Credited with inventing the "intimate documentary" style of photography, Joanne Leonard was one of the first to pivot away from street style photography adopt a more personal approach, focusing on her close relationships and immediate surroundings.

Thanks 1000 Words Magazine for selecting my interview with Howard Greenberg (part of the podcast collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social) for your What we're reading Nr. 4 Summer 2025 feature. 1000wordsmag.com/what-were-re...

What we’re reading #4: Summer 2025

Tensions resurface in different forms in our latest roundup of What we’re reading. Criticism negotiates altered modes of circulation; imperial violence continues to determine who speaks, who is seen a...

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Coinciding with her first UK solo exhibition at Hackelbury Fine Art of vintage photographs and early collages, I spoke with Joanne Leonard - feminist artist, academic, single mother, and identical twin, known for her "intimate documentary" approach to photography.

What does it take to build and sustain Switzerland’s first & only international art fair dedicated to photography? I spoke with Sven Eisenhut-Hug (co-founder & director of Photo Basel) and Elwira Spychalska (art historian & artistic director of Photo Basel) to mark the Photo Basel 10th anniversary.

Really nice speaking with Sven Eisenhut-Hug (founding director of photo basel) together with Elwira Spychalska (fair curator) about the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of photo basel which takes place during Art Basel Week from 17th until 22nd of June 2025.

Mark Neville was driving back to Kiev from the front line in Donbas Ukraine & stopped at the side of the road to record this interview. Living & working in Ukraine since 2020, Mark is a social engaged artist who combines photography and documentary with humanitarian aid and community support.

Mark Neville was driving back to Kiev from the front line in Donbas Ukraine & stopped at the side of the road to record this interview. Living & working in Ukraine since 2020, Mark is a social engaged artist who combines photography and documentary with humanitarian aid and community support.

Why a contracting market – whisper it – might actually be good for the art artreview.com/gallery-week...

Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025: The Best Bad Time

Why a contracting market – whisper it – might actually be good for the art

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The Eye of Photography — L’Œil de la Photographie have started collecting podcasts about photography. Very grateful to be included in the initial selection! loeildelaphotographie.com/en/a-new-sec...

PODCAST - A new section in L'Œil de la Photographie - The Eye of Photography Magazine

Podcast : longtemps, nous avons été réticents. Mettre des mots sur des images sans les montrer nous paraissait une hérésie. Nous avions tort,

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Huge thank you to The Eye of Photography for featuring Subtext & Discourse art world podcast in their latest newsletter! loeildelaphotographie.com/en/podcast-a...

PODCAST - AIPAD Female Leaders: Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world - The Eye of Photography Magazine

Podcast en anglais Cet épisode du podcast Subtext & Discourse Art World vous est présenté par AIPAD et The Photography Show. AIPAD représente les

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Looking forward to returing to @rencontresarles.bsky.social where I'll be reviewing photographers portfolio's on the 7th. www.rencontres-arles.com/en/photo-fol... Online registration will be open 19th May - 7pm (Paris time)

The promise of grid-scale energy storage is that you can hold onto electricity for a bit and save it for later—rather than having to use it or lose it.

Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Energy System

This energy storage technology is harnessing the potential of solar and wind power—and its deployment is growing exponentially.

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17 guests, 8 episodes, 4 weeks, and 1 massive podcast collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social in the lead up to the 2025 edition of The Photography Show, the oldest and longest running art fair for photography.

17 guests, 8 episodes, 4 weeks, and 1 massive podcast collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social in the lead up to the 2025 edition of The Photography Show, the oldest and longest running art fair for photography.

@collecteurs.bsky.social are building a slow social media platform for the art world. One notable feature is charging for your time. Curators, gallerists, artists, etc can offer paid consultations for access to their feedback. It's still in beta, but looks promising. www.collecteurs.com

Could you imagine leaving the lucrative world of Wall Street finance to open an art gallery in Chelsea New York and devote your life to photography? Bruce Silverstein did exactly that and shares his unique story in the final episode of my podcast collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social

Fort Worth Police Return Photographs Seized from Sally Mann Exhibition www.artnews.com/art-news/new...

Fort Worth Police Return Photographs Seized from Sally Mann Exhibition

Fort Worth police have returned artwork by photographer Sally Mann after it was seized from the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth in January.

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"An extraordinary dumbing down of culture has occurred, smuggled in via the promise of inclusivity and anti-elitism. The now-commonplace association between intellectualism, seriousness and snobbishness effectively places preconceived limitations on what people are capable of understanding,"

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Celebrity authors are rebranding themselves as philosophers of art; an extraordinary dumbing down of culture has occurred artreview.com/dont-listen-...

In time for VIP preview of The Photography Show presented by @aipadphoto.bsky.social Sophie Wright @fotografiska.bsky.social and Andra Russek share their insights on collecting photography. Including what to look out for, developing your taste, and the importance of going to art fairs.

‘If I die, I want a loud death’ - photojournalist Fatima Hassouna had been documenting the war, airstrikes, displacement and demolition in Gaza when she was murdered in an Israeli airstrike along with ten members of her family. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike

Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family

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Michael Hoppen is one of the foremost photography dealers in Europe & the UK. First a photographer, later a collector, he tells me about the early days in London, his passion for Japanese photography, & the challenges photographers face today. pod.link/1475402385/e... @aipadphoto.bsky.social

AIPAD Millennial's Michael Hulett and Douglas Marshall recently graduated from @aipadphoto.bsky.social associate membership pilot programme. Both began their careers at Peter Fetterman Gallery, and represent the next generation of AIPAD photography dealers. Listen here: pod.link/1475402385/e...

"record numbers of works selling for under $600 is not the kind of growth that the senior management of auction houses like Sotheby's and Christie’s, or indeed of mega-dealerships like Gagosian or Hauser & Wirth, is looking for." @theartnewspaper.bsky.social www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/15/a...

Is the art market coming to the end of the age of eternal growth?

Further weak auction results, plus economic turmoil, raise fears the trade may have passed its peak

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New York gallerist, photography dealer, and collector Bruce Silverstein shares his story of leaving Wall Street to follow his passion in the upcoming episode of Subtext & Discourse | Art World Podcast, recorded as part of the collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social

Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world. - Adelie de Ipanema: POLKA Galerie - Arnika Dawkins: Arnika Dawkins Gallery - Anna Walker Skillman: Jackson Fine Art - Yancey Richardson: Yancey Richardson Gallery Ep 4 of 7 @aipadphoto.bsky.social collaboration pod.link/1475402385/e...

I’ve just lost my lovely gig as TV columnist with The Lady Magazine (which has gone into liquidation). If anyone knows of any writing jobs going, my CV can be found within the realms of my website www.mathew-owen.co.uk

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Has this happened to you or anyone you know? Please let the folks at @sydmorningherald.bsky.social know here: travellerletters@traveller.com.au (PS anyone thinking about travelling to the US should read this and spend their money elsewhere)

Alumni of Peter Fetterman (Peter Fetterman Gallery), Douglas Marshall and Michael Hulett telling me of their shared experiences entering the world of fine art photography, working together, and later opening their own galleries.

Armstrong's point about the right-wing politics of collectors of canonized AbEx like Joan Mitchell reminded me of Felix Gonzalez-Torres calling out "the most successful of those political artists, Helen Frankenthaler...Because they don’t look political!" in 1995

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OK, I think I'm done with this. "Armstrong makes an incredibly important point about red chip art and problematic politics when she said there are MAGAs who collect Joan Mitchell, too. And there absolutely are, but the problem [sic] isn't Beeple vs Mitchell; it's spending $60 million on one artwork"