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Category Archives: writing
LEE MILLER BLOG POST
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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Tagged Buchenwald, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, lee miller
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KUNSTTEXTE
SPREAD THE WORD: Jule Schaffer and I just founded a new section on photography within the German open access journal kunsttexte. For the first edition, which we are planning to launch towards the end of the year, we just published … Continue reading
Posted in art, art criticism, art history, digital, expertise, online magazine, photographer, photography, publication, research, review, scholarship, writing
Tagged KUNSTTEXTE, photography
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LEE MILLER IN KLASSISCH MODERN
Very proud to have contributed to the latest issue of klassisch modern, the annual magazine of Klassik Stiftung Weimar, with fantastic texts by Peter Neumann, Anna Stiede and Nancy Hünger, amongst others. I wrote, once more, about Lee Miller‘s Buchenwald … Continue reading
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Tagged Buchenwald, Klassik Stiftung Weimar, lee miller
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BACON AND EPHEMERAL ART
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
LEE MILLER RUNDBRIEF FOTOGRAFIE
New publication: Lee Miller is currently omnipresent, and rightly so, but it’s time for new approaches to her work. Read my extensive review of the show Lee Miller. Fotografin zwischen Krieg und Glamour at Bucerius Kunst Forum in the December … Continue reading
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Tagged Bucerius Kunst Forum, lee miller, photography, Rundbrief Fotografie, wwII
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DEUTSCHER FOTOBUCHPREIS
My book Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography. Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting is nominated for the Deutscher Fotobuchpreis (German Photo Book Price) at Internationales Festival Fotografischer Bilder! Beyond excited 🌈 WATCH THAT SPACE
Posted in art, art history, painting, photo book, photography, publication, research, scholarship, writing
Tagged Deutscher Fotobuchpreis, Francis Bacon, price
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DENIS WIRTH-MILLER: LANDSCAPES AND BEASTS REVIEW
The Burlington Magazine just published my review of Denis Wirth-Miller: Landscapes and Beasts at Firstsite in Colchester. Wirth-Miller was Francis Bacon‘s best friend, but does this show help him escape Bacon’s shadow?
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Tagged Firstsite, Francis Bacon, The Burlington Magazine
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FRANCIS BACON: MAN AND BEAST REVIEW
Earlier this year the The Royal Academy of Arts in London staged the exhibition Francis Bacon: Man and Beast. But what did we really learn about Bacon’s relationship to animals? Read my review in the December issue of Kunstchronik.
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Tagged Francis Bacon, Kunstchronik, The Royal Academy
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FOTOLOT REVIEW
My book Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography. Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting has been reviewed in Peter Truschner’s Fotolot (Perlentaucher. Online Kulturmagazin). You can read it here: https://lnkd.in/eWqzVduE
TWO LECTURES AT THE HUGH LANE: FRANCIS BACON – IN THE MIRROR OF PHOTOGRAPHY
It was great to present two lectures on Francis Bacon’s use of photographic sources at Dublin City Gallery The Hugh Lane, where Bacon’s studio material is held today. Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography, Public Lecture, 24 July … Continue reading