Tag: Photography
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From Selfie to Self-Expression at Saatchi
London’s Saatchi Gallery has been quietly holding a competition dedicated to our era’s preferred form of self-expression, the selfie. A panel of judges that included Juergen Teller, Tracey Emin, June Calypso, Idris Khan, and gallery CEO Nigel Hurst handpicked the best ones, which will go on display from 1 March – 30 May 2017 at the gallery as…
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Soaring Thirties: Women Aviators at National Portrait Gallery
Had I been a man I might have explored the Poles or climbed Mount Everest, but as it was my spirit found outlet in the air. – Amy Johnson The National Portrait Gallery’s new Spotlight display celebrates the achievements of Britain’s pioneering women aviators. The early twentieth century saw women increasingly challenging traditional conventions and…
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Patti Smith’s photographs exhibited at Dulwich Picture Gallery
Dulwich Picture Gallery will present the first photography display bringing together work by the British modern artist, Vanessa Bell and the American musician, writer and artist, Patti Smith. Legacy: Photographs by Vanessa Bell and Patti Smith, which coincides with the Gallery’s major retrospective of Vanessa Bell’s work, will include 17 photographs by Smith and a…
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Diane Arbus’ In The Beginning exhibition in its final week
The Diane Arbus In The Beginning exhibition (12 July – 27 Nov 2016) is in its final week, after running for four months at The Met, New York. This landmark exhibition features more than 100 photographs that together redefine Diane Arbus (1923–1971), one of the most influential and provocative artists of the 20th century. It…
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Tate Modern’s The Radical Eye photo exhibition assembled by Elton John
The Radical Eye: Modernist Photography from the Sir Elton John Collection (at Tate Modern until 7 May 2017). Photography is a 19th-century invention, but it was only in the 1900s that it became a medium for avant-garde vision. It took the modernist revolution in painting and the splintered perceptions of cubism to show photographers that the…
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