Tbilisi Photo Festival announces 2017 program
The Tbilisi Photo Festival has announced the program for its 2017 edition, taking place between September 13 and 20.
The theme of the 2017 edition is “fashion” in its relationship with the “tradition of identity representation, ideology and the photographic image”. Highlights from the festival’s 8th edition include an open air event dedicated to the work of Guy Bourdin, a focus on Dutch fashion photographer Viviane Sassen as well as the group show “Identities”, featuring the work of photographers hailing from country as diverse as Iran, Lithuania or India. More via the festival’s official website.
The Guy Bourdin Estate, 2017. Courtesy of Art + Commerce, 2017
Muhammad Zeeshan awarded the 1st Nigaah Art Award for Curatorial Practice.
Curator Muhammad Zeeshan is the recipient of the first Nigaah Art Award for Curatorial Practice.
The awards, launched by the Karachi-based Nigaah Magazine, recognize the work of Pakistani artists, curators, art publications and art critics. An artist and a curator, Zeeshan has, among others, curated several projects for Karachi’s Sanat Initative. Zeeshan will also take part in the upcoming edition of Contemporary Istanbul with a solo show, where he is represented by Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery.
Muhammad Zeeshan, Buraq II, 2013.
Portuguese photographers call for boycott of Israeli cultural institutions
In a statement released to Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions on World Photography Day, more than 40 Portuguese photographers have pledged to boycott Israeli cultural institutions that they believe are complicit in the country’s occupation of Palestinian territories.
The photographers have commented thus their pledge: ““We support the Palestinian struggle for freedom, justice and equality. In response to the call from Palestinian photographers, journalists and cultural workers for a cultural boycott of Israel, we pledge to accept neither professional invitations to Israel, nor funding, from the Israeli state and to refuse to collaborate with Israeli cultural institutions linked to its government until Israel complies with international law and respects the human rights of Palestinians.”
