"There was a time when a third of the American public eagerly awaited the weekly delivery of LIFE Magazine," notes New York City's Staley-Wise Gallery, which spotlights the work of the magazine's phenomenal roster of photographers with the exhibition "Looking at LIFE," opening today and running through Feb. 7, 2026. Launched by publisher Henry Luce on Nov. 3, 1936 as a weekly, LIFE was a general-interest magazine that placed an emphasis on photojournalism. It wasn't the first picture magazine, but Luce foresaw a magazine that would use photography in a way never done before. In the prospectus for the nascent publication, he said its mission would be to "see life; to see the world; to eyewitness great events."

  Gabrielle Munter | Contours of the World at The Guggenheim Gabriele Münter was at the forefront of modern art in early 20th-century Europe. Constantly experimenting, she revitalized landscape, still life, and portrait painting, transforming everyday subjects into bold, original works. Rather than imitating reality, she sought to “convey an essence,” offering an alternative to modernist movements that favored pure abstraction. The artist was a key figure of Der...