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We asked our staff and contributors to look back on a year in art around the world, from major museum shows to unexpected gems in alternative spaces.

Sugimoto’s photographs remind us of the sacredness of images in a time of image over-saturation.

This survey spanning 50 years of the celebrated photographer’s works sees him bringing Madame Tussauds waxworks and stuffed animals back to life, freezing scenes in time and recreating seascapes

In images that transfix and mystify, the great Japanese photographer seems to conjure a dream state outside of time in this magnificent first UK retrospective

Londons Hayward Gallery presents the largest Hiroshi Sugimoto retrospective to date, highlighting a philosophical, yet playful, perspective on time.

As ‘Hiroshi Sugimoto: Time Machine’ opens at London’s Hayward Gallery, the artist tells us of his guiding force and why his Seascapes end up in the bedroom

An awe-inspiring exhibition at Hayward Gallery immerses viewers in the Japanese polymath’s big ideas about time and history. “I am trying to reach out,” he says 

Our European writers and editors share what exhibitions they are most excited to see in London during the annual Frieze week.

The images by contemporary, living artists will fund Fred and Laura Bidwell’s work in the arts

From october 11, 2023 to january 7, 2024, the hayward gallery in london presents hiroshi sugimoto: time machine.