Artdaily (Free subscription) | yesterday
LONDON.- Up and coming British artist Charlotte Mann has been commissioned by Sophie Howarth, Director of The School of Life and former curator of programming at Tate Modern to design a stunning and contemporary mural of everyday life in the School's underground classroom.
Apartment Therapy - Chicago (Free subscription) | 23/09/2008
Coffee tables are quite a popular subject here at AT, as are the books that sit on them. For the most part, the purpose of coffee table books is two-fold; not only do they show visitors what subjects
The Northern Light (Free subscription) | 16/09/2008
If you have ever wanted to go on holiday with Martin Parr, the celebrated English photographer, now is your chance. This weekend the School of Life is offering a two-day break on the Isle of Whight in the company of the sardonic snapper. Parr has described the Isle of Wight as a “living theme [...]
D'log :: blogging no (Free subscription) | 09/09/2008
A fascinating new book has gone straight onto my Amazon Wish-List. The Comfort of Things is non-fiction that details how material objects come to embody social relationships. And it shows this by focussing on the lives lived in thirty homes in just one street in south London… “collections of plastic ducks and McDonald’s Happy Meal toys, [...]
PSFK Trend: PSFK (Free subscription) | 06/08/2008
The School of Life is a new shop-cum-classroom located in Bloomsbury, London, that offers courses and materials to excel in life’s great subjects - “work, play, family, politics and love”. While the shop features a nice collection of books and artwork, its real selling point is its service offerings, which include classes, organized holidays to [...]
France24 (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
Praised for his "eccentric and satirical eye", British photographer Martin Parr has been awarded the top prize at PhotoEspana, Spain's biggest international photography festival.
Channel 4 (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
An Arts Council exhibition curated by Grayson Perry 'encapsulates the spirit of post-war Britain'. Stephanie West reports.
Blabber, Etcetera (Free subscription) | 07/05/2008
Anchor Bay 2006 This month New York City is hosting its first major photo festival. Drusilla Beyfus introduces this celebration of contemporary talent and looks at the work of the featured photographer Thomas Bangsted With its galleries, photo agencies, studios, history of magazine publishing and reputation for breeding leading photographers, New York is commonly hailed as the home of photography....
PHOTOheadlines by Svein-Frode (Free subscription) | 25/04/2008
What would the world of television be without the BBC? I lament the thought. As much as a state owned liscendsfunded television company always will be a propaganda machine for the state, the production record of the Scandinavian and British channels are nevertheless outstanding. Last night for instance I watched the first episode of BBC's latest [...]
WFMU's Beware of the Blog (Free subscription) | 17/04/2008
One of my favorite art books is a collection of ephemera gathered by Magnum photographer Martin Parr. In is own work, Parr is well known for being able to pull the sublime out of the mundane with playful sense of...
Nothing to write home about (Free subscription) | 02/04/2008
I’m not a big fan of extremely limited depth of field. In the hands of experts, it works really well. Check out Martin Parr’s great portraits, or one of my favourite flickr photographers, moaan. Limited or shallow depth of field can be a good thing, but in my opinion anyway, it’s a means, a tool like [...]
D'log :: blogging no (Free subscription) | 05/03/2008
The Evening Standard remarks on the status of London in the world of the photography gallerists, curators, dealers and collectors… “The recent, and 11th-hour, cancellation of this year’s London fair, Photo-London, is symptomatic of the lack of importance attached to the medium here. The festival's organisers were drafted in from Paris and, without local knowledge, scheduled [...]
Art Knowledge News (Free subscription) | 01/03/2008
Munich, Germany - With this exhibition the Haus der Kunst continues its series, Martin Parr's own collections will be brought together for the first time. Parr is one of the most dynamic contemporary photographers. Regarded as a satirist of contemporary life, he has published more than thirty books, presented his works in countless solo and group exhibitions and is represented in outstanding national...
The First Post (Free subscription) | 29/02/2008
With not one but two solo exhibitions showing in America over the coming weeks, it seems Italian photojournalist-turned-art-photographer Massimo Vitali is the flavour of the month. And given the jaunty nature of his work, it's little wonder he's so popular. In these instantly recognisable, large-scale colour images (taken from 20 feet above the ground for an all-encompassing vista) his subject matter...
D'log :: blogging no (Free subscription) | 06/02/2008
Touring in 2008, and opening first in Aberystwyth of all places, there’s a new survey-show from the London's Southbank Centre and curator Alan Mellor; No Such Thing as Society: Photography in Britain 1967-1987. The 150-picture show includes many key names, the complete list is… Keith Arnatt, John Benton Harris, Ian Berry, Derek Boshier, Victor Burgin, [...]
