Articles by Upasana Das

Latest articles by Upasana Das

David Goldblatt captures intimate portraits of Johannesburg during apartheid

Between 1948 and 2016, David Goldblatt returned periodically to Fietas, a suburb in the west of Johannesburg’s city centre, to photograph the impact of apartheid legislation on its residents and landscape. The resulting photographs have now been collected and published for the first time

What to see at Rencontres d’Arles 2025, questioning power structures in the state and family

Suppressed memories resurface in sharply considered photography at Rencontres d'Arles 2025. Here are some standout photographers to see

By Upasana Das Published 9 July 25
‘With a small gesture of buying a postcard, we all become copyists’: the Louvre’s celebration of copying speaks to human nature

Contemporary artists are invited to copy works from the Louvre in a celebration of the copyist’s art, a collaboration with Centre Pompidou-Metz

By Upasana Das Published 29 June 25
We are all fetishists, says Anastasiia Fedorova in her new book, which takes a deep dive into kink

In ‘Second Skin’, writer and curator Fedorova takes a tour through the materials, objects and power dynamics we have fetishised

By Upasana Das Published 28 June 25
Inside the brilliant and short career of Paul Thek: 'The goal was to live a creative existence as a maker – and he lived in a saint-like fashion'

Paul Thek's paintings are now viewable at Thomas Dane Gallery in London, in an exhibition curated by Kenny Schacter and Jonathan Anderson.

By Upasana Das Published 9 June 25
Nadia Lee Cohen and Martin Parr find the joy in 1990s Britain

Famed photographer Parr and Essex-born visual artist Nadia Lee Cohen follow the life of babysitter Julie in a new photo book

By Upasana Das Published 2 June 25
From Rembrandt to Warhol, a Paris exhibition asks: what do artists wear?

‘The Art of Dressing – Dressing like an Artist’ at Musée du Louvre-Lens inspects the sartorial choices of artists

By Upasana Das Published 21 April 25

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Latest articles by Upasana Das

David Goldblatt captures intimate portraits of Johannesburg during apartheid

What to see at Rencontres d’Arles 2025, questioning power structures in the state and family

‘With a small gesture of buying a postcard, we all become copyists’: the Louvre’s celebration of copying speaks to human nature

We are all fetishists, says Anastasiia Fedorova in her new book, which takes a deep dive into kink

Inside the brilliant and short career of Paul Thek: 'The goal was to live a creative existence as a maker – and he lived in a saint-like fashion'

Nadia Lee Cohen and Martin Parr find the joy in 1990s Britain

From Rembrandt to Warhol, a Paris exhibition asks: what do artists wear?

From porn to politics: Ilona Staller on Cicciolina and a life of performative seduction

Discover Rotimi Fani-Kayode's fluid photographs of the queer male body, on show in London

'There were many radical nuns': Andrea Modica's photographs document 1980s all-girls Catholic schools in Brooklyn