Photography & Film

From Fox Talbot and Martin Parr to film festivals and biennales, this is the place to find the best shows from the stars of screen and lens across hundreds of UK museums, galleries and contemporary arts venues. Shoot away...

a photo of a couple of people in period dress prancing about a field

Bob & Roberta Smith's Art on the Underground project launches on Central Line for Olympics

Bob & Roberta Smith is the latest artist to engage with Art on the Underground - in readiness for an Olympic surge through the Central Line.

a painting of an urban panorama at night with a tower framed against a darkening sky

From Joy Division artwork to Mark Leckey - artists back Castlefield Gallery auction

Castlefield Gallery’s fundraising auction - Put Your Money Where Your Eyes Are - features a very impressive selection of artworks drawn from far and wide.

Black and white film still which shows a rock singer collapsed on a stage

Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard explore audience dynamics in solo show at Lighthouse

The film and live art duo bring three pieces to Brighton: File Under Sacred Music, Do you Love me Like I Love You and Performer. Audience. F*** off.

Colour photo of three coloured buildings by the sea

Nine photographers respond to Italian economic miracle in group show at Stills

Although perhaps out of step with present realities, a new show in Edinburgh demonstrates the visual appeal of boom years.

Black and white photo of a Japanese woman on a balcony

Japanese Red Army makes reappearance thanks to Eric Baudelaire at Gasworks

The French artist brings film and documentation to the South London gallery, with testimonies from May Shigenobu and Masao Adachi.

Double Turner nominee Willie Doherty enjoys exhibition at Towner Eastbourne

Disturbance surveys the artist’s distinguished career from the mid 1980s to today, including his most recent work, Ancient Ground, shot on the peat bogs of County Donegal.

a detail from an artwork showing an image of a woman taken on an i-phone

Jerwood Space tackles art and the pervading influence of the internet

A new group show at the Jerwood Space in London aims to explore the influence of the constantly-shifting platform of the Internet.

a photo of people running and jumping on a bouncy catsle with great monoliths on it

Get a bounce on: Glasgow's International Festival of Visual Art enters final weekend

The Glasgow International Festival of Visual Art heads into the bank holiday weekend with plenty still to see and do in Scotland's cool capital of contemporary art.

A photo of a woman looking at a piece of light blue coloured digital art inside a gallery

Robots and Avatars targets Facebook and Pluto in flourish of experimentalism at FACT

With exhibits taken out of use, taking over your social network or parodying your movements through the gallery, the Liverpool centre's latest show is full of surprises.

Out of Focus at the Saatchi gallery shows off the work of Google Photography Prize Finalists

The exhibition brings together the work of the ten finalists from the prestigious student photography competition, including the series by Swedish prize winner Viktor Johansson.

A picture of a man operating one of the first cameras

Promoting Early European Photography at the National Waterfront Museum in Wales

Six rooms of more than 100 pictures in Swansea showcase the work of pioneers from across the continent who produced some of the very first images of life in their country.

A photo of a sculpted head inside a modern art gallery

Pottery, picnics, poetry and real ale as North West Visual Arts Open entertains Preston

The North West Visual Arts Open continues its lively progress with an engaging weekend of talks, tours, workshops, poetry, music and real ale in Preston.

An image of a truck coloured light brown and grey on top of a field of red poppies

Views of belonging from Russia, Mumbai and Prague in Quarantania at John Hansard Gallery

The search for identity, belonging, place and existence is explored through film, photography and sculpture by three artists at the University of Southampton venue.

A close-up photo of two dark red flowers

International Garden Photographer of the Year show to tour to Jackfield Tile Museum

The annual exhibition from the Royal Botanic Gardens in Kew will tour to the Ironbridge Gorge site in Shropshire this summer.

A photo of a group of young people sitting nude at a table

Young British Naturists given photographic spotlight at Gallery One and a Half

Award-winning photographer Laura Pannack takes on "the stuff of nightmares" by portraying young people casually embracing naturism.

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