Candida Höfer has an eye for striking interiors. Born in Germany in 1944, she was raised amid the ruins of World War II during the reconstruction of Cologne. In 1973 Höfer entered the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf and became one of a select group of artists (including Thomas Struth, Thomas Ruff, and Andreas Gursky) influenced by the methodical photographers Bernd and Hilla Becher. This exhibition presents 38 color photographs of public interiors such as museums, libraries, and theaters, which Höfer documented in various cities over a 25-year period. What makes the pictures so fascinating is that the cultural spaces are almost always devoid of people, while the presence of humanity abounds. Offering stylish, uninhabited settings from a distant point of view, Höfer leaves us to imagine their past, present, and future occupation.

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A monograph, published by Aperture, accompanies the exhibition. Höfer's work is also on view in a solo show at Dublin's Irish Museum of Modern Art through October 1.