Different johns: Documentary exploring the varied life of John Cohen
Tompkins Corners Cultural Center presents “Different Johns”
December 8th, 2023
A feature-length documentary by Robert Carr explores the life of John Cohen – musician, photographer, filmmaker, anthropologist, and one of TCCC’s founding members. During the heyday of New York’s Greenwich Village, Cohen was part of the Beat Generation, photographing and rubbing shoulders with now famous musicians, painters, poets and performers.
Watch a trailer here
A STORY OF IMAGES
Musée De Grenoble, France
December 16th, 2023 - March 3rd, 2024
The exhibition is the first assessment of the photographic collection, donated to the museum by French collector Antoine de Galbert and his foundation. Through the works of 95 photographers, including JANE EVELYN ATWOOD, SIRKKA-LIISA KONTTINEN, Sammy Baloji, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Luc Delahaye, Dorothea Lange, Martin Parr, and Wiktoria Wojciechowska, this exhibition and accompanying book offer an impressive panorama of our time and the determining role played by photography in the shaping of our perceptions and contemporary mythologies.
PRESS:
Le Journal des Arts article here
Les Inrockuptibles article here
jane evelyn atwood: HONOR AWARDED
Rema Adbul Malak, French Minister of Culture decorates Jane Evelyn Atwood, Officer of Arts and Letters at Paris Photo in the glow of the Eiffel Tower! This incredible honor is bestowed upon those whose distinguished work has been recognized for its contribution to the cultural patrimony of France.
ART FAIR: PARIS PHOTO. SOLO BOOTH (B30)
RAY MORTENSON: SOUTH BRONX, 1982-1984
November 9 -12th, 2023
Following his initial series, Meadowland, a survey of neglected industrial marshland west of his home in lower Manhattan, Ray Mortenson looked north to the abandoned and destroyed buildings of the South Bronx. For Paris Photo, the gallery will present a diverse group of gelatin silver prints made in the early 1980s; ranging from mural sized photographs and gridded typologies to individual 4x5 inch contacts and a newsprint publication that pays homage to its one of a kind bound original.
This multi-faceted project exemplifies Mortenson’s deep and wide ranging oeuvre.
BOOK SIGNING of Meadowland (Lustrum Press, 1983): Saturday, November 11, 4pm at our booth (B30)
Mikael Levin: Interview with Brainard Carey
Yale Radio’s Archive of Artists
October 18th, 2023
A fascinating interview with Mikael Levin on Yale Radio’s Archive of Artists by Brainard Carey, discussing his work and solo show SUBAQUEOUS, up in the gallery through December 22nd, 2023. Listen here.
GROUP EXHIBITION: NoiR & BLANC, ESTHÉTIQUE DE LA PHOTOGRAPHIE
Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
October 17, 2023 - January 21, 2024
A large print from Jane Evelyn Atwood’s series on blind children is featured in this group exhibition which bringing together black and white masterpieces from the photographic collections of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Atwood will be bestowed with the distinguished accolade of Officière des Arts et des Lettres from the French Minister of Culture on Thursday, November 9 at this year’s Paris Photo.
exhibition — JANE EVELYN ATWOOD: Women in Prison
Cultural space Le Delta, Belgium
September 23, 2023 - January 28, 2024
Press: IN MAGAZINE | October 3, 2023
exhibition & FILM: Gowanus
Powerhouse Arts, Gowanus, Brooklyn, NY
September 21 - December 31st, 2023
Opening Thursday, September 21st 6-8pm
Mikael Levin’s 90 minute video GOWANUS BROADSIDE will be presented at the inaugural exhibition of Powerhouse Arts Gowanus in Brooklyn
PRESS: jacques sonck | M - LE MONDE MAGAZINE
Le Monde
September, 2023
Sonck’s portraits are highlighted in an eight page feature heralding his exhibition in VICHY
LE PORTFOLIO - Text Valentin Pérez Click here to read more
JACQUES SONCK | INTERVIEW WIH TÉLÉ-MATIN FROM THIS YEAR’S PORTRAIT(S) - THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RENDEZ-VOUS OF THE CITY OF VICHY
August 2023
KIKUJI KAWADA|acquisition from Last Cosmology
Musée d'art moderne de Paris, France
We are pleased to announce the acquisition of a triptych of silver prints from Kawada's dramatic Last Cosmology series by Paris' Museum of Modern Art.
WITHO WORMS: Cette montagne c'est moi
Hirsch Library, Book Collection at
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston (MFAH)
Worms' award winning monograph, which creatively interprets his carbon-print landscape photographs of slag heaps, now resides in the esteemed collection of the MFAH's Library.
MIKAEL LEVIN : Toward a Self-Made Shore: Black Histories in Southern Maryland
Boyden Gallery - St Mary's College, MD
August 28 - November 15, 2023
Opening Reception: Wed, Sept 6th
This three-person exhibition with Robert McNeill and Taj Reed features locations from Levin's Critical Places : Sites of American Slave Rebellion including one in Maryland. The work is about how rebellions are remembered (or not remembered) in the landscape, and what significance those rebellions still hold today.
MIKAEL LEVIN: DMZ Exhibition: Checkpoint
Dora Observatory - Paju, Seoul
August 31 - September 23, 2023
The exhibition, which will be presented at two sites along the South Korean border, contemplates how to perceive the division of Korea and the border area. It features works from Levin's Korea DMZ project.
JENS KNIGGE, GROUP EXHIBITION: Magic of Silence
Fotografie Festival 23 - Fotografie-Forum, Monschau
August 13 - September 10, 2023
This group exhibition in the Arts and Culture Center of Monschau in Germany features platinum prints from Knigge's architecture project on two French monasteries; Le Thoronet and La Tourette.
