*Dancer, Mills College,* 1929, Imogen Cunningham (American, 1883-1976), Gelatin silver print
21.7 × 18.7 cm (8 9/16 × 7 3/8 in.) Getty Museum © Imogen Cunningham Trust 2006.25.6

J. Paul Getty Museum | March 8 - June 12, 2022

The first major retrospective in the United States in more than 35 years, Imogen Cunningham: A Retrospective brings together her insightful portraits, elegant flower and plant studies, poignant street pictures, and groundbreaking nudes in a visual celebration of Cunningham's enormous contributions to the history of photography.

To view more information about this exhibit, visit the Getty Museum’s website here.

AWOL ERIZKU, Lion (Body) I, 2022, Duratrans on lightbox, 49 5/16 x 65 5/8 in 125.2 x 166.7 cm, Edition of 3 + 2 AP © Awol Erizku, Courtesy the artist and Gagosian

Gagosian Park & 75 | March 10 – April 16, 2022

Gagosian is pleased to announce Memories of a Lost Sphinx, an exhibition of new works by Awol Erizku. Installed in a black-painted interior, a set of six lightbox photographs accompanied by a mixed-media sculpture represent the sphinx as a complex, cross-cultural symbol that extends between and beyond Ancient Egyptian, Greek, and Asian mythologies. Organized by Antwaun Sargent, this is Erizku’s first exhibition at the gallery.

Erizku works in photography, film, sculpture, painting, and installation, making reference to spirituality, art history, and hip-hop; in the process, he aims to craft a new vernacular that bridges the gap between African and African American visual cultures. Further developing his “Afro-esoteric” iconography in Memories of a Lost Sphinx, Erizku explores the intersections of ancient mythology, diasporic tradition, and contemporary culture.

To view more information about this exhibit, visit the Gagosian Gallery’s website here.

Im Wald, Auf dem See, 2020 ⒸErwin Olaf, Courtesy Hamiltons Gallery

Hamiltons Gallery | March 8 - April 23, 2022

Im Wald is a new series by Dutch photographer Erwin Olaf, and it is the first of his series to be photographed purely on location. “In The Forest” is set in the beauty of the Bavarian and Austrian Alps; it draws attention to several global issues, including climate change, wanderlust, immigration and the COVID19 pandemic; directly investigating nature’s impact on our lives.

Olaf highlights the role of people in isolation, staging them in visually astounding settings and examining their relationship to nature. Both the vastness of the landscape by comparison to the subjects, but also the subjects’ empathy with the natural environment, are dramatized by the scale of the images.

To view more information about this exhibit, visit the Hamiltons Gallery’s website here.

Photo Editor: Chris Zarcadoolas