Aperture Loves New York: Inaugural Show at New Space Features 20+ Photographers

Key facts

• Aperture Loves New York is the inaugural installation at Aperture's new space.
• The exhibition is organized by Sarah Meister, Executive Director of Aperture.
• It features photographs by more than twenty artists, paired with corresponding Aperture books.
• The show runs through November 1, 2026.
• Artists include Diane Arbus, Awol Erizku, Robert Frank, Justine Kurland, Stephen Shore, Tina Barney, Ernest Cole, Nan Goldin, Danny Lyon, Sophie Rivera, and Coreen Simpson.
• Tina Barney's The Reception (1985) is from Family Ties (2024).
• Ernest Cole's Harlem (ca. 1968) is from The True America (2024).
• Awol Erizku's image of kufis designed by Ruth E. Carter for Spike Lee's Malcolm X is from Mystic Parallax (2023).
• Robert Frank's New York (1955–65) is from The Americans (1968/2024).
• Nan Goldin's Trixie on the cot (1979) is from The Ballad of Sexual Dependency (1986/2021).
• Justine Kurland's Playground (1998) is from Girl Pictures (2020).
• Danny Lyon's 80 and 82 Beekman Street (1967) is from The Destruction of Lower Manhattan (2020).
• Sophie Rivera's Waitress (ca. 1978) is from Double Exposures (2026).
• Coreen Simpson's The Fantastic Four, Double Dutch Champions, Lincoln Center, NYC (1980) is included.