Sad News about Elaine Campaner
We have heard today that Elaine Campaner, an artist we admired, has died at home. Our thoughts are with her family.
The work above hangs on our walls.
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We have heard today that Elaine Campaner, an artist we admired, has died at home. Our thoughts are with her family.
The work above hangs on our walls.
Here’s link to a website that sheds light on the role of women in the history of Australian photography between 1850 & 1950; click here
An exhibition notice for Sally Mann at Galerie Karsten Greve – click here for the gallery web site. Also on their site is Sally Mann’s biography and other links. Click here.
Paris Musées, the public institution that manages all of the museums in Paris, has launched a new Collections portal with the public access to more than 100,000 high-resolution digital reproductions of classic artwork and photography.
Click here for the article on DP Review – or here for the portal
The opening of the TATE Britain exhibition of Don McCullin’s documentary photography has highlighted the role of the UK museums in collecting photography.
Continue reading “documentary photography in the UK museums”
Photography survey exhibition of Don McCullin’s documentary photography at the TATE Britain until 6th May 2019.
Here’s a link to the exhibition page – click here.
Photography is alive and well – at the MGA (Melbourne)
Exhibition at GAGProjects (Adelaide) till 18 November 2018.
Click here for an essay by Gael Newton and links to the exhibition page.
This exhibition of Australian photography at the Monash Gallery of Art (South-east Melbourne) is a must see for all those interested in Australian photography.
Vernacular Modernism: The Photography of Doris UlmannGeorgia Museum of Art (Athens, Georgia USA)Until 18 November 2018
Posted by The Art Museum on Saturday, 25 August 2018
Exhibition notice – Oceans from here at the Australian Centre for Photography (ACP) Project Space, 72 Oxford Street Darlinghurst NSW. till 15 September 2018
Continue reading “Exhibition: Australian Centre for Photography”
Reminder: Exhibition at the Yale Centre for British Art till 9 September 2018
There’s a post online for an exhibition of the photographs of Valentina Vannicola – the project is titled Riviere.
The Ballarat Foto Biennale has bought the former Union Bank premises near the corner of Sturt Street as a permanent exhibition space and offices.
A photography exhibition at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery Washington till 2 June 2019 – Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting
Continue reading “Daguerreotypes: Five Decades of Collecting”
Congratulations to Moshe Rosenzveig for his dedication to the medium of photography – especially for his amazing work in bringing the photography festival, Head-On, to Sydney for all of us to enjoy.
Dr Marcus Bunyan has reviewed the exhibition of the NGA’s travelling exhibition, Diane Arbus: American Portraits, at the Heidi Museum of Modern Art (Melbourne).
Michael Reid Gallery has opened an exhibition of Australian Contemporary Photography at the Australian High Commission in London.
Another big splash in London!
We have been the joint-curators for the Frank Hurley exhibition now on at the Manly Art Gallery & Museum.
Continue reading “Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum”
Opening on 12 October 2018
Is this the confirmed date for the opening of the V&A Photography Centre? Buried in this article is the mention of the opening date for the V&A's Photography Centre – 12 October 2018
Posted by The Art Museum on Friday, 4 May 2018
Bill Henson at the Tolarno Galleries 104 Exhibition Street Melbourne
till 2 June 2018.
Notice for an exhibition of photographs by Raymond Smith till June 3rd 2018.
Polixeni Papapetrou’s new works on exhibition till 28 April at Michael Reid in Sydney.
We visited the Manly Arts Gallery & Museum today.
Continue reading “Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum”
Michiko Kon, Recent Works 2018Mar 7 - Apr 28, 2018Photo Gallery International in Toranomon, Tokyo
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 2 April 2018
An exhibition notice for an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.
Click here for the link…
And for more on Harold Edgerton – see also Gael Newton’s 1999 paper for the catalogue at the National Gallery of Australia – click here.
Celebrating IWD – 8th March 2018
Adelie Hurley (1919-2010) – The first Australian female commercial photojournalist
If you were looking for evidence that interest in photography is alive and well in Australia, then look no further than a couple of recent auctions.
Continue reading “Postscript – Mossgreen Auction – SMH photographs”
Frank Hurley: From Circular Quay to Collaroy Plateau.
Continue reading “Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery & Museum”
Friday 1oth November 2017: David Moore was posthumously inducted into the Australian Media Hall of Fame in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Australian journalism.
Lisa Moore has announced this on her facebook page – click here.
A very good piece on ArtBlart about Bill Heimerman 1950 – 2017
Photo above: Peter Leiss, William Heimerman c. 1975-80
Continue reading “William and Winfred Bowness Photography Prize”
Exhibition notices for The Photography Room, CanberraEmilio Cresciani & Adam Hollingworth13 October – 19 November 2017
Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 9 October 2017
one for the 2018 diaryVictorian Giants: The Birth of Art PhotographyNational Portrait Gallery (UK) 1 March – 20 May 2018
Posted by The Art Museum on Tuesday, 22 August 2017
The Art House, Singapore, 3 AUG – 3 SEP 2017
10 Nov 2017 – 12 March 2018, National Portrait Gallery, Canberra
A piece about August SanderPortraying a Nation: Germany 1919–1933 is on at Tate Liverpool 23 June – 15 October 2017
Posted by The Art Museum on Friday, 4 August 2017
Exhibition now open at the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery (Hobart).
the Rijksmuseum is presenting a major retrospective of 19th-century photography – click here
Anne Zahalka’s new exhibition at the city gallery in Albury- MAMA – till Sunday 5th November 2017
Curtain Call at Stills Gallery Sydney
Here at photographs of the opening of the final Stills Gallery exhibition – Curtin Call
Searching for Frank Hurley along our northern beaches
Did you know that Frank Hurley was a very keen gardener and photographer of wild flowers?