Journal of Visual Culture

Journal of Visual Culture is an international refereed journal that welcomes compelling, critically engaged contributions that explore and expand trans-disciplinary global visual cultures.

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Bodies Institutions Technologies

Mirroring the sacred (II)

black glass gives new depth to the sacred presence of the Black Madonna at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum

By Sena Lee

Bodies Institutions Technologies

Mirroring the sacred (I)

a mirror in Amalia Mesa-Bains's work leads from Venus to the Black Madonna

By Sena Lee

Bodies Institutions Technologies

The mirror gaze

an intersectional framework which investigates how conflict photographers’ society and work conditions influence the formation of visual gazes on war actors and territories

By Angela Varricchio

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April 7, 2026

The Øyvind Vågnes Writing Prize

The Journal of Visual Culture Editorial Collective is proud to launch a new biannual writing prize to honour the life and work of our forever colleague Øyvind Vågnes.

By JVC Editorial Collective

July 21, 2025

Newsletter, July 2025

Journal of Visual Culture newsletter, July 2025

By JVC Editorial Collective

January 15, 2025

Øyvind Vågnes obituary

By Asbjørn Grønstad

Journal of Visual Culture

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Volume 24 Issue 3, December 2025

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