In his “rayographs,” he raved, he was finally “working directly with light itself.” The showstopper is the most expensive photograph ever sold at auction. By Arthur Lubow In the winter of 1921, Man ...

Man Ray was one of the leading avant-garde thinkers of his generation, but how did he develop his unique approach? A watercolor sketch made while the artist was still in his early twenties has ...

The Metropolitan Museum of Art has opened Man Ray: When Objects Dream, the first major exhibition to position the artist’s Rayographs at the center of his career. On view from September 14, 2025, ...

The best business decision Emmanuel Radnitzky ever made was to call himself “Man Ray.” Two words, two syllables; one from earth, the other of heaven. The nomenclature wouldn’t have made a difference, ...