Dana Lixenberg. American Images

Now showing1 October 2026 – 17 January 2027€5

Retrospective of Dana Lixenberg's three decades of large-format portraits in the US, from Tupac and Biggie to Imperial Courts in Los Angeles and Shishmaref, Alaska.

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Dana Lixenberg photographed Tupac Shakur for Vibe in 1993, and the portrait has since escaped the magazine into murals and tattoos. It hangs here beside Prince, Kate Moss and Leonard Cohen, all made with the large-format camera she uses throughout.

The core is Imperial Courts, portraits of residents of a Watts housing complex in Los Angeles, begun after the 1992 unrest and still going. The 126-plus photographs also take in homeless residents of a shelter in Jeffersonville, Indiana, and the Iñupiaq village of Shishmaref, Alaska. An installation of 300 Polaroid test prints is roughly your camera roll after one sunset at Bogatell.

A ticket is €5, free on Tuesdays, and also covers KBr Flama'26. The audio guide is online and included; headphones cost €1. Winter hours end at 19:00.

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Tupac Shakur for Vibe in 1993, and three decades of portraits from Imperial Courts in Watts: more than 126 large-format photographs, plus 300-odd Polaroid test prints from 1993 to 2008.

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Tupac Shakur, 1993
The Vibe portrait that later circulated in murals and tattoos, shown among Lixenberg's other celebrity sitters.
Imperial Courts
Portraits of Watts public housing residents in Los Angeles, begun in 1993, with the same people photographed across three decades.
Polaroid 54/59/79
More than 300 Polaroid test prints from 1993 to 2008, laid out in custom showcases with a projection alongside.
Jeffersonville, Indiana
Portraits of homeless residents of the Haven House shelter, made over about six years from 1997.
The Last Days of Shishmaref
Photographs of an Iñupiaq community in Alaska facing relocation because of climate change.