AIPAD Photography Show Miami - 2007

The AIPAD Photography Show Miami, December 5th - 9th, 2007. This fair presented more than 40 top photography dealers from around the world. All of the dealers are members of the Association of International Photography Art Dealers and this was AIPAD's first Miami fair. The exhibtion focused on fine art photography from both contemporary and modern masters.

The AIPAD Photography Show was in a tented venue.
Located in the Wynwood Art District in Miami,
and next to the Photo Miami art fair.

Inside view of AIPAD fair

Another inside view of AIPAD fair

Unidentified visitor in the display of
Steven Kasher Gallery, New York, NY

Galerie Priska Pasquer, Cologne, Germany

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Etherton Gallery, Tucson, AZ

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, CA

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

HackelBury Fine Art Limited, London, England

PDNB Gallery, Dallas, TX

Keith de Lellis Gallery, New York, NY

Janet Lehr, Inc., New York, NY

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Peter Wach
Wach Gallery, Avon Lake, OH

Robert Glenn Ketchum
Next to one of his new artworks
Wach Gallery, Avon Lakes, OH

Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA

Stephen Daiter Gallery /Daiter Contemporary, Chicago, IL

Lee Marks Fine Art, Shelbyville, IN

Winter Works on Paper, New York, NY

Throckmorton Fine Art, Inc., New York, NY

Unidentified display at AIPAD Fair

Silverstein Photography, New York, NY

Stephen Bulger Gallery, Toronto, Ontario

Czech Center of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic

Some of my favorite artworks were the new works of Joel-Peter Witkin on display at Etherton Gallery. The large Jerry Uelsmann images displayed at Andrew Smith Gallery were impressive. Also, Edward Burtynsky's large scale color photographs from his Quarries book were spectacular. Scott Nichols Gallery from San Francisco, had really good selection of Ruth Bernhard and Imogen Cunningham prints.

AIPAD's next fair will be, The Photography Show New York 2008, April 10th - 13th, in New York city. If you're interested in collecting fine art photography you try to vist AIPAD's art fairs. Hopefully, they will return to Miami for the 2008 art fairs next December.

For further information visit the AIPAD website.

Diane Arbus Estate to The Met

Diane Arbus news. The New York Times, just reported that the Metropolitan Museum in New York just received a major gift from the Estate of Diane Arbus. They received her complete archives (as featured in an exhibition two years ago), hundreds of early photographs, negatives and contact prints of more than 7500 rolls of film.

In addition, The Met purchased 20 Arbus photographs frome the Fraenkel Gallery in San Francisco, which represents her estate. If you were at Art Basel Miami Beach, you would have seen a nice selection of Arbus prints in the Fraenkel Gallery space.

Diane Arbus, Coney Island, NY #3, 1958
gelatin silver print, 8 x 10 inches

The G. Gibson Gallery, was selling the above Arbus print in Miami at Aqua Hotel fair. If you're interested in adding it to your collection contact the gallery.

To read more about the Arbus gift, here's a link.
A Big Gift for the Met: The Arbus Archives (New York Times)

Jitka Hanzlová wins Paris Photo Prize

The 2007 BMW-Paris Photo Prize winner is Jitka Hanzlová. The award was presented in mid November at Paris Photo. A panel of prestigious international experts picked the winner from artists represented by Paris Photo 2007 participating galleries. This years theme was "Water, Origin of Life".

Photograph by Jitka Hanzlová
Untitled (Hungry Fish) 2004
2007 BMW-Paris Photo Prize winner

Czech artist Jitka Hanzlová was born in 1958, and currently lives in Germany. She's an internationally recognized photographer and her work has earned considerable acclaim. In 1993, she won the Otto Steinert Award. Her work is featured in internationally renowned collections and has been shown in important group exhibitions. Her winning photograph is from her series called "The Cotton Rose" and was taken in Japan. She is represented by the Kicken Gallery in Berlin.

Additional information about Jitka Hanzlová .

The BMW-Paris Photo Prize was launched four years ago to support and promote contemporary artists working in photography. It's open to living photographers represented by galleries participating in Paris Photo.

Previous Winners:
Mathieu Bernard-Reymond - 2006
Anthony Goicolea – 2005
Jules Spinatsch - 2004

Miami Art Fairs and Photographic Art

Contemporary photography is a hot art medium and highly collectable. If you’re interested in collecting it, be sure to be in Miami, December 5th – 9th. The AIPAD Photography Show and Photo Miami are two art fairs specializing in photographic art. However, besides the two photography fairs, you’ll find photography being shown at several major art fairs. Here’s a short list of galleries showing photographic art and they’re worth tracking down.

