On Thursday, February 28th, 2013, the candidates in the taking over of Sipa Press presented their offers to the Tribunal de Commerce de Paris. The court described their offers as “poor” and gave the candidates another week to improve their proposals. On November 9, 2012, Olivi...

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Laure Albin Guillot (1879-1962) was simply too versatile, too talented and too far outside the modern mainstream not to be neglected in her home country. Her work went against the Cartesian norms of the French mind, which has to label and classify artists in clearly mar...

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This Wednesday, March 6th 2013, London’s Hamiltons Gallery will open its doors to an exhibition of Erwin Olaf's most recent series ‘Berlin’. This project marks a clear break from his previous practice – previously, the artist had in most cases built sets in his s...

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The Galerie Polka is presenting Carnets de voyage, an exhibition by Patrick Swirc combining photographs and diaries. A renowned French portrait artist, Swirc (b. 1961) exhibited the harrowing Lettre à Claire at the 2008 Rencontres d’Arles, followed...

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On a recent trip to Tokyo, Japan for an opening of her “Mothers & Daughters” show at TokyoArtsGallery in Shibuya-ku, Julia Fullerton-Batten spent all her free time shooting. On a small budget, with a local producer and assistant, she walked around the metropolis, searching for images t...

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Located in the heart of M50, one of Shanghai’s celebrated art districts, the Vanguard Gallery has devoted itself since 2004 to promoting the work of young Asian artists. The exhibition Mountain in Sight, Spirit in Heart (on view until March 23) highlights two of its newest...

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The Kim Jong Phil Command Center is located in midtown Manhattan, in a studio not far from the Lincoln Tunnel. Here, fabricated human bodies are littered about, once used to make a beanbag chair that was inspired by a photograph of prisoners piled up inside the Guant...

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For the first time ever, a photographer has been invited to travel with a matador and his team, José María Manzanares and his cuadrilla, documenting their lives as if she were part of the group. The collaboration between these two artists has produced a wonderful and origin...

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In 2011, the Foundation des Treilles created residential studies that provides support to photography works on and about the Mediterranean. The jury, chaired by Agnès de Gouvion Saint Cyr, was comprised of Claire Lebel, Charles-Henri Filippi, Jacqueline d’Amécourt, Emmanuelle d...

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I am intrigued with the issue of reality. Traditionally, photography was viewed as an honest replication of the real world. But, as we all know, even from its inception, photographers used their medium to alter, accentuate and eliminate aspects of reality. This series is based on ...

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