Vogue, review by Joanna Solotaroff
2025
Diane Arbus drew most of her subjects from the streets of her hometown, New York City: The chapeau-ed society ladies of Fifth Avenue; the young, unsmiling couples of Washington Square Park; the swimmers and sideshow performers of Coney Island; not to mention the cross-dressers, celebrities, children, and everyone in between. It’s what makes “Diane Arbus: Constellation,” the largest exhibition of the photographer’s images to date, feel something like a homecoming. Co-presented by LUMA, the show is on view at the Park Avenue Armory through August 17, with many of its more than 450 photographs never before seen publicly.