Curated by Christian Bernard

Júlia Ventura has been a steady presence in the Netherlands, where she lives, and in her native Portugal (this is her second show at the Fundação de Serralves), but she’s less known outside Europe. One wonders why, given the length of her career (over twenty years) and the potency of her photographs; in a piercing self-portrait from 1985 Ventura snarls slightly, holding a blooming rose in one hand and making a fist with the other. That work and about sixty others from 1982 to the present are on view. The catalogue boasts contributions by curator Christian Bernard as well as Philippe Cuenat and Carol Armstrong.

— Meghan Dailey