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JUDITH JOY ROSS • GALERIE THOMAS ZANDER

DEANA LAWSON

Agenda Exhibitions to See

Day Jobs • Years before she became a celebrated photographer, Catherine Opie sold greeting cards and loaded trucks.

Viewfinder • Two recent photobooks offer up nostalgia for nightlife around the world—and offer visions of a post-pandemic future.

Curriculum

Cosmologies

Deana Lawson The Conjurer • A Conversation with Greg Tate

Anne Hardy Return of the Light

Berlin Stories • For Michael Schmidt, the divided German capital formed the subject of his life’s work—and the impact of his austere vision continues to be fully discovered.

Theo Eshetu Infinite Screens • Raised in Africa and Europe, the prolific artist makes kaleidoscopic videos that reflect the dilemmas of biography and belonging.

Batia Suter Galaxies

Awol Erizku Mystic Parallax

THE WORLD OF JUDITH JOY ROSS

Jim C. Nedd Carnival

Tom Sandberg Grayscales

Tavares Strachan Cosmic Atlas

Feng Li Good Night

Pao Houa Her My Grandfather Turned into a Tiger

Dionne Lee True North

Baldwin Lee Southern Journeys

Juan Brenner Genesis

Endnote Akwaeke Emezi