Tom Seymour

In the Piedmont hills, a collector celebrates the modern history of Italian photography

Stalwart art patron Patrizia Sandretto Re Rebaudengo opens up about a reprisal of her foundation’s first photography exhibition, 20 years after it launched the careers of artists who are leading lights in their field today

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 21 October 22

Eduardo Chillida’s Basque museum and sculpture park given a new lease of life

In life, the sculptor never gained the profile he deserved. Now, as Chillida Leku in his former home near Hernani finally reopens with the help of Hauser & Wirth, it’s time to reappraise the work of an artist capable of defying gravity and creating a space for peace

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 21 October 22

In Bologna, photographers bring our built environment into focus

The fourth edition of Italian photography biennial Foto/Industria was an acute meditation on industry

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 21 October 22

The darkness of photojournalist Don McCullin explored in Tate Britain retrospective

The iconic British war photographer reveals the personal toll his photographs have taken as a major survey spanning his six decade-long career opens in London

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 20 October 22

Anthea Hamilton is a force to be reckoned with at Thomas Dane Gallery

The Turner Prize nominee transforms the London gallery with soft sculptures, tiled furniture and immersive wall treatments in her incisive exhibition ‘The Prude’

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 20 October 22

Science and art prove a potent combination in the hands of Conrad Shawcross

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 17 October 22

Bruce Gilden on the art of street photography and his pursuit of good portraits

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 14 October 22

Ibrahim Mahama explores bats, Ghana, and new beginnings at White Cube

Ibrahim Mahama’s ‘Lazarus’, a new exhibition at White Cube (until 7 November 2021), sees the Ghanaian artist explore the hidden life of Nkrumah Volini, a brutalist grain silo from Ghana’s immediate postcolonial era

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 13 October 22

A virtual tour of Houston FotoFest: ‘Africa is everywhere'

Our digital review of the festival explores photography's historic link to colonialism and resistance, surveyed by 33 global African artists

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 13 October 22

From the ruins: how an industrial port became Japan’s sculpting centre

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 13 October 22

Juergen Teller captures football fans as World Cup frenzy reaches fever pitch

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 12 October 22

Brigitte Niedermair puts fashion in focus at Venice retrospective

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 11 October 22

Annie Leibovitz on the legacy of Henri Cartier-Bresson

Leibovitz was one of five artists and collectors asked by Palazzo Grassi to reinvent the French photojournalist’s ‘Master Collection’ of 385 images

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 11 October 22

In memoriam: John Baldessari (1931-2020)

The godfather of conceptual art died on 2 January at his home in Venice, Los Angeles, at the age of 88

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 10 October 22

Edward Burtynsky surveys the devastating scale of man’s footprint on the planet

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 10 October 22

Arter is Istanbul’s first home for a permanent collection of contemporary art

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 7 October 22

Fabienne Verdier: the painter reimagining Cézanne country

For a decade, Fabienne Verdier lived in China studying under Huang Yuan, a Sichuanese calligraphy master and landscape painter. Now, back in her native France, the abstract artist is following in the footsteps of another master as three leading institutions in Aix-en-Provence open major exhibitions tracing her journey, from a nomadic artist’s workshop to paintings recently created in the landscape immortalised by Cézanne

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 7 October 22

Dan Tobin Smith takes visitors on an immersive journey inside gemstones

For London Design Festival, the photographer, together with The Experience Machine and Gemfields, creates an animation of gemstone inclusions inside Collins Music Hall

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 28 September 22

A tribute to William Klein (1928-2022), legendary photographer of urban life

William Klein, the American-French artist responsible for transforming the worlds of fashion photography, street photography and cinema verité, has died in Paris aged 96

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 28 September 22

Touring St Petersburg’s New Holland Island and its ongoing transformation

New Holland Island is a historic artificial island in Saint Petersburg, Russia, dating from the 18th century. Now, under an architect's guidance, development continues apace, transforming it into a vibrant cultural hub

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 2 September 22

Office KGDVS’s Tim van Laere Gallery prepares for April opening in Antwerp

By Tom Seymour • Last updated 1 September 22