Mapplethorpe and Michelangelo
Aug/090
Robert Mapplethorpe, Lisa Lyon, 1982, gelatin silver print, 16 x 20 in (40.6 x 50.8 cm), © Robert Mapplethorpe Foundation. Used by permission.
This photograph is part of an exhibition, Robert Mapplethorpe: Perfection In Form, currently on view at the Galleria dell’Accademia in Florence, Italy. The show presents Mapplethorpe’s work alongside sculptures by Michelangelo, who was a major influence on the photographer. This is the first exhibition of work by a post-Renaissance artist at the Galleria dell’Academia, and is also the first major photography exhibition at a Florentine state museum. The show opened in May and was due to come down at the end of the summer, but due to popularity the closing date was recently extended to January 10, 2010.
One Year on Kythera
Jun/090
Photo © Kristina Williamson.
Backed by a 2004 J. William Fulbright grant, New York-based photographer Kristina Williamson spent over a year on the Greek island of Kythera. Emigration away from the island has left many homes vacant or abandoned. The project examined the interactions between tradition and modernization among those who continue to live in Kythera. To see more photos, visit Williamson's web site.
This image is part of "One Year on Kythera," a photography exhibition on display at the Woodrow Wilson Center for International Scholars in Washington D.C. through August 21, 2009. More Information.
Király Street, Budapest, 1929
Jun/090
Photo by Imre Kinszky. This 1929 photograph shows Király Street, a main thoroughfare in one of Budapest's biggest Jewish neighborhoods. Kinszky, a Modernist Hungarian photographer, disappeared during the Holocaust.
This image is part of “How They Lived: The Daily Life of Hungarian Jews in Photographs, 1867-1940,” a special photography exhibition now open at the the 92nd Street Y in New York. The photographs provide rare insights into the everyday lives of Hungarian Jews before World War II. One tenth of Holocaust victims were Hungarian Jews—a total of 550,000 people.
Curated by András Koerner, the show is on display through July 2. More information.
The exhibition is presented in conjunction with Extremely Hungary, a yearlong festival of Hungarian arts and culture in New York and Washington, D.C.