Tag Archives: Gael Newton

Walter Woodbury

October 4, 2019asia-pacific, essays, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyGael Newton, Garden of the East, Indonesia, photographer, Serimpies, Walter Woodburygael newton

Entrepreneur, Inventor: Woodbury in Indonesia

I have uploaded a small essay I wrote in 2014 about Walter Woodbury in Indonesia. This essay was linked to the exhibition at the National Gallery of Australia — Garden of the East: photography in Indonesia 1850s-1940s. Click here for my essay online.

There’s also another small essay online that relates to a photograph — the one above — titled Serimpies, or dancing girls of the Sultano c.1858 . Click here for that essay.

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Tracey Moffatt

August 11, 2019books, essays, photographers, photographybook, Cover Girl, fever pitch, Gael Newton, Invocations, photography, publication, Red Dress, Tracey Moffattgael newton

Online essays about Tracey Moffatt

I have several essays online about Tracey Moffatt and her photography. There’s also a link to an online version of the 1995 publication Fever Pitch with essays by Tracey and myself.

Tracey Moffatt: Invocations (2001)
Published in the exhibition catalogue — Australian National University Gallery 2001

Tracey Moffatt: The memory theatre of Tracey Moffatt
An exhibition held at the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, 2 February — 9 April 2000

Tracey Moffatt: See the woman with the red dress on … and on … and on
Essay in Art and Asia Pacific 1994

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Online: 1995 Fever Pitch, Tracey Moffatt & Gael Newton

Published online the now out of print publication (1995) with key essay by Gael Newton on Tracey Moffatt’s work along with two essays by Tracey Moffatt.

Click here of the link.

Fever Pitch was originally published in 1995 by Piper Press, Annadale (Sydney).

For more of Gael Newton’s papers — click here.

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Australian Photography since the 1970s

July 1, 2019essays, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photography1970s, Australian photography, Gael Newton, Generations, Photographica Australisgael newton

Michael Riley’s Cloud (2000)

Generations: Australian Photography since the 1970s

This essay was originally published in the catalogue Photographica Australis
for the 2002 exhibition by the Australian Centre of Photography
Curated by Alasdair Foster. Click here

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Axel Poignant

June 1, 2019books, essays, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyArt Gallery of NSW, Axel Poignant, catalogue, exhibition, Gael Newtongael newton

I have uploaded an online version of the catalogue for the 1982 retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of NSW — Axel Poignant, photographs 1922–1980. Click here.

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Mark Kimber

October 25, 2018collections, essays, photographers, photography, salesAdelaide, exhibition, Gael Newton, GAGprojects, Mark Kimber, photographygael newton

Exhibition: The River of Faces

Exhibition at GAGProjects (Adelaide) till 18 November 2018.
Click here for my essay and links to the exhibition page.

Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum

April 4, 2018collections, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, Frank Hurley, Gael Newton, Manly Art Gallery, photographs, postcardsgael newton

Posted by Gael Newton on Wednesday, 4 April 2018

Harold Edgerton at the Whitney

April 2, 2018collections, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, Gael Newton, Harold Edgerton, National Gallery of Australia, NGA, Whitneygael newton

An exhibition notice for an exhibition at the Whitney Museum of American Art.

Click here for the link…

And for more on Harold Edgerton — see my 1999 paper for the catalogue at the National Gallery of Australia — click here.

Frank Hurley at Manly Art Gallery and Museum

March 20, 2018collections, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, Frank Hurley, Gael Newton, Manly Art Gallery, photographs, postcardsgael newton

Click on the image for more on this exhibition

Merry Christmas

December 6, 2017photographyChristmas 2017, Gael Newton, merry Christmasgael newton

Max Dupain

October 27, 2017collections, essays, photographers, photographyarticles, essays, Gael Newton, Max Dupain, photography, researchgael newton

Links to essays on Max Dupain

We have uploaded a new page on photo-web that provides a link to my essays on Max Dupain as well as links to other articles and resources. Click here.

Celebrating photographers

October 24, 2017essays, photographers, photographyartist party, Australian photographers, Gael Newton, photography archivesgael newton

Celebrating artists — having artists parties — remains a good thing to do. A story from my history — back to 1978. enjoy!The photo below: David Moore photographing fellow photographers at the party.

Posted by The Art Museum on Monday, 23 October 2017

the cup that cheers

July 9, 2017essays, photographyGael Newton, lantern slide, research paper, visual artsgael newton

My Favourite Slide: The cup that cheers

originally published earlier this year as a contribution to the research ‘Heritage in the Limelight: the magic lantern in Australia and the world’. click here for my paper

Coffee at the Cafe Gang Gang

June 28, 2017photographyCanberra Blue Skies, Coffee, Gael Newton, GANG GANG Cafegael newton

a quiet coffee in the new Downer cafe

another cool day in Canberra

Continue reading Coffee at the Cafe Gang Gang →

Coffee in O’Connor

June 20, 2017photographers, womenCanberra, Coffee, Gael Newton, O'Connorgael newton

Keeping warm and enjoying a coffee

Time out on a freezing cold morning in Canberra

TAP

June 17, 2017asia-pacific, essays, organisations, photographyGael Newton, review, TAP, Trans Asia Photography Reviewgael newton

Trans Asia Photography review

click here for the TAP site — or here for the Spring 2017 details — that includes a link to a review by me.

