examiner's report of her suicide, "wearing a red shirt, denim ...
Diane Arbus: Portrait of a Photographer Arthur Lubow. Ecco, $35 (736p) ISBN 978-0-06-223432-2. With 12 years of scrupulous research and a critic’s eye, Lubow turned a routine magazine assignment ...
More than half a century after her untimely death, photographer Diane Arbus continues to inspire many people, including author, broadcaster, collector, and former trustee Alvin Hall ’74. A new ...
It’s another summer of Diane Arbus. The famed photographer, who was only 48 when she took her own life in 1971, has never been out of fashion in the art world. Her influence radiates through the ...
Arbus, born Diane Nemerov in 1923, was a New York City native who grew up on Central Park West. While she later lived downtown, she traversed the city and its parks with her Mamiyaflex, and shot ...