Newsletter - AIPAD’s 45th Edition of the Photography Show Returns to the Park Ave. Armory, April 22-26 with 78 Galleries.

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AIPAD's Photography Show returns to the historic Park Avenue Armory, April 22-26, with 78 galleries from around the world showing photography from the 19th, 20th and 21st centuries. The show’s VIP Preview is Wednesday, April 22, from 4 pm-9 pm.
Tickets for the VIP Preview can be purchased here: https://thephotographyshow.artsvp.com/3d7bbf. Tickets for the run of the show can be purchased here: https://thephotographyshow.artsvp.com/a59c6b. Special rate student and senior admissions can be purchased here: https://thephotographyshow.artsvp.com/57f395.

The hours for the AIPAD Show include:
Wednesday, April 22: 4:00 pm – 9:00 pm VIP Opening Preview.
Thursday, April 23: 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm Public Hours.
Collector Cultivation Evening: 5pm – 8pm.
Friday, April 24: 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm Public Hours.
Night of Photography presented in conjunction with the International Center of Photography, from 5-7 pm.
Saturday, April 25: 12:00 pm – 7:00 pm Public Hours.
Sunday, April 26: 11:00 am – 5:00 pm Public Hours.

AIPAD Talks, the series will commence on Thursday, April 24, at 1PM when this year’s AIPAD Award winner, Deborah Willis, University Professor and Chair of the Department of Photography & Imaging at Tisch School of the Arts, New York University, will be in conversation with Brendan Embser, Senior Editor at Aperture.

AIPAD Talks will take place over the four public days of The Photography Show in the famed Veterans Room designed by Louis Comfort Tiﬀany, from Thursday to.Sunday.

Highlights include Interventions in Photography, with artists David Alekhuogie, Gail Albert Halaban and Aundre Larrow in conversation, moderated by Elise Swopes, Founder, Sunrise Art Club + Night on the Yard, to discuss the varied techniques, tools and interventions photographers are using today throughout the creative process—whether classic darkroom edits or experimental mixed media and AI-assisted workflows—that continue to push photography into new territory; photographer and visual artist Laurie Simmons joins Drew Sawyer, Sondra Gilman Curator of Photography at the Whitney Museum of American Art and co-curator of the 2026 Whitney Biennial, for a dynamic conversation tracing the evolution of her practice and the ideas driving her work today; America at 250/Divergent Realities: Photography and Documentation, featuring Stephanie Tung, The Byrne Family Curator of Photography, Peabody Essex Museum; Makeda Best, Deputy Director of Curatorial Aﬀairs, Oakland Museum of Contemporary Art; and Jami Powell, Associate Director for Curatorial Aﬀairs and Curator of Indigenous Art at the Hood Museum of Art at Dartmouth College, in conversation to explore how photography has shaped and complicated the ways we document, remember and challenge canonical American history and how images both preserve national memory and challenge dominant narratives; and From Concept to Feature: Creative Directors on the Power of Photography, featuring leading creative directors Matteo Mobilio of WSJ Magazine, Samantha Adler of Cosmopolitan and Noelle Lacombe of The Cut in conversation moderated by CNN Senior Style Reporter Rachel Tashjian to to explore the editorial process from initial concept to final spread, unpacking how image-making decisions reflect, challenge and ultimately influence the way we see the world.

“This year’s AIPAD Talks program highlights photography’s power to question history, shape identity and inspire new ways of seeing,” said Lydia Melamed Johnson, Executive Director of AIPAD and The Photography Show. “From groundbreaking artists to visionary curators and scholars, these conversations reflect the depth, diversity and dynamism that define the photographic community today.”

The five shortlisted artists for the 2026 Aperture Portfolio Prize will be featured at The Photography Show in a special exhibition space as part of the Photobook + Partners Sector. An international competition, the Aperture Portfolio Prize aims to identify trends in contemporary photography and highlight artists whose work deserves greater recognition. Past and recent winners include Alana Perino, Avion Pierce, Vân-Nhi Nguyễn and Felipe Romero Beltrán.

On April 24, from 5PM-7PM, AIPAD, in partnership with The International Center of Photography (ICP), will host Night of Photography. The event will feature a robust program of artist talks hosted in diﬀerent exhibitor booths, book signings and an open bar with the price of admission, creating an evening of interactions with the foremost photographers of the day.

This year's AIPAD Exhibitors include:

FOCAL POINT SECTOR

Sponsors include: ● Gallagher Insurance ● Grey Rock Capital Group ● AXA Insurance ● Surmount.
Lead Cultural Partner: MUUS Collection.

Presented by AIPAD, The Photography Show is the longest-running exhibition dedicated to the photographic medium in the world.

AIPAD’s 45th Edition of the Photography Show Returns to the Park Ave. Armory, April 22-26 with 78 Galleries.

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