OFFERMANN-HERGARTEN AWARD

Posted on November 27, 2023 by katharina guenther

I have just received the Offermann-Hergarten Award for my book Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography. Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting. It is a dissertation price by the University of Cologne. So honoured. 🚀🏆

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MUSEUM LUDWIG

Posted on October 12, 2023 by katharina guenther

On 31 October I will be presenting a KunstBewusst lecture on Francis Bacon and photography at Museum Ludwig in Cologne, taking their own Second Version of ‘Painting’ 1946, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1971 as a starting point. Everyone is warmly invited! More details here: »Ich bin nun einmal voller Bilder« – Francis Bacon und die Fotografie

No Halloween puns, I promise!

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DEUTSCHER FOTOBUCHPREIS

Posted on October 5, 2023 by katharina guenther

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

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POTTED PLANTS AND EXPRESSIONISM

Posted on September 25, 2023 by katharina guenther

Expressionism was a revolutionary art movement. So how does the humble, seemingly harmless potted plant fit into the Expressionists’ repertoire of subjects? I will attempt to answer this question in my presentation at the conference Grüner Wohnen. Pflanzenkulturen um 1800 und um 1900 at Klassik Stiftung Weimar from 27-29 September 2023.

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WIRTH-MILLER IN THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE

Posted on September 1, 2023 by katharina guenther

My research on the artistic exchange between Denis Wirth-Miller and Francis Bacon made the cover of this month’s The Burlington Magazine (September 2023, Vol. 165 | No. 1446 Twentieth-century painting)! Many thanks to the editors, what an honour. Thanks to the Francis Bacon MB Art Foundation for initiating and supporting the research project this text is based on.

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IN THE MIRROR OF PHOTOGRAPHY

Posted on June 17, 2023 by katharina guenther

Just over a year ago I published my book Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography. It brings together for the first time the known sources of Francis Bacon‘s paintings. It has been a wild ride since then: several lectures, a lectureship, a small exhibition, a reprint and good reviews in The Burlington Magazine (3/23) and Peter Truschner’s Fotolot (10/22). What else is in store?

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LEE MILLER IN THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE

Posted on May 2, 2023 by katharina guenther

In April 1945 Lee Miller‘s unique artistic gaze led her to create singular photographs of the just liberated Buchenwald concentration camp. Read my research on hitherto undiscussed images from this context in the May issue of The Burlington Magazine (May 2023, Vol. 165 | No. 1442, ‘Photography’).

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IN THE MIRROR OF PHOTOGRAPHY REVIEWED IN THE BURLINGTON MAGAZINE

Posted on February 28, 2023 by katharina guenther

Francis Bacon – In the Mirror of Photography. Collecting, Preparatory Practice and Painting was favourably reviewed by Martin Hammer in the March 2023 issue of The Burlington Magazine (Vol. 165 | No. 1440, “Delacroix in Africa and Spain: newly discovered sketchbooks”).

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IS DIGITAL BETTER?

Posted on February 19, 2023 by katharina guenther

It was a great pleasure to conceptualise and host the end-term conference of the Marbach Weimar Wolfenbüttel Research Association at Klassik Stiftung Weimar last week (16/17 February). We asked Is digital better? and discussed this question with colleagues from the international community of digital collection research. Now on to the conference proceedings! WATCH THAT SPACE

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DENIS WIRTH-MILLER: LANDSCAPES AND BEASTS REVIEW

Posted on January 5, 2023 by katharina guenther

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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