Vince Aletti, collector, author, curator and winner of this year’s AIPAD Award, lives in a seven-room apartment in New York’s East Village. It’s filled to the brim with his enormous collection, or as he describes it, “a collection of collections”, of magazines, photographs, books, vinyl records, and all manner of ephemera. Still, there’s always room for more. How would you describe yourself as a collector? – As someone who looks…
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In September last year, the J. Paul Getty Museum announced the acquisition of a collection of 209 photographs by the French photographer Eugène Atget. It had been built over 25 years by Dan and Mary Solomon, by carefully adding one masterpiece after another. The couple prefers to keep a low profile in the photography world but are incredibly active as collectors, curators, publishers, and most significantly as generous donors to…
AIPAD presents the 2nd edition of the Monumental exhibition. This special project show- cases large-scale photographic works throughout the public areas of The Park Avenue Armory, providing a unique opportunity for galleries and their artists to display new, challenging and impactful pieces not generally shown at fairs, creating a captivating visual spectacle for visitors. This article originally appeared in the AIPAD Catalogue sponsored by MUUS Collection. The Photography Show…
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On the occasion of the month of photography and on the fringes of "Paris Photo 2022", the Nouchine Pahlevan Gallery presents "I Want Him To Be Ocean" by Christian Mamoun. This exhibition invites itself into the heart of a kind of waiting room before entering the adult world. In the meantime, this Parisian youth are questioning themselves , confronted with "sturm et drang" impulses (the storm and the impulse), which…
Nino Mier Gallery presents Women’s Work, an exhibition of photographs and videos by Finnish artist IIU SUSIRAJA. Susiraja is known for her still and moving image portraits, which capture the artist in her own home or her parents’ home, interacting with items such as housekeeping tools and pantry staples with prurient, deadpan humor. In Women’s Work, which will be on view from February 18 - March 19, 2022 in Los Angeles, Susiraja brings a…
Spanning the years 1976 to 1981, The Beginning brings together the earliest works of acclaimed American photographer Tina Barney (b. 1945). Featuring images largely unseen by the public, the exhibition chronicles a period of technical and artistic development that would lay the foundation for the complex and incisive tableaux that ultimately established Barney as a key figure in international photography. While quarantining during the Covid-19 outbreak, Barney began to sort…
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Our correspondent Jean-Jacques Ader attended the Lectoure festival and interviewed the exhibitions curator Damarice Amao. L’esprit du lieu (The spirit of the place) Edition necessarily slightly special this year, of the Gers festival, because, punctually without director, but not without artistic direction. History and memory have guided Damarice Amao curator of exhibitions chosen for 2023, to this theme, The Spirit of Place, dedicated as much to the author of…
Kiripi Katembo (1979-2015) was born in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo, and has devoted his life to documenting and interpreting the complex reality of the capital through powerful images and committed cinematographic works. His work, deeply rooted in the social reality of his city, reveals the challenges facing the people of Kinshasa. Using art as a means of raising awareness and mobilising people, Kiripi Katembo denounces the inactivity of political…
This is the 29th installment of the online series by Peter Fetterman Gallery called the Power of Photography highlighting hope, peace and love in the world. We invite you to enjoy and reflect on these works during this time. André Kertész Stairs at Montmartre, Paris, 1926 © Andre Kertesz / Courtesy of Peter Fetterman Gallery “The moment always dictates in my work. Everybody can look, but they don’t necessarily…
The Hulett Collection announced representation of American artist, Lawrence Schiller. Lawrence Schiller is an American producer, screenwriter, and photographer best known for his candid photos of Marilyn Monroe. For almost 35 years, Schiller collaborated with Norman Mailer to create several films together, including Executioner's Song (1982), for which Mailer received the Pulitzer Prize. Born on December 28, 1936 in Brooklyn, NY, Lawrence was raised in San Diego and attended Pepperdine…
