Special Episode | On Diane Arbus with Francine Prose, David Salle, and Neil Selkirk

Helen is joined by writer Francine Prose, artist David Salle, and photographer Neil Selkirk for a conversation about Arbus’s singular importance.

Francine Prose’s new novel, Five Weeks in the Country, will be published in May.

David Salle is a painter and essayist living in New York.

Neil Selkirk is a photographer and filmmaker and the only person to print the photographs of Diane Arbus other than the photographer herself.

Visit two exhibitions of Arbus on view this fall: Diane Arbus: Konstellatoinen is on view at Gropius Bau in Berlin, Germany through January 18, 2026 and Diane Arbus: Sanctum Sanctorum is on view at David Zwirner London through December 20, 2025.