Capturing the Moment: A Journey through Painting and Photography, Tate Modern, London: 14 June 2023-28 January 2024

This exhibition includes works by artists such as Francis Bacon, Gerhard Richter, and Peter Doig, as well as photographs by Thomas Struth, Andreas Gursky, and Hiroshi Sugimoto. These pieces are displayed alongside recent additions to the Tate's collection, including works by Lorna Simpson, John Currin, Laura Owens, Michael Armitage, and Louise Lawler.

The exhibition  starts by looking at  the relationship between expressive painters and documentary photography, highlighting how Lucian Freud and Alice Neel's inventive realist paintings developed alongside photographers like Dorothea Lange. It  also shows  how photographic sources played a significant role in the work of artists such as Francis Bacon, Cecily Brown, and George Condo.

Don't miss the selection of striking photographs, including Jeff Wall's A Sudden Gust of Wind (after Hokusai) and Andreas Gursky's May Day IV, along with works by Pushpamala N, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Thomas Struth, and Louise Lawler.

The largest section of the exhibition focuses on how painting and photography have converged in contemporary art, displaying works by Gerhard Richter, Luc Tuymans, Wilhelm Sasnal, Richard Hamilton, Andy Warhol, Robert Rauschenberg, Pauline Boty, Lorna Simpson, and Njideka Akunyili Crosby, among others.

Additional works by Lisa Brice, Miriam Cahn, Peter Doig, Marlene Dumas, David Hockney, and Paulina Olowska  show how contemporary painting exists in dialogue with photography in terms of style, composition, content, and meaning. Finally, canvases by Laura Owens, Christina Quarles, and Salman Toor  offer an  insight into how digital media is transforming the work of painters today.