Category Archives: art history

LEE MILLER PAPER

Posted on December 3, 2025 by katharina guenther

Lee Miller‘s war photographs are extraordinary. Do they – sometimes – represent a somewhat “curated reality”? I presented a paper on this topic at the International Festival of Photographic Images‘ symposium FACT/FAKE – Bild. Gesellschaft. Zukunft (20 to 23 November … Continue reading →

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LEE MILLER LECTURES

Posted on February 24, 2025 by katharina guenther

Join me for two lectures on Lee Miller: In the one at the Museum Ludwig, Cologne on 18 March, I will be discussing her war photography oscillating between documentation and art. The second one on 9 March at the Centre … Continue reading →

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KUNSTTEXTE REVISIONS

Posted on January 21, 2025 by katharina guenther

OUT NOW: Jule Schaffer and I edited the first issue of the new section “photography” of the online magazine kunsttexte.de – Journal für Kunst und Bildgeschichte (University of Heidelberg).Available here (open access)Under the title “Re:Visions”, four essays and two interviews … Continue reading →

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NATIONAL PORTRAIT GALLERY

Posted on November 7, 2024 by katharina guenther

Francis Bacon’s portraits and photography is the title of the lecture I will be presenting at The National Portrait Gallery in London on 12 December. What does Francis Bacon‘s use of photographs mean for his understanding of portraiture and his … Continue reading →

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OLAF METZEL BLOG POST

Posted on October 23, 2024 by katharina guenther

Sometimes art can teach you a thing or two about the times and the world we live in. This certainly is the case with Olaf Metzel‘s exhibition “Deutschstunde“, which is on display at Weimar’s Belvedere Castle until 1 November. I … Continue reading →

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ARIS KALAIZIS

Posted on October 15, 2024 by katharina guenther

Delivered today: Aris Kalaizis, Aris Kalaizis and Ralf Heipmann (eds.), Petersberg: Michael Imhof Verlag, 2024, to which I contributed a short text on the New Leipzig School painter’s recent work Novus Mundi. Check it out!

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CONFERENCE “SPACE – OBJECT”

Posted on July 23, 2024 by katharina guenther

Temporary exhibitions and permanent collection displays and the objects shown in them are inextricably linked with the spaces, buildings and places they are shown at. I conceptualised and organised the conference “Space – Object. Exhibitions and Collections in their spaces” … Continue reading →

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UNIVERSITY HALLE-WITTENBERG

Posted on July 1, 2024 by katharina guenther

Last week I had a wonderful time talking about Francis Bacon to students and colleagues at Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg. I especially enjoyed the great questions and the discussion after my guest lecture ,One’s always hoping to renew them‘ – Francis Bacons … Continue reading →

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AUGMENTED REALITY IN FINE ART

Posted on May 4, 2024 by katharina guenther

Augmented Reality is an insubordinate medium. Read in my latest essay how it pushes the physical boundaries of the museum space and defies conventional ideas of exhibitions, ownership and power in the art world. You can read the text with … Continue reading →

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LEE MILLER BLOG POST

Posted on April 15, 2024 by katharina guenther

Last Thursday, 11 April, marked the 79th anniversary of the liberation of the Buchenwald concentration camp. I wrote a little something on Lee Miller‘s photographs of the first funeral procession to mark this day. You can read it on Klassik … Continue reading →

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