Man Ray's 1924 image Le Violon d'Ingres, of a woman's body transformed into a violin, has continued to fascinate, confuse and ...

A show at the Met reveals not just the wonders of the artist’s rayographs—photographs taken without a camera—but the relentless creativity of the man himself.

The artists Marcel Duchamp and May Ray had a close friendship that lasted over five decades, resulting in dozens of collaborative artworks that shaped Dadaism and modern art history forever. But, when ...

Man Ray was one of the leading avant-garde thinkers of his generation, but how did he develop his unique approach? A watercolor sketch made while the artist was still in his early twenties has ...

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 ...

Marion Meyer, a friend of the late surrealist Man Ray who has chaired an international association devoted to his work for the past two decades, is selling 200 works by the artist from her personal ...

A close-up view of Man Ray's Le Violon d'Ingres © Man Ray 2015 Trust / Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY / ADAGP, Paris 2025 A trove of avant-garde art—including ...

The presence of Hemingway, Stein, Joyce, Picasso, Dalí, Man Ray and other influencers of the 1920s are still being felt — and ...

Paris, Sept. 22, 1965: Artist Man Ray — photographed in his Paris studio — stands before some of his works. To his right stands a print of “Orchestra,” one of the 10 pochoirs (stencils) from the ...

But at the same time, the very promise of truthfulness invited falsification, especially in the course of the 20th century, starting with relatively amateurish efforts such as hoax photos of fairies ...

Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. A supersonic sprinter might run a mediocre mile. A sublime poet may write leaden prose. Genius must find its ...