Stills Gallery: Curtain Call

May 27, 2017photographers, photography, photography gallery, salesCurtain Call, exhibition, Gael Newton, photography, sales, Stills Gallerygael newton

Scenes from the Exhibition

Curtain Call at Stills Gallery Sydney

Here at photographs of the opening of the final Stills Gallery exhibition — Curtin Call

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Frank Hurley & Australian Native Plants

May 24, 2017collections, organisations, photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyCollaroy, Frank Hurley, Gael Newton, Manly Art Gallery, Native Plants, Paul Costigan, photography, postcardsgael newton

INFORMATION CALL-OUT: FRANK HURLEY

Searching for Frank Hurley along our northern beaches

Did you know that Frank Hurley was a very keen gardener and photographer of wild flowers?

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Being Cosmopolitan

May 6, 2017photographyCanberra, Cosmopolitan, Gael Newton, Tilleysgael newton

National Gallery Singapore

April 30, 2017asia pacific, asia-pacific, essays, photography, publications, Visual ArtsCharting Thoughts, essays, Gael Newton, National Gallery Singapore, publication, Southeast Asia Artgael newton

CHARTING THOUGHTS: ESSAYS ON ART IN SOUTHEAST ASIA

A new research book has been published by the National Gallery of Singapore. It contains essays on Southeast Asian art by 25 scholars.

I was given the honour by the NGS of being one the contributing scholars.

The book is available from the NGS shop and through their website — click here.

Continue reading National Gallery Singapore →

papers, articles, research, articles

February 28, 2017essaysarticles, Gael Newton, papers, researchgael newton

Harold Cazneaux

February 26, 2017photographers, photography, photography galleryGael Newton, Harold Cazneaux, photographs, purchase, salesgael newton

Harold Cazneaux photographs for sale

click on the banner above for a link to information on Harold Cazneaux and lists of rare photographs now for sale.

Wes Stacey

February 19, 2017photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, Gael Newton, MGA, photographs, Wes Staceygael newton

Exhibition: Wes Stacey–The Wild Thing

Monash Gallery of Art 4 March to 28 April 2017

Continue reading Wes Stacey →

papers, articles, research, articles

January 28, 2017essaysarticles, Gael Newton, papers, researchgael newton

FEMINIST AVANT-GARDE OF THE 1970s

December 10, 2016photo-exhibitions, photography, photography gallery, womenexhibition, feminism, Gael Newton, photographers gallery london, photographygael newton

till 29 Jan 2017 — Photographers Gallery London — click on image above

on Art Blat

December 9, 2016photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyexhibition, Gael Newton, Lewis Baltz, Marcus Bunyan, photographygael newton

Exhibition: ‘Lewis Baltz NEVADA’ at Joseph Bellows Gallery, La Jolla, California

Athol Shmith

December 2, 2016photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyAthol Shmith, fashion, Gael Newton, National Library, photographygael newton

Photography exhibition at the National Library Canberra

click on image for information on this small exhibition

Brett Weston at the Bruce Museum

December 1, 2016photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyBrett Weston, Bruce Museum, exhibition, Gael Newton, photographsgael newton

Towards Abstraction, 1940–1985: Brett Weston

click on the image for the link to the Bruce Museum

Brassaï at the Pompidou Centre

December 1, 2016photo-exhibitions, photographers, photographyBrassaï, exhibition, Gael Newton, graffiti, photographygael newton

an exhibition to the Graffiti series by Brassaï

Click on image above for link to exhibition notice on Artdaily.

photography

December 1, 2016organisations, photo-exhibitions, photography, photography galleryCCP, exhibition, Gael Newton, Melbourne, photographygael newton

photography at the CCP Melbourne

Click on the image for the winners of the competition, CCP Salon.

Nassau County and the art of photography

November 22, 2016collections, photo-exhibitions, photographyexhibitions, Gael Newton, Nassau County Museums, photographygael newton

Nassau County Museum of Arts devotes all galleries to the art of photography

Click here for the article on artdaily.

Prada Foundation moves into photography

November 22, 2016organisations, photo-exhibitions, photography, photography gallerycontemporary, exhibition, Gael Newton, gallery, Milan, photography, Pradagael newton

Prada opens photography gallery in Milan shopping arcade

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Story from The Art Newspaper — click here.

papers, articles, research, articles

November 22, 2016essaysarticles, Gael Newton, papers, researchgael newton

Dina Goldstein

November 21, 2016Equity, photographers, photography, womenDina Goldstein, Gael Newton, Modern Girl, photography, postersgael newton

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19th Century Vegetable Photographer

October 31, 2016photo-exhibitions, photographers, photography19th Century, Charles Jones, Gael Newton, photography, vegetablesgael newton

Charles Jones photographed vegetables

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Hundreds of them.…… Here’s the story online — click here.

Photography: Relics of Old London

October 31, 2016photo-exhibitions, photographyexhibition, Gael Newton, photography, Relics of Old London, Yale Centre for British Artgael newton

Yale Centre for British Art, 2016

From the gallery: This exhibition offered a glimpse of the lost architecture of preindustrial London, as captured in a series of carbon photoprints commissioned between 1875 and 1886 by the short-lived Society for Photographing the Relics of Old London.

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