Auction: Holst manuscripts, Christie’s, London
June 2019 HOLST, Gustav (1874-1934). Autograph music manuscript signed (‘Gustav Holst’), the organ part from A Choral Fantasia, op.51, n.d. [c. 1930-31] My mother (87), pianist, teacher (may...
View ArticlePhotographs: Herbert Ponting Chinese stereocards
June 2019 Herbert Ponting (British, 1870-1935) (photographer) The Universal Photo Art Co., (C.H. Graves) (publisher) At the barber’s, Peking, China c. 1902 Albumen print on card Fabulous, early...
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 ArticlePhotograph: ‘PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944’ by Horace Bristol...
July 2019 Horace Bristol (American, 1908-1997) PBY Blister Gunner, Rescue at Rabaul, 1944 1944 Gelatin silver print On the fly This is a stunning picture taken of a brave, courageous, and...
View ArticleVale Joyce Evans OAM photographer (1929-2019)
July 2019 Joyce Evans (Australian, 1929-2019) Untitled [Joyce with camera] 1951 Gelatin silver print From Joyce Evans’ book We Had Such High Hopes: Student Activism and the Peace Movement 1949-1952...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Every Past Is My Past’ (photographs from the Fortepan digital...
Exhibition dates: 16th April – 25th August 2019 Curator of the exhibition: István Virágvölgyi Co-curator: Miklós Tamási Curatorial assistant: Mária Madár The catalog is a richly illustrated catalog in...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Under the Mexican Sky: A Revolution in Modern Photography’ at...
Exhibition dates: 1st June – 28th July 2019 Edward Weston (American, 1886-1958) Dr. Federico Marín, Jean Charlot, and Tina Modotti 1925 Vintage gelatin silver print 7 ½ x 9 ¼ inches Shown with...
View ArticleNew work: ‘The Night Journey’ 2019 by Marcus Bunyan
July 2019 Marcus Bunyan (Australian, b. 1958) Untitled from the series The Night Journey 2019 Digital photograph on cotton rag The Night Journey The only reason to make art is for yourself… but...
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: ‘Shea Kirk: Vantages’ at the Centre for Contemporary Photography,...
Exhibition dates: 15 June - 11 August 2019 Shea Kirk Dale Robertson (left and right view) 2019 Courtesy the artist Another impressive exhibition at the Centre for Contemporary Photography, this...
View ArticleReview: ‘Why Take Pictures?’ at the Centre for Contemporary Photography,...
Exhibition dates: 15th June – 11th August 2019 Artists: Alan Constable, Lyndal Irons, Glenn Sloggett, Michelle Tran, David Wadelton Curator: Madé Spencer-Castle Lyndal Irons Backstage before...
View ArticleText: Marcus Bunyan. “Nothing emerges from nothing,” Foreword to ‘We Had Such...
August 2019 Publisher: Australian Scholarly Publishing ISBN: 9781925801859 Hardback Purchase Book cover to We Had Such High Hopes: Student Activism and the Peace Movement 1949-1952, A...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Among Others: Photography and the Group’ at The Morgan Library &...
Exhibition dates: 31st May – 18th August 2019 Bob Adelman (1930-2016) People Wall, World’s Fair, New York 1965 Gelatin silver print The Morgan Library & Museum Purchased as the gift of Nancy...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Bauhaus and Photography: On Neues Sehen in Contemporary Art’ at...
Exhibition dates: 11th April – 25th August 2019 PLEASE NOTE: Postings will be limited over the next 2 months as I travel to see photographic prints and exhibitions in Europe: August Sander, Brassai,...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Lee Krasner: Living Colour’ at the Barbican Art Gallery, London
Exhibition dates: 30th May – 1st September 2019 Lee Krasner: Living Colour Installation view at the Barbican Art Gallery 30 May – 1 September 2019 © Tristan Fewings/Getty Images The augur of...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Photo. Book. Art: Transition and Reorientation in Book Design....
Exhibition dates: 28th June – 22nd September 2019 Martin Gerlach Mikroskopische Aufnahmen, Aus: Formenwelt aus dem Naturreiche (Die Quelle, Bd. V) Microscopic Images, From: Form world from the...
View ArticleVale Robert Frank ‘The American’
September 2019 Robert Frank (American-Swiss, 1924-2019) Parade – Hoboken, New Jersey 1955 The flags will be all askew. The jukeboxes will be playing. And the light will never falter from his...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Terracotta Warriors: Guardians of Immortality’ at the National...
Exhibition dates: 24th May – 13th October 2019 Censer 灰陶熏炉 Qin dynasty, 221 – 207 BCE Earthenware Xi’an Museum, Xi’an The best thing about this exhibition were the beautiful lidded containers,...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Aenne Biermann. Intimacy with Things’ at the Pinakothek der...
Exhibition dates: 12th July 2019 – 13th October 2019 Exhibition curators: Dr Simone Förster together with Anna Volz Aenne Biermann (1898-1933) Self-Portrait with Silver Ball 1931 Gelatin silver...
View ArticleExhibition: ‘Once. Again. Photographs in Series’ at the J. Paul Getty Museum,...
Exhibition dates: 9th July – 10th November 2019 Curator: Mazie Harris Alfred Stieglitz (American, 1864-1946) Georgia O’Keeffe: A Portrait 1918 Gelatin silver print Image: 11.4 × 8.6 cm (4 1/2 × 3...
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