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Exhibition: ‘Sabine Weiss’ at Jeu de Paume – Château de Tours
Exhibition dates: 18th June – 30th October 2016 A photographer I knew very little about before assembling this posting. The undoubted influence of Henri Cartier-Bresson can be seen in many images...
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Exhibition: ‘diane arbus: in the beginning’ at the Metropolitan Museum of...
Exhibition dates: 12th July – 27th November 2016 Curator: Jeff L. Rosenheim, Curator in Charge of the Department of Photographs at The Met #1 This looks to be a fascinating exhibition, presenting...
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Photograph: Weegee (Arthur Fellig) ‘Gay Deceiver’ c. 1939
December 2016 I just couldn’t resist a one photo posting – a rarity on Art Blart – because this is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS! Weggee, flash, a dazzling smile and a lovely pair of stockings … what more...
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Exhibition: ‘Intersections: Photographs and Videos from the National Gallery...
Exhibition dates: 29th May 2016 – 2nd January 2017 Curators: Sarah Greenough, senior curator, department of photographs, and Philip Brookman, consulting curator, department of photographs, both...
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Exhibition: ‘Soulèvements / Uprisings’ at Jeu de Paume, Paris
Exhibition dates: 18th October 2016 – 15th January 2017 Curator: Georges Didi-Huberman, philosopher and art historian soulèvement m (plural soulèvements) the act of raising, the act of lifting up...
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Exhibition: ‘Surveillance’ at the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City,...
Exhibition dates: 16th September 2016 – 29th January 2017 This looks to be a fascinating exhibition on a very interesting subject. It’s such a pity I cannot comment on the exhibition itself due to...
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Exhibitions: ‘The Rebellious Image: Kreuzberg’s “Werkstatt für Photographie”...
Museum Folkwang Essen exhibition dates: 9th December 2016 – 19th February 2017 C/O Berlin exhibition dates: 10th December 2016 – 12th February 2017 It’s so good to see these essential, vital,...
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Exhibition: ‘Gay Gotham: Art and Underground Culture in New York’ at the...
Exhibition dates: 7th October 2016 – 26th February 2017 An exhibition showcasing Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Queer artistic life in New York City through the social networks of Leonard...
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Exhibition: ‘The Camera Exposed’ at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London
Exhibition dates: 23rd July 2016 – 5th March 2017 There’s not much to say about this exhibition from afar, except to observe it seems pretty standard fare, with no outstanding revelations or insights...
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Exhibition: ‘Robert Doisneau – Photographs. From Craft to Art’ at...
Exhibition dates: 9th December 2016 – 5th March 2017 I have waited nearly ten years to do a posting on this artist and his “humanist photography” (he was part of Steichen’s Family of Man exhibition)....
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Exhibition: ‘A Revolutionary Impulse: The Rise of the Russian Avant-Garde’ at...
Exhibition dates: 3rd December 2016 – 12th March 2017 My apologies to readers of Art Blart, but my postings will be short of comment in the next month or so as I try to take as much rest as possible....
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Exhibition: ‘Images à la Sauvette’ at the Fondation Henri Cartier-Bresson, Paris
Exhibition dates: 11th January – 23rd April 2017 No more, decisive moment Following the relatively unknown photocollages of Josef Albers, a posting on one of the most famous artist books in the...
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Exhibition: ‘The Shape of Things: Photographs from Robert B. Menschel’ at The...
Exhibition dates: 29th October 2016 – 7th May 2017 Photography is … a language for asking questions about the world. The Shape of Things imbues this aphorism with a linear taxonomy in its written...
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Exhibition: ‘The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John...
Exhibition dates: 10 November 2016 – 7 May 2017 Many thankx to Tate Modern for allowing me to publish the photographs in the posting. Please click on the photographs for a larger version of the...
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Exhibition: ‘Wolfgang Tillmans: 2017’ at Tate Modern, London
Exhibition dates: 15th February – 11th June 2017 Wolfgang Tillmans (German, born 1968) The State We’re In, A (Room 14) 2015 Ink-jet print Dimensions variable © Wolfgang Tillmans Wolfgang...
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Exhibition: ‘Patrick Pound: The Great Exhibition’ as part of the NGV Festival...
Exhibition dates: 31st March – 30th July 2017 Individual art works from the NGV collection (in artist alphabetical order) appearing in Patrick Pound: The Great Exhibition at NGV Australia ” … from...
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Review: ‘Patrick Pound: The Great Exhibition’ as part of the NGV Festival of...
Exhibition dates: 31st March – 30th July 2017 Photographs are in the chronological room order of the exhibition. Entrance Patrick Pound (New Zealander/Australian 1962- ) The entrants (detail)...
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Review: ‘Under the sun: Reimagining Max Dupain’s Sunbaker’ at the Monash...
Exhibition dates: 6th May – 6th August 2017 Installation view of the entrance to the exhibition Under the sun: Reimagining Max Dupain’s Sunbaker at Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne Max Dupain...
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Exhibition: ‘Walker Evans’ at the Centre Pompidou, Paris
Exhibition dates: 26th April 2017 – 14th August 2017 Curator: Mnam/Cci, Clément Cheroux Walker Evans (1903-1975) Stamped Tin Relic 1929 Gelatin silver print 23.3 x 28 cm Collection Centre Pompidou,...
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Exhibition: ‘Thomas Struth: Figure Ground’ at Haus der Kunst, Munich
Exhibition dates: 5th May – 17th September 2017 Curator: Thomas Weski Installation view of the exhibition Thomas Struth: Figure Ground at Haus der Kunst, Munich Courtesy of the artist and Haus...
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