Category Archives: Event

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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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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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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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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RETHINKING PHOTOGRAPHY

Posted on April 3, 2024 by katharina guenther

I talked to Andy Scholz about Francis Bacon and photography for his fantastic podcast Fotografie Neu Denken (Rethinking Photography), and specifically about my research on the painter’s photographic references, published as Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography (De … Continue reading →

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BACON AND EPHEMERAL ART

Posted on January 29, 2024 by katharina guenther

Bacon’s working material was not meant to last. In fact, the decay of the torn leaves, paint-spattered photographs and newspaper clippings was a pivotal element in his art – both for his iconography and on a conceptual level. In that … Continue reading →

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DIGITAL COLLECTION RESEARCH

Posted on January 25, 2024 by katharina guenther

Last year we asked “Is digital better?” at the Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel Research Association’s end-term conference at Klassik Stiftung Weimar. The conference proceedings have just been published by Wallstein Verlag, with essays discussing topics from how digital methods can help … Continue reading →

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