The rayograph has been long admired but largely misunderstood. This important retrospective gives Man Ray’s eponymous ...

Despite the fact that I have seen many, many art shows sanctifying 1920s modernism from seemingly every angle, the “Mouvement Flou” is a new one to me. The term, meaning the “blurry” or “out of focus” ...

By engaging with art imaginatively, we can encounter that deeper reality that the Surrealists have always sought in their artwork.

When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. “Conceptual pieces were a part of Man Ray’s practice from the very beginning”. | Credit: Joseph ...

In Man Ray's most famous photograph, 'Le Violon d'Ingres', the surreal, the sexual, and the French Neoclassical combine. Man Ray, Le violon d’Ingres (1924). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Bluff ...

In his “rayographs,” he raved, he was finally “working directly with light itself.” The showstopper is the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction. By Arthur Lubow In the winter of 1921, Man ...

Man Ray was the ultimate networker. From the time he was twenty-three years old, when he asked Alfred Stieglitz to sit for a painted portrait, he had an uncanny knack for befriending important people.

Man Ray, "Boardwalk" (1917), oil, wood handles, and yarn on wood (© Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025; all other photos Julia Curl/Hyperallergic) Stepping into ...

This cover image released by W.W. Norton shows Kiki Man Ray: Art, Love, and Rivalry in 1920s Paris" by Mark Braude. (W.W. Norton via AP) “Kiki Man Ray,” by Mark Braude (W.W. Norton) You may have seen ...

1930-33 A long-running art forgery operation, which produced high-quality "vintage" Man Ray photographs, has been uncovered by the German photographer and collector Werner Bokelberg. The fakes include ...

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