Review: ‘René Magritte: The Revealing Image, Photos and Films’ at the Latrobe...
Exhibition dates: 19th August – 19th November 2017 Chief Curator: Xavier Canonne René Magritte (1898-1967) Flirtatiousness (La coquetterie), René Magritte at the Jardin des Plantes, photo-booth...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Jakob Tuggener – Machine time’ at Fotostiftung Schweiz,...
Exhibition dates: 21st October 2017 – 28th January 2018 Curator: Martin Gasser Jakob Tuggener (1904-1988) Fabrik (Factory) (book cover) 1943 Rotapfel Verlag, Erlenbach-Zurich Rare magician,...
View ArticleReview: ‘All the better to see you with: Fairy tales transformed’ at The Ian...
Exhibition dates: 13th January – 3rd March 2018 Curator: Samantha Comte Artists: Broersen and Lukács, Kate Daw, Peter Ellis, Dina Goldstein, Mirando Haz, Vivienne Shark Le Witt, Amanda Marburg, Tracey...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Zbigniew Dłubak – Heir of the Avant-Garde’ at Fondation Henri...
Exhibition dates: 17th January – 29th April 2018 Curator: The exhibition is curated by Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska, curator at the Centre Pompidou. Photography, the object, conceptual art, reality...
View ArticleVale Polixeni Papapetrou (1960-2018)
April 2018 My god, what a loss. I am very sorry to hear of the passing of Polixeni Papapetrou. Sadness indeed… Poli was a wonderful spirit and an incredibly gifted artist. Condolences to Robert...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘The Polaroid Project’ at the Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg
Exhibition dates: 16th March – 17th June 2018 Anna Reynolds Marcus / Mutilation of the soul October 1992 Phillip Institute, Melbourne Polaroid I love Polaroid photography. As “instant”...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘David Wojnarowicz: History Keeps Me Awake’ at the Whitney Museum...
Exhibition dates: 13th July – 30th September 2018 Curators: This exhibition is co-curated by David Kiehl, Curator Emeritus, and David Breslin, DeMartini Family Curator and Director of the Collection....
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Black Light: Secret traditions in art since the 1950s’ at Centre...
La llum negra. Tradicions secretes en l’art des dels anys cinquanta Exhibition dates: 16th May – 21st October 2018 Curator: Enrique Juncosa Artists: Carlos Amorales / Kenneth Anger / Antony Balch /...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘L’envol’ (‘Flight’) at La maison rouge, Paris
Exhibition dates: 16th June – 28th October 2018 Georges Méliès (1861-1938) Le voyage dans la lune. Le clair de terre – (10e tableau) A Trip to the Moon 1902 Courtesy Collection La Cinémathèque...
View ArticlePhotographs: Germaine Krull ‘MÉTAL’ 1928
December 2018 Germaine Krull (photographer) Cover design by M. Tchimoukow (Louis Bonin) MÉTAL cover 1928 Librairie des Arts décoratifs A. Calavas, Editeur Portfolio comprising a title page, a...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘The Gutter Art of Stephen Varble: Genderqueer Performance Art in...
Exhibition dates: 1st March – 17th May 2019 Curator: David J. Getsy Greg Day (American, b. 1944) Stephen Varble in the Suit of Armor October 1975, printed 2018 Digital print © Greg Day 2019...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Magic Realism: Art in Weimar Germany 1919-33’ at the Tate...
Exhibition dates: 30 July 2018 – 14 July 2019 Conrad Felixmüller (German, 1897-1977) The Beggar of Prachatice 1924 Watercolour, gouache and graphite on paper 500 x 645 mm The George Economou...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Sophie Gabrielle: Worry For The Fruit The Birds Won’t Eat’ at...
Exhibition dates: 15th June – 11th August 2019 Sophie Gabrielle Worry For The Fruit The Birds Won’t Eat #5 2017-2019 This is the first posting on three strong exhibitions at the Centre for...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Illusions of the Photographer: Duane Michals at the Morgan’ at...
Exhibition dates: 25th October 2019 – 2nd February 2020 Curator: Joel Smith Duane Michals (American, b. 1932) Self-Portrait Asleep in a Tomb of Mereruka Sakkara 1978 6 (5 x 7 inch) silver gelatin...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Dora Maar’ at Tate Modern, London
Exhibition dates: 20th November 2019 – 15th March 2020 Curators: Dora Maar is curated by Karolina Ziebinska-Lewandowska, Curator, Centre Pompidou, Paris, Damarice Amao, Assistant Curator, Centre...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Unseen: 35 Years of Collecting Photographs’ at the J. Paul Getty...
Exhibition dates: 17th December 2019 – 8th March 2020 Weegee (Arthur Fellig) (American, born Austria, 1899-1968) [Calypso] about 1944; before 1946 Gelatin silver print 26.2 x 33.3 cm (10 5/16 x 13...
View ArticleEuropean photographic research tour: V&A Photography Centre, London
Visited October 2019 posted May 2020 Unknown photographer Photograph of Allied War exhibition, Serbian Section, V&A (installation view) 1917 Gelatin silver print The Royal Photographic Society...
View ArticleEuropean photographic research tour: Vintage August Sander photographs at...
Visited September 2019 posted July 2020 Tamara Könen of the gallery (left) and Kristina Engels from August Sander Stiftung – at Galerie Julian Sander, standing in front of August Sander’s...
View ArticleText: “Atget’s shadow,” on his Paris photographs
August 2020 Eugène Atget (French, 1857-1927) Fontaine des Quatre-Parties-du-Monde, Jardin Marco Polo, Paris 1907 Albumen silver print Atget’s shadow A delicious posting on the work of the...
View ArticlePhotographs: Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) Part 1
November 2020 Max Dupain (Australian, 1911-1992) Sydney Harbour Crepuscule 1937 Gelatin silver print 32.5 x 47cm Noun. crépuscule m (plural crépuscules) twilight, dusk (the time of the day when...
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