Edward Burtynsky
Iberia Quaries #7, Marbrito Co., Borba-Mouro, Portugal, 2006
chromogenic print, Charles Cowles Gallery, Pulse Miami

Art Basel Miami Beach
Fraenkel Gallery – San Francisco
Matthew Marks – New York

Pulse Miami
Charles Cowles Gallery – New York
Connor Contemporary Art – Washington, DC
Julie Saul Gallery – New York
Paul Kopeikin Gallery – Los Angeles
Robert Mann Gallery – New York

Art Miami
Andrea Meislin Gallery – New York
Black & White Gallery – New York
Lawrence Miller Gallery – New York
Stephen Wirtz – San Francisco
Yancey Richardson Gallery – New York

Aqua Hotel
G. Gibson Gallery – Seattle
LIMN Gallery – San Francisco
Thomas Robertello Gallery - Chicago
Quality Pictures – Portland

Red Dot Fair
Howard Yezersky Gallery – Boston
Sam Lee Gallery – Los Angeles

NADA Art Fair
Eleven Rivington – New York
Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery – New York

For fashion photography, visit the Miami Beach Art Photo Expo, they’ll be showing two hundred photographic images by twenty top fashion photographers.

Additional information and links to twenty-four art fairs visit:
http://art-collecting.com/miami_art_fairs.htm

Paris Photo 2007

November 15th – 18th, Paris, France
Special focus on Italian contemporary photography

Over the past ten years, Paris Photo has won wide recognition as one of the worlds top art fairs for still photography. This unique event offers an in-depth and broad view of the medium, with the best of fine art photography from the earliest days to the present time and a forward looking survey of whats happening in fine art photography today.

The art fair will run November 15th to 18th, and will bring together 105 exhibitors (83 galleries and 22 publishers) from 16 countries. Seventy-seven percent of the participants come from outside France. The spotlight and will be on Italy and its photographic history, including contemporary artists.

Eighty-three international galleries selected from three hundred applicants. In addition to the 18 French galleries, the largest contingent of foreign exhibitors come from Italy (16), followed by the USA (15), Spain (7), Germany (6), the UK (5), Holland and Japan (3 each), Finland (2) and one representative each from Austria, Belgium, Denmark, Hungary, Luxemburg, Portugal, and South Africa.

The following New York galleries are participating: Bonni Benrubi, Charles Cowles, Gitterman Gallery, Howard Greenberg, Edwynn Houk, Charles Isaacs Photographs, Hans P. Kraus, Jr., Yvon Lambert, Laurence Miller, Robert Miller, Yancey Richardson, Bruce Silverstein Photography. Other galleries from the United States are: Robert Klein (Boston), M+B (Los Angeles), and Rose Gallery (Santa Monica).

Check back after the fair closes for a few installation shots and comments about the artworks on display.

The additional information and a full list of fair exhibitors
visit the Paris Photo website: http://www.parisphoto.fr/

Miami Photography Fairs - December 2007

Three major photography fairs will be in Miami this December.
AIPAD (Association of International Photography Dealers) will be presenting photographic art from member galleries for the first time in Miami. Art Photo Expo will be focusing on International fashion photography. Photo Miami is back for the second year and will be presenting photo-based art, video and new media from national and international galleries, and invitational solo project by artists.


AIPAD Photography Show
December 5-9, 2007
Wynwood Art District, 31st St and North Miami Ave, Miami, FL.
More than 45 of the world's leading photography art galleries will present a wide range of work by 19th century, modern and contemporary masters.
Admission: $10.00
Preview: December 4, by invitation only
http://www.aipad.com/


Art Photo Expo
December 2-9, 2007
The Surfcomber Hotel, 1717 Collins Ave, Miami Beach, F
More than 200 contemporary photographic works by 20 of the world’s leading icons in fashion photography will be on display.
Admission: $10.00 (students and under 18 years-old free)
http://www.artphotoexpo.com/


Photo Miami
December 5-9, 2007
Wynwood Art District, NW 31st Street and N Miami Ave, Miami.
Sixty international galleries, emerging and established will show
photographic art.
Admission: $15.00 (for the entire run of the fair)
http://www.artfairsinc.com/


This December 5-9th, Miami and Miami Beach will become the focus of the artworld. Art Basel Miami Beach, started it all when they decided come to Florida five or six years ago. This year, there will be at least twenty-four art fairs in Miami. You’ll have a chance to see contemporary art and photography from galleries and artists from around the world. So much art will be on display that you’ll have little time to hang out at the beach. Also, there will be lots of special events, lectures and parties going on. The weather should be warm and the art stimulating.

For a listing and directory of twenty-four Miami art fairs visit:
http://art-collecting.com/miami_art_fairs.htm

Photo-London Opens May 31

Just wanted to take a few minutes to tell you about Photo-London. This is a major European art fair specializing in photography and it opens May 31st and continues through June 3rd. You still have to time catch a plane to London, and hotel rooms are still available. However, you won't see many works from the United States because only a galleries signed up, they include: Bruce Silverstein from New York, the Rose Gallery from Santa Monica, and M+B from Los Angeles. You'll have a chance to see what the dealers from the UK and the rest of Europe have to offer. I'm sure you'll see a lot of contemporary photographic art at this fair.

To find out more about the photography fair, visit their website:
http://london.test.aubazar.ui-pro.com/

Here're a few links to galleries showing at Photo-London:

• Hamiltons - London
• Van Zoetendaal - Amsterdam
• The Photographer's Gallery - London
• MKgalerie - Rotterdam
• La Fabrica - Madrid
• Camera Work - Berlin

That's it for now. I'm making it short because this is my first posting