MK Gallery in Milton Keynes is presenting the first major UK retrospective of Chilean photographer Paz Errázuriz, titled *Dare to Look*, featuring 171 photographs from five decades of her career. Now 81, Errázuriz is known for documenting marginalized communities in Chile, often working under the dictatorship that followed the 1973 military coup. Despite international acclaim—including exhibitions at the Venice Biennale and acquisitions by Tate, MoMA, and the Reina Sofía—this is her first solo show at a British institution.
The exhibition matters because it corrects a long-standing institutional oversight, giving overdue recognition to a self-taught female photographer whose work challenges social norms and official histories. Errázuriz’s patient, immersive approach—exemplified by series like *El Infarto del Alma*, which documents couples in a psychiatric hospital—offers a powerful model of art as both witness and human connection. Her story underscores broader questions about how long it takes for women artists to receive institutional validation, even late in life.