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Sisters, Saints and Sibyls: Nan Goldin’s ode to ‘rebellious sisters’

2026-03-11 08:00
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Sisters, Saints and Sibyls: Nan Goldin’s ode to ‘rebellious sisters’

Dedicated to ‘all our sisters who have committed suicide or been institutionalised for their rebellion’, Goldin’s new photo book memorialises her beloved and influential sister, Barbara

Nan Goldin, Sisters, Saints and Sibyls

You might describe Sisters, Saints and Sibyls as Nan Goldin’s origin story. You might also say there are few photo series as haunting. An assemblage of hospital reports, family photographs, and Goldin’s own images, it is a tribute to the photographer’s elder sister Barbara, who was institutionalised when she hit puberty and died by suicide at the age of 18. First screened in Paris in 2004 as one of Goldin’s highly sensoryhellip;

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