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Joseph Beuys is regarded worldwide as one of the 20th century’s most important and influential artists. But where exactly did he find his artistic roots? What were the sources of his strength? In January 1978, photographer Gerd Ludwig impressively captured Joseph Beuys as he revisited his past in the town of Kleve and its Lower Rhine surroundings, the very places where it all began for him. In 2021, Frank Mehring…

Les Douches la Galerie presents Made in USA : Vivian Maier (1926-2009) | Sabine Weiss (1924-2021). One of them, Sabine Weiss, was born in 1924. The other one, Vivian Maier, was born in 1926. Both chose the street as their field of action and had a deep empathy for the passers-by they photographed. One of them, Sabine Weiss, was born in Switzerland but became a naturalized French citizen. The other, Vivian Maier,…

This second exhibition was selected in the KG+ category. “Who are We?” it includes three main categories of portraits which require active participation from visitors. One for Two for One by Thierry Maindrault The ensemble presented continues the photographic work on the psychological and biological decals in ancient couples. The photographs represent a reconstruction of chimeras in the lineages of imaginary representations from the dawn of time. These are of…

With her series "Latenza" shown at the Bigaignon Gallery, Vittoria Gerardi traces back to the source of images in an abstract and mysterious symphony, fundamentally full of life.   [video_embed_hd url="https://vimeo.com/921104226"]   In 2017, Vittoria Gerardi exhibited for the first time at the Bigaignon Gallery. The Italian artist, born in 1996, showed landscapes bordering on abstraction, created during a three-week journey in the Desert Valley (United States). The artist presented…

Éditions Contrejour is publishing Gladys' monograph. Gladys began her career as a photographer at the end of the 1970s and signed her photographs with her first name only. Her first black and white images explore a world where childhood memories, imaginary landscapes and poetic stories coexist. In 1987, Gladys benefited from the Villa Médicis scholarship outside the walls and went to Japan for a residency. The Mamonakou series continues work…

Jef Van den Bossche presents his book On a soif. As a child, my father used to take me to small pubs all across Belgium. In 2001 he wrote a book about the last so-called volkscafés, or people’s pubs in the province of Antwerp. Nearly two decades later I returned the favor and dragged my father on a quest for Belgium’s last remaining volkscafés. ​Although no strict definition applies to…

L'Officiel Belgique announces that photographers from Studio Harcourt are arriving at TheMerode and offering a private shooting worthy of the biggest stars to Brussels photophiles. Notice to amateurs! From April 19 to 21, 2024, the Brussels private club TheMerode welcomes the talents of the prestigious Studio Harcourt. The opportunity for enthusiasts, members of the circle or not, to have their portrait taken by those who immortalized the greatest, enhanced by…

The Michael Hoppen Gallery in London presents Okashi, an exhibition bringing together a kaleidoscope of works and objects on the visual identity of an eclectic Japan still little known to the public. The concept of okashi is part of the history of Japanese aesthetics and corresponds to the beauty, even the happiness that comes from encountering strange and unexpected things. The exhibition brings together photographs, textiles, theater posters, erotic prints…

Julia Gragnon presents an exhibition in her Galerie de l’Instant entitled Corps et Âme. She wrote this text: I was as close as possible to Dance, even before I was born! Indeed, my mother Tessa Beaumont, star dancer, danced until more than 5 months of pregnancy... her male partners could no longer carry us! So I spent my childhood surrounded by tutus and slippers, in the smell of rosin, the…

Reza exhibits as part of L’Iran en révolutions 1979-2024 at the Cosmopolis in Nantes. Reza's photos bear witness to the wave of hope aroused by the Islamic revolution, a hope quickly dashed by the repression which fell on the Iranian population, in particular on women, forced to wear the black chador like others wear grief. The exhibition also covers the outbreak of the war against Iraq, the hostage taking at…

The Centre for British Photography presents an online exhibition by Simon Marsden entitled Visions of a Ghost Hunter. Simon Marsden wrote of his work: "From the very beginning of recorded time all the great civilisations of our world have believed in ghosts and the supernatural in some form or other. These are ancient mysteries and to dismiss them is to deny ourselves that arcane knowledge of the past that has…

Deconstructing Edward Weston’s Nudes in the form of self-portraits, the artist Tarrah Krajnak inserts herself as both author and subject into Weston’s original work. Replicating the poses of models Bertha Wardell and Charis Wilson, she sits before the camera with a remote shutter release in hand, her body depicted beyond the boundaries of Weston’s original fragmentation, confronting the lens with a light meter, a gas mask, a defiant gaze. Krajnak’s…

Les Promenades Photographiques de Marseille are joining forces with the Artplexe cinema to offer a photographic exhibition within the walls of the most recent cinema created by architect Jean-Michel Wilmotte, inaugurated in October 2021 on the Canebière. Until September 30, 2024, photographer Romain Boutillier, an adopted Arlesian, will present his series Lost in Camargue highlighting a timeless and mysterious territory, full of history, as opposed to the iconic images that…

David Schonauer reported in Pro Photo Daily the following news : Pulitzer Prize-winning photojournalist David Hume Kennerly resigned from the board of the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Foundation on Tuesday, blasting the group for cowardice in rejecting Trump critic Liz Cheney as the recipient of its top yearly award. Kennerly, who served as White House photographer during the Ford administration in the 1970s, claimed in a letter to fellow trustees…

Sylvia Galmot : Committed! Sylvia Galmot: COMMITTED! Sylvia Galmot freely admits that she didn't choose photography, but photography chose her. She began her career working for 10 years as a photographer for the most prestigious Parisian agencies, including H&K. This experience enabled her to work with a host of celebrities, including Mélanie Thierry, Isabelle Adjani, Raphaêl Enthoven, Emmanuelle Seigner, Diane Kruger, Léa Seydoux, Andrée Putman, Alain Chabat and Lambert Wilson,…