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The most striking images of 2017

20 December 2017

Reuters/Mohammad Ismail February: The kung fu women of Kabul — February: The kung fu women of Kabul

Photography

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Japan's photo tomb that contained a historic legacy

The Japanese photographer who buried hundreds of photos and the journey to revive his legacy.

Time Frame

'Dali Atomicus' by Salvador Dali and Philippe Halsman

How the surreal 'Dali Atomicus' was captured

In 1948 a famous artist and an innovative portrait photographer attempted to create something unbelievable.

Time Frame

'Weed nuns' v narcos: Meet Mexico's Sisters of the Valley

The Sisters of the Valley are a group of women defying narco traffickers and tradition at the same time.

Photography

The naked portrait covered up for centuries

Artemisia Gentileschi: Revealing the true beauty of a censored painting.

Art

The surprising story of a 16th Century rhino called Ganda

Did a 16th Century rhino start the Portuguese pavement art tradition?

Myths and Legends

Yushi Li's new take on erotic photography

Chinese-born, London-based photographer Yushi Li explores how the male body can be eroticised in pictures.

Photography

The incredible afterlife of an abandoned luxury hotel

Amilton Neves Cuna documents the history of his country through the lens of an iconic Mozambiquan building.

Photography

A Swedish photographer's radical take on nudity

The naked pictures that question how we look at the body

Photographer Mikael Schulz takes naked pictures that convey a radical message of self-acceptance and diversity.

Photography

The iconic images capturing the magic of the 80s

In his images from the 80s, Jamel Shabazz captures the vibrancy of life underground in the New York City subway.

Photography

Lost slate mines' hidden world revealed by explorer

Slate mines: Hidden world's beauty revealed by explorer

The hidden world of forgotten slate mines in north Wales has been revealed by a photographer.

Photography

The forbidden erotica of ancient Pompeii

A unique collection of erotic art was found perfectly preserved in the ruins of Pompeii and Herculaneum.

Archaeology

Photographer's images 'like ghosts coming out the mist'

Guy Bellingham is a wet plate photographer, using a technique that was first developed in 1851.

Photography

The stunning photos of an island's shipwreck graveyard

A photographer is paying tribute to the lives lost to a small island known as a graveyard for shipwrecks.

Photography

Still from Bridgerton series with Golda Rosheuvel

What if we reimagined the English Renaissance?

A photographic study of the slang term 'flexing'.

Photography

The microcosm and the macrocosm of Frida and Diego

How an iconic artist couple maintained an open marriage and inspired each other.

Art

The world-famous couple that changed photography forever

The most iconic couple in the history of war photography were not actually who they claimed to be.

Photography

The dark history of photography lighting

Celebrity photographer Marc Baptiste reveals a lesser known but widespread bias in photography.

Photography

The open-air lab testing the world's deadliest poisons

Dugway Proving Ground is one of the most secretive of American military zones.

Photography

The black Britons who've 'broken the glass ceiling'

British photographer John Ferguson hopes to "inspire" young black Britons through his photos.

Photography

Where the Amish go on holiday

Photographer Dina Litovsky has been photographing the Amish 'Las Vegas' since 2018.

Photography

These artworks are by women - men got the credit

For centuries, The Triumph of Bacchus was misattributed then hidden – now it is at the centre of a major exhibition. Here are five groundbreaking artworks wrongly attributed to men.

26 Mar 2026

17 Mar 2026

Keith Haring crouching in front of one of his artworks (Credit: Getty Images)

Has pop icon Keith Haring been 'sanitised'?

From shop rails to gallery walls, the late New York artist's distinctive humanoid figures are ubiquitous these days – but some worry his work's real meaning is being lost.

17 Mar 2026

3 Mar 2026

Close-up detail from The Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton (Credit: National Gallery of Ireland)

The tragedy hidden in a 19th-Century painting

How the devastating meaning of The Meeting on the Turret Stairs is unlocked by a medieval Danish ballad – and why the painting can only be viewed for two hours every week.

3 Mar 2026

23 Feb 2026

L. S Lowry's painting 'Going to the Match' (1953). It's a painting of a large square with hundreds of people pouring into a Bunden Park stadium, with the skyline of Bolton in the background (Credit: The Estate of L.S. Lowry)

The darkness behind LS Lowry's famous city scenes

In 1957, the painter showed the BBC how he built up his pictures of industrial urban life from his imagination, and described the loneliness that informed them.

23 Feb 2026

18 Feb 2026

Beryl Cook's painting Bar and Barbara featuring two women walking into the Algonquin hotel in New York City (Credit: Courtesy of www.ourberylcook.com / John Cook)

Why critics scorned Beryl Cook's 'saucy' paintings

Beryl Cook's paintings were loved by the British public but derided by the art establishment. One hundred years after her birth, a new exhibition argues for a reassessment of her work.

18 Feb 2026