JOHN DAVIES : solo exhibition, The Beauty of Truth - Post - Industrial Welsh Landscapes
Ffotogaleri y Gofeb, Wales
Through August 26, 2023
Drawn from Davies' post industrial landscape views of Wales, this show provides geographic, social, and economic context to its rural areas.
JACQUES SONCK SOLO EXHIBITION AT PORTRAIT(S) - THE PHOTOGRAPHIC RENDEZ-VOUS OF THE CITY OF VICHY
VICHY, FRANCE
June 23 - October 1, 2023
Jacques Sonck’s quirky and endearing figures take pride of place in this year’s Portrait(s) festival. The international photography event is hosted in the famous Vichy spa town in the Palais des Congrès, a magnificent building in the city center inaugurated in 1903.
MIKAEL LEVIN: AU BORD
PUBLISHED BY EDITIONS DE LA VILLETTE, Point Visuel, Paris, 2022
FINALIST for the Racine du Ciel, Art Book Prize, 2023. One of 6 finalists, Levin’s book will be posted on billboards in the Corsican town of Ajaccio during the month of June.
SHORTLISTED for the Author Book Prize, Les Rencontres d’Arles, 2023
JOHN DAVIES, THE BEAUTY OF TRUTH - POST-INDUSTRIAL WELSH LANDSCAPES
FFOTOGALERI Y GOFEB, Wales
April 22- August 26, 2023
From the 1980s, British artist John Davies sought out vantage points from which to photograph the broad landscapes of post industrial Britain. Providing context to these rural and urban areas shed light not only on the geography of place but also on the social, economic and even political histories. This exhibition focuses of Wales.
Side Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
SIDE GALLERY - FundRAISER For re-opening 2024
Newcastle-upon-Tyne, UK
For over 45 years, Side has been a dedicated home to documentary film and photography focused on the working class and marginalized communities from the region and the world at large.
Side’s team is doing everything it can to secure sufficient funding to re-open to the public in September 2024. All who care about and believe in the role of documentary film and photography are urged to help in these efforts. And for those who dont know about Side, take a look at its visionary history of exhibitions (link) and you will wonder how it is that you didnt know about it !
Press: Apollo Magazine
Chronicle Live
art fair - The Photography Show
Presented by AIPAD
March 31 - April 2, 2023 - with an opening on March 30th
BOOTH 231
Center 415
415 Fifth Avenue (37th-38th streets)
New York, NY
The Gallery partners with PGI, Tokyo again to present a curated booth of work by each galleries’ artists: John Cohen (Bob Dylan and Robert Frank), John Davies (textile mills in England), Yasuhiro Ishimoto (architecture of Katsura Imperial Villa), Kikuji Kawada (color work from his recent VORTEX book), Mikael Levin (Sites of American Slave Rebellion), Yuki Shimizu (Half Dreaming Glass series), and work from the 1970s and 1980s by women photographers Tokuko Ushioda and Asako Narahashi. For details see: Checklist
Dear EUGENIE
La Maison Guerlin, 68 Champs Elysées, Paris
March 8 - September 4, 2023
Jane Evelyn Atwood is one of 11 women photographers commissioned to draw inspiration from the perfumerie’s famous “Flacon aux Abeilles” (bee bottle) perfume.
Press: Eye of Photography
FishEye 1
FishEye
Zenitude
France TV Info
God Made My Face: A Collective Portrait of James Baldwin
Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, MA
February 29 - July 9th, 2023
This group exhibition is a special iteration of God Made My Face, originally organized by Hilton Als for David Zwirner Gallery in 2019. It presents works from iconic artists such as Richard Avedon, Marlene Dumas, and Kara Walker alongside archival materials in order to explore the life, work, and legacy of James Baldwin (1924–1987). Baldwin’s ways of seeing and being evolved through his relationships and exposure to the work of visual artists, during an era when the harsh realities of racial oppression were confronted with aesthetics emphasizing self-love, pride, and validation. God Made My Face explores Baldwin through his words, relationships, and the works of other artists produced during his own lifetime and today. Jane Evelyn Atwood’s classic portrait of Baldwin is featured in this show.
Press: Amherst Bulletin
The english at home
20th century british photographs from the hyman collection
Center for British Photography, London, UK
January 26 - May 28, 2023
One of the Center’s two inaugural exhibitions, this presentation at the new venue for the Center for British Photography includes prints by Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen. Her interiors (which were on view in Arles photo-festival’s Home Sweet Home exhibition in 2019), are joyful family portraits made in 1981 in North Shields, backdropped by patterned wallpaper and other elements of interior design from the era.
This is Britain: Photographs from the 1970s and 1980s
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
January 29 - June 11th, 2023
Britain experienced profound changes in the 1970s and 1980s, when it was racked by deindustrialization, urban uprisings, the controversial policies of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Photography became a central form of creative expression during this period, supported and disseminated through new schools, galleries, artists’ collectives, magazines, and government funding.
This Is Britain brings together the work of a generation of photographers who were commenting on the deep unrest of these pivotal decades. John Davies, Anna Fox, Paul Graham, Sunil Gupta, Chris Killip, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Martin Parr, and others pictured communities, traditions, and landscapes affected by Britain’s shifting social and economic realities. Together, they photographed a nation redefining what it meant to be British and, ultimately, modern. For more click here
The National Gallery of Art’s Newly Acquired Photographs: Read here
Press: Washington Post, February 8, 2023
Wall Street Journal, January 28, 2023