74 Museum Exhibitions and Biennials to See This Spring
By Alex Greenberger published March 2, 2026 in ARTnews
“Peter Hujar / Liz Deschenes: Persistence of Vision” at Gropius Bau, Berlin
Photographers Peter Hujar and Liz Deschenes are by no means a natural pairing, which makes this exhibition all the more intriguing. Hujar created lush black-and-white pictures documenting members of his circle like artists Paul Thek and David Wojnarowicz, both of whom were romantically involved with Hujar; Deschenes is known for conceptual photography exploring how our eyes make sense of the medium. These two practices seem quite unalike, but the artists are similar, a description of the show claims, because they both “employ the fundamental properties of the medium—light, chemistry and time—to explore what a photograph can be.” The exhibition could be eye-opening, and maybe a little beguiling.
March 19–June 28