Flash Forward 2009 (Flash Forward: Emerging Photographers from Canada, the United Kingdom)
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Ferenc Berko: Bombay, 1941 Vintage gelatin silver print, 11 7/8 x 9 13/16 inches Click on image to enlarge. Gitterman Gallery is proud to present an exhibition of vintage black and white photographs by Ferenc Berko. Ferenc Berkó (1916-2000) is part of long tradition of Hungarian émigré photographers, which includes Brassaï, Robert Capa, André Kertész, László...
Makura no Soshi (Free subscription) | 11/09/2009
Friday morning, I was notified that the galleries would have a group of school kids visit that afternoon, so I am over my art tour hump, as I had to improvise very quickly a tour of Fireflies with a small group of 1st-5th graders. For not loving kids or hanging out with children on a regular basis, all things said, it went pretty well. Went to Bill and Kate's opening at the Stephen L. Clark Gallery...
New York Times (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
A three-volume book and two gallery exhibitions explore the growth of the photographer Bruce Davidson.
BennyHollywood (Free subscription) | 11/07/2009
Crazy cool image(s) by Albert Watson. This image is on display as a 96″ x 58″ C-print as part of the exhibition “Who Shot Rock & Roll” at the Brooklyn Museum through January 31, 2010.
Makura no Soshi (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
I am scheduled to give my first school tour in eight years to elementary school children in a few weeks. I will be touring them through our new acquisitions exhibition and our Keith Carter shows. We have a big elephant in the room that I need to get my head around talking about - because JP Witkin's photo from his Mexico Morgue series is displayed so prominently, that there is simply no ignoring it....
My Photography (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Two weeks ago I was sat in one of possibly the most boring lectures I had experienced, and I was lost at the connection between the paintings I was being shown, and photography. The lecturer began talking about photographs seeing us seeing them. Although I was confused by this statement, she had grabbed my attention. The next photograph that flashed on screen was Art Institute of Chicago II by Thomas...
San Fransisco Chronicle (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Dorothea Lange A Life Beyond Limits By Linda Gordon (W.W. Norton; 536 pages; $35) Dorothea Lange is back in the public eye. Protesters in Chicago this fall denouncing giant banks carried signs showing "Migrant Mother," Lange's 1936 photograph of a gaunt,...
Archinect (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Last spring, Mies van der Rohe's Haus Lange in Krefeld was the subject of artist John Baldessari's playful work described as �contra-Mies�. MUSEUM HAUS LANGE | video clip "Baldessari structured his Krefeld exhibition essentially as a work relating to the location or the architecture. The artist calls his concept for Haus Lange �contra-Mies�. Point of departure for him...
Flavorwire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
The Hugo Boss Prize was established in 1996 with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum as a way to "support talented young, emerging artists as well as established individuals whose public recognition may be long overdue." The winner — who receives $100,000 and a show at the Gugg — is chosen by an international panel of distinguished judges from the art world. Last year Palestinian...
ArtsBeat (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
A photograph by Cindy Sherman from her "Untitled Film Stills" series. Part of "The Pictures Generation," a 2009 exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City. "The Pictures Generation," a show that closed earlier this year at New York City's Metropolitan Museum of Art, has been dubbed the best group show of the year in something called "Rob Pruitt...
Recently Banned Literature (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
California Classics The Creative Literature of the Golden State by Lawrence Clark Powell The Ward Ritchie Press Los Angeles (1971) [click to enlarge] Works and authors discussed: Anza’s California Expeditions , by Herbert E. Bolton; The Journey of the Flame , by Walter Nordhoff; Death Valley in ’49 , by William L. Manly; The Land of Little Rain , by Mary Austin; The Wonders of the Colorado...
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
HAMBURG, GERMANY - As of November 3rd, Flo Peters Gallery will present René Burri, one of the last remaining great photography legends of the 20th century. The show gives a comprehensive insight into the work of the Swiss photographer and takes the observer onto a journey through the 20th century : From Swiss rural life to roman dolce Vita as well as Argentinean Gauchos and impressions of Maoist...
The ArchitectsNewspaper Blog (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
REVEALING BITS Stephen Ehrlich is known to be a mild-mannered LA architect. But it looks like that wasn’t always so. As part of his tribute at Julius Shulman’s memorial service in September, Ehrlich bared not only his praise for Shulman, but also his butt cheeks. He wasn’t at the event, but the Getty presented an image [...]
Fast Company (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
"Godmother of Punk" Patti Smith didn't go to Pratt. She didn't have the money and, she says, she was "too erratic a student" to get past the admissions office. That didn't stop her, however, from enthusiastically accepting an award from the art and design school Thursday night at the Pratt Legends 2009 gala (click for pics). Karim Rashid, Richard Meier, Stefan Sagmeister, Christo...
The New York Review of Books (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Jonathan Raban Hopi man, 1920s; photograph by Dorothea Lange (Oakland Museum of California) Some visual footnotes to my piece on Dorothea Lange in the new issue of The New York Review . I wrote about her work for the Farm Security Administration and her famous photograph Migrant Mother , and also discussed other areas of her work that may be less well known to readers, including this portrait of a...
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