Paz Errázuriz's UK debut exhibition 'Dare to Look' confronts visibility under dictatorship
Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz showcases her inaugural institutional solo exhibition in the UK, titled 'Dare to Look,' at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes until 5 October 2025. This exhibition comprises 171 photographs spanning five decades, highlighting marginalized groups during Augusto Pinochet's regime (1973–90). Notable series include 'Los dormidos' (1979), 'La Manzana de Adán' (1982–87), and 'El infarto del alma' (1992–94). At eighty-one, Errázuriz overcame state censorship and co-founded the Association of Independent Photographers. In the late 1960s, she studied at the Cambridge Institute of Education and was influenced by activist Dr. Alice Roughton while living in London. Her works have been displayed at Fundación MAPFRE (2015), Barbican (2018), and the Venice Biennale (2015).
Key facts
- Paz Errázuriz's exhibition 'Dare to Look' runs through 5 October 2025 at MK Gallery in Milton Keynes
- The exhibition features 171 photographs spanning five decades of her career
- Errázuriz began photographing during Augusto Pinochet's dictatorship (1973–90)
- Her work focuses on marginalized communities including sex workers, psychiatric patients, and homeless individuals
- Key series include 'La Manzana de Adán' (1982–87) documenting gender-nonconforming sex workers in Santiago
- She collaborated with writer Diamela Eltit on 'El infarto del alma' (1992–94) about psychiatric hospital inmates
- Errázuriz studied at the Cambridge Institute of Education in the late 1960s and lived in London for six years
- She co-founded the Association of Independent Photographers and worked secretly in a home darkroom during the dictatorship
Entities
Artists
- Paz Errázuriz
- Diamela Eltit
- Pablo Neruda
- Bertrand Russell
- Salvador Allende
- Augusto Pinochet
- Alice Roughton
- Anthony Spira
- Susan Meiselas
- Pilar
- Evelyn
- La Jaula
- Emma Jacob
Institutions
- MK Gallery
- ArtReview
- Cambridge Institute of Education
- British Council
- Association of Independent Photographers
- Fundación MAPFRE
- Barbican
- Venice Biennale
- Latin American Society
- Pontificia Universidad Católica
- Magnum
- Guggenheim Fellowship
- Instituto Chileno Norteamericano de Cultura
- Chilean Circle of Critics
- BBC
- AnOther
- Aesthetica Magazine
Locations
- Milton Keynes
- United Kingdom
- Santiago
- Chile
- Cambridge
- England
- London
- Madrid
- Spain
- Patagonia
- Venice
- Italy