DAYTON, OHIO – The Dayton Art Institute presents an exhibition and one-woman play on the life of Marilyn Monroe, on view through June 24. Marilyn Monroe: Life as a Legend uses a wide range of artists and media to explore the public and private li…
Atlas Gallery Explores Synergies between Words and Images in Ground-Breaking Exhibition
LONDON.- Atlas Gallery presents a ground-breaking exhibition exploring synergies between words and images, which dramatically transforms the gallery into a multi-media experience including photography, poetry and live performance. ‘Destroying the …
Unseen Images of Marianne Faithfull by Dennis Morris at Snap Galleries
LONDON.- It’s always extremely exciting for a gallery to be involved in bringing work to the art market for the very first time, particularly when the images in question feature Marianne Faithfull, captured on camera by renowned photographer Denni…
Imprints: Photographs by Mark Ruwedel at the Peabody Essex Museum
SALEM, MA.- This summer the Peabody Essex Museum (PEM) presents Imprints: Photographs by Mark Ruwedel –– 41 spectacular black-and-white and color images of dinosaur tracks and ancient human footpaths. The subject of a major book published by …
Kodak Donates Colorama Collection to The Eastman House Museum
ROCHESTER, NY.-
Eastman Kodak Co. is turning over its archive of panoramic
Colorama
images to a hometown photography museum in upstate New York where its
founder
lived. George Eastman House said Friday the collection includes original
…
Rare Photo of Slave Children Found in North Carolina Attic
RALEIGH,
NC (AP).- A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a
North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and
wearing
ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young
boy. Art
historians beli…
Recent Work by Photographer Alex Prager at Michael Hoppen Contemporary
LONDON.- Michael Hoppen Contemporary presents the most recent work by rising American photographer Alex Prager. Following the success of her 2008 critically acclaimed exhibit, The Big Valley, the exhibition will stage the continuation of Prager’s …
German Artist and Capitalist Realism Movement Founder Sigmar Polke Dies at Age 69
COLOGNE.- Artist Sigmar Polke’s gallery in London says the German painter has died at age 69. The Michael Werner Gallery said Friday that Polke died the day before in Cologne following an illness. Polke was a contemporary of Gerhard Richter, with whom …
First International June Newton Retrospective at Helmut Newton Foundation
BERLIN.- With the exhibition ‘Alice Springs’, the Berlin-based Helmut Newton Foundation will be presenting as of June 12th, 2010 the first retrospective of June Newton internationally. In 1970, she started her own photographic work under the pseudonym …
Rare Photo of Slave Children Found in North Carolina Attic
RALEIGH, NC (AP).- A haunting 150-year-old photo found in a North Carolina attic shows a young black child named John, barefoot and wearing ragged clothes, perched on a barrel next to another unidentified young boy. Art historians believe it’s an extre…