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36 articles taggés "photography"

Analyses
The Nadars: A Legend
In uniting 300 pieces from its collection, the Bibliothèque Nationale explores a century of photography through the work of Félix, Adrien and Paul…
Fairs
Paris Photo: A Decided Success
Exhibitions
Walker Evans’ America
Obituaries
Okwui Enwezor, Curator with a Worldwide Vision, Has Died
Interviews
Howard Greenberg: From Archive to History
With the passing decades, the New York gallery owner has established himself as a major 20th-century photography specialist, representing key names…
Appointments & Prizes
Roderick van der Lee, the New Head of Photo London
Roderick van der Lee becomes the new head of Photo London on 20 May, the day after the 2019 edition ends.
Exhibitions
Dora Maar, the hidden woman
Photographer, painter, activist: Dora Maar was much more than The Weeping Woman Picasso painted in 1937. The Centre Pompidou retrospective, Paris,…
Lots sold
Robert de Semallé and China, a History in Positive and Negative
The embassy secretary’s pictures of 19 th -century China, especially the collodion negatives, triggered lively bidding again.
Fairs
Unseen 2019: Good Vibes on the Amstel
Half-fair, half-festival, Unseen has been a favourite with new photography lovers since its inception. In 2019, how is the event viewed now that it…
Interviews
Jean-François Dubos: The Man Who Gave Paris Photo a Chance
Over the decades, the former president of the French media group Vivendi has assembled a miscellaneous collection dominated by photography. President…
Fairs
Paris Photo 2019: An Expanding World
Does reality become diluted? It changes, rather. Transformations in the sphere of photography are continuing apace, and the speciality's benchmark…
Lots sold
The Gates of Early Photography Are Wide Open
A photographic opus echoed the Paris Photo fair and early prints by a recently recognised pioneer, Raymond de Bérenger (1811-1875), met with success.…
Interviews
Gitte Ørskou: Towards a Nordic Model?
In early September, the Danish curator became head of Stockholm’s Moderna Museet , Sweden’s leading museum of modern and contemporary
Obituaries
John Baldessari, a Key Figure of American Conceptualism, Has Passed Away
On January 1, the art world lost a key figure of American conceptualism with the passing of John Baldessari, who significantly impacted the Los Angeles…
Appointments & Prizes
Antwaun Sargent to Represent Emerging Photographers at Paris Photo New York
This is one of the faces you will see at the opening edition of Paris Photo New York. Antwaun Sargent was recently appointed curator of the emerging…
Lots sold
Photographs and Drawings from Across the Atlantic
Cindy Sherman, Salvador Dali and Thierry Cohen have one thing in common: they created on both American continents.
Lots sold
On the Road Again
Analyses
Ruben Sobol, Photographer of the Roaring Twenties
A painstaking search resulted in a major donation to the Bibliothèque nationale de France (BnF): around 300 prints by a Parisian portrait photographer…
Analyses
The Pannotype: Star of the Photography Galaxy
Often confused with the ambrotype, this collodion process on fabric or leather emerged in the middle of the 19 th century. However, it is still not…
Lots sold
A Singular Collection Featuring a Particular Period
A passion for historical artists of the 20 th century led to a collection of works marked by rigorous choices and a sharp eye.
Exhibitions
Philip-Lorca diCorcia
Exhibitions
The Snowy Slopes of Mount Fuji
Market Trends
Les Oeuvres Choisies – An Exhibition Not to Be Missed
The latest collegial exhibition at the Hôtel Drouot tempts with its birds-eye view of some of the most captivating highlights of the coming auction season.…
Market Trends
Indulge Yourself at the Exhibition "Drouot Déco"
After months of confinement, reimagine your surroundings with a visit to "Drouot Déco", a selection of the most extraordinary – and affordable – art…
Exhibitions
Cindy Sherman: A Retrospective at the Louis Vuitton Foundation
The recipe never changes, yet the outcome is always different. Since the mid-1970s, Cindy Sherman has been staging herself, not to speak about herself…
Market Trends
Art Market Overview: The Rise of Cindy Sherman
Cindy Sherman, the top woman in Artprice's contemporary artist ranking between 2000 and 2020, is the focus of a retrospective at the Vuitton Foundation,…
Interviews
Simon Baker: From the Tate to the MEP
With the acquisition of forty-six prints by Irving Penn and three thousand contemporary books, the former curator of the Tate, now director of the…
Lots sold
A tête-à-tête between Brancusi and Matisse
The two 20th-century giants expressed themselves in the works presented at this auction: one through the unexpected medium of photography, the other…
6 Questions for
Composer Pascal Dusapin Loves Old Books and Modern Art
The world-renowned French contemporary composer has created a permanent sound installation for the Pantheon, inaugurated at the end of 2020 alongside…
Lots sold
Sarah Moon, Atmospheric Photographer
Sarah Moon plays with strangeness to express beauty. This photograph of a face left no one indifferent.
Analyses
Wols Between Myth and Reality
A fascinating figure of the post-war Parisian art scene, Wols was a genuine myth in the 1950s-1960s. Nicknamed the “French Pollock”, he was mostly…
Lots sold
From the Grenoble Olympics to a Studio in Bamako
This eclectic, generous b reton sale ranged from the 1968 Olympic Games to Roberts’ outdoor art and a photographic portrait by Keïta.
Obituaries
Death of Olivier Dassault, Heir to an Industrial Empire and Impassioned Photographer
Olivier Dassault, who died in a helicopter crash on March 7 at the age of 69, was a French politician, a composer and an accomplished photographer.…
Interviews
Seth Feman on the Chrysler: A Museum Focused on People
On the occasion of the 50th anniversary of Walter P. Chrysler’s foundational gift that established the Chrysler Museum of Art, in Norfolk, Virginia,…
6 Questions for
Fashion Designer Vanessa Bruno Admires Sheila Hicks and Hubert Lenoir
The French fashion designer was chosen to take over the presidency of the MoCo, a new contemporary art center in Montpellier , which opened in June…
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Photographer Charles Kroehle's Peru
Photographs from the turn of the 20 th century reveal images of an Amazonia now lost and yet not necessarily a paradise.
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