Into the Woods is a new exhibition by British photographer Ellie Davies which showcases work from her new series Chalk Streams. The new series looks at one of the world’s most unique and rare ecosystems, 85% of which are found in the UK, and are under huge threat from numerous stressors including climate change and rising sea levels. These streams provide a unique ecosystem supporting a high biodiversity of wild…
ROSEGALLERY presents A MEDITATION ON THE UNTITLED, curated works by fine art photographer, Kennedi Carter. Kennedi Carter draws from her ancestral canon of Black and Southern experiences through skin, texture, intimacy, home, and community. A MEDITATION ON THE UNTITLED is Kennedi Carter’s Big Bang - a precipice conjured by notions of creativity and self- reflection. Carter creates her own cosmology in the realm of Blackness, bolstered by a reverence for…
For its Second Récit, the Galerie Coutaz offers a journey through the fantasy worlds of Elizabeth Lennard and Robin Plus. Each in their own way, the two artists bring an ambiguity, a mystery, a poetry of color to reality. Combining historical works and new creations, the exhibition runs until September 2, 2023. We present to you today the work of Elisabeth Lennard. Elizabeth Lennard Born in 1953 in New…
“Since 2016, I have travelled the countryside in winter in the footsteps of painters and writers Constable, Gainsborough, Emilie Brontë, Arthur Conan Doyle, Daphné du Maurier…” French photographer Jean-Pierre Gilson is recognised as one of the leading European landscape photographers and over the past forty years, more than a hundred exhibitions have been devoted to his work. In this new book he explores the English landscapes that have influenced many…
The Colours of Everyday / Les Couleurs du Quotidien / De Kleuren van het Alledaagse – Kinshasa (RDC)
Colours mark our existence - we see them (or we don't); we assume that everyone has the same perception (well, they don't); shades influence our mood and our perception of colours is coloured by our emotions. It's a complex ensemble - and the same goes for image-makers. Belgian photographer Harry Gruyaert puts it this way: "With colour, I'm more concerned with the light, the clothes, the setting and so on.…
The duo of artist Virginie Pougnaud and Christophe Clark are exhibiting a number of their staged photographs at Galerie XII until July 29th. L'Œil de la Photographie met them. Zoé Isle de Beauchaine: Tell us about the works you are exhibiting at Galerie XII. Virginie Pougnaud: We've mixed an older series, Mood Indigo (2014), with our most recent work. The series À poils (2022-2023) is about fur, animal and…
Until August 10th, Michaël Guez is exhibited in the Paris hotel Alfred Sommier. The book of the exhibition entitled TIME IS NOW, is to be published by Odyssée editions in September. Inspired by old Hollywood films, TIME IS NOW is a logbook that traces Michaël's introspective and artistic journey on the west coast of the United States. Michaël Guez: TIME IS NOW July 10 - August 10, 2023 Hotel Alfred…
Homage is the latest project of world-renowned photographer Greg Gorman and artist Gary Johns. Greg is known for his stark, honest portraiture of the most famous and infamous faces from the worlds of entertainment, art, sport and music. Gary’s successful career as an award-winning Creative and Art Director for advertising campaigns and films denotes his talent in crafting the visual narrative. Bringing together Greg’s ability to capture evocative portraits and…
Guild Hall presents in its newly renovated galleries a solo exhibition by artist Renee Cox, organized by independent curator Monique Long. Renee Cox: A Proof of Being is a selection of the artist’s most well-known and celebrated photographs from 1993 to the present. This survey will demonstrate how the artist’s practice has evolved through a series of performative self-portraits. The avatars Cox creates are variably historical figures, art history tropes,…
Human intelligence at the Helm: 50 ans dans l’œil de Libé by Françoise Denoyelle First the Arles exhibition, at the Abbey of Montmajour, an austere but fresh place, conducive to the shock that the alignment of so many exceptional photographs provides. Exceptional, the word is not overused and is simply explained. For 50 years, photographers have selected images in their reportages, directors of photography, editors have chosen one or two…
If you are in the Luberon on July 20th, rush to the opening at John Doe Books: Erich & Inge Hoss: Rayographies. You will discover an exhibition and a wonderful gallery. If you are not free that day, go there on a Sunday morning, Coustellet is undoubtedly one of the most formidable farmers' markets in France. Jean Jacques Naudet Erich Hoss, born in 1917, taught design in the 1930s at…