Fraenkel Gallery https://fraenkelgallery.com/ San Francisco Photography Gallery Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:17:06 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.1 56972082 The Singular Vision of Peter Hujar https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/the-singular-vision-of-peter-hujar Tue, 01 Jul 2025 20:06:52 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87852 In a 2025 interview in Frieze, Alastair Curtis talks with photographer and printer Gary Schneider about his relationship with Peter Hujar, whose work Schneider printed for more than thirty years. Schneider describes the beginning of his friendship with Hujar, and what he learned about Hujar’s darkroom philosophy. “To this day, I always follow his dictum, […]

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]]> In a 2025 interview in Frieze, Alastair Curtis talks with photographer and printer Gary Schneider about his relationship with Peter Hujar, whose work Schneider printed for more than thirty years. Schneider describes the beginning of his friendship with Hujar, and what he learned about Hujar’s darkroom philosophy. “To this day, I always follow his dictum, with his work and mine, that no two prints need to match: they all need to function,” recalls Schneider.

Read the interview here.

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]]> 87852 In conversation with Vija Celmins https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/richard-learoyd-in-conversation-with-vija-celmins Fri, 16 May 2025 18:21:16 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87527 In the Spring 2025 issue of Aperture magazine, Richard Learoyd interviews his friend, artist Vija Celmins, whose absorbing paintings and drawings are often inspired by—and mistaken for—photographs. Learoyd and Celmins talk about images, surfaces, and illusion, and the limits of representation, among other topics. Read the full interview here.

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]]> In the Spring 2025 issue of Aperture magazine, Richard Learoyd interviews his friend, artist Vija Celmins, whose absorbing paintings and drawings are often inspired by—and mistaken for—photographs. Learoyd and Celmins talk about images, surfaces, and illusion, and the limits of representation, among other topics.

Read the full interview here.

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]]> 87527 Advice for Young Artists https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/watch/alec-soth-advice-for-young-artists Thu, 15 May 2025 19:22:41 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87500 Alec Soth talks with Fraenkel Gallery Director Christian Whitworth about his project Advice for Young Artists and the pursuit of a beginner’s experimental state of mind.

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]]> Alec Soth talks with Fraenkel Gallery Director Christian Whitworth about his project Advice for Young Artists and the pursuit of a beginner’s experimental state of mind.

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]]> 87500 The power of sound in Janet Cardiff’s “Forty Part Motet” https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/janet-cardiff-george-bures-miller-the-power-of-sound-in-janet-cardiffs-forty-part-motet Wed, 30 Apr 2025 22:14:02 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87362 A 2025 video in the Museum of Modern Art’s series Art and the Senses looks at the role of sound in the work of Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. Focused on The Forty Part Motet (A reworking of “Spem in Alium,” by Thomas Tallis 1556) from 2001, the episode records the origins and development […]

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]]> A 2025 video in the Museum of Modern Art’s series Art and the Senses looks at the role of sound in the work of Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller. Focused on The Forty Part Motet (A reworking of “Spem in Alium,” by Thomas Tallis 1556) from 2001, the episode records the origins and development of the piece, and Cardiff and Bures Miller’s larger approach to making art.

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]]> 87362 Under the Influence https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/hiroshi-sugimoto-under-the-influence Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:55:29 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87258 Hiroshi Sugimoto is the subject of a 2025 episode of Under the Influence, a series of artist interview videos produced by Artforum. Sugimoto discusses his admiration for the music of Mozart, how a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition kick-started his career, and the observatory he’s building in Odawara, Japan.

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]]> Hiroshi Sugimoto is the subject of a 2025 episode of Under the Influence, a series of artist interview videos produced by Artforum. Sugimoto discusses his admiration for the music of Mozart, how a Metropolitan Museum of Art exhibition kick-started his career, and the observatory he’s building in Odawara, Japan.

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]]> 87258 At Factum Arte https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/watch/adam-fuss-at-factum-arte Tue, 22 Apr 2025 17:53:46 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87261 In a 2022 video produced for Madrid printmaking studio Factum Arte, Adam Fuss talks how he came to work in the studio, cut off from  the outside world, and how he understands the job of the artist. “I do feel it’s my role as an artist and as a photographer to be able to challenge […]

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]]> In a 2022 video produced for Madrid printmaking studio Factum Arte, Adam Fuss talks how he came to work in the studio, cut off from  the outside world, and how he understands the job of the artist. “I do feel it’s my role as an artist and as a photographer to be able to challenge the trillions and trillions and trillions of images that I’ve seen, and to try and talk in image vocabulary, with new words or with novel syntax,” Fuss explains.

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]]> 87261 Life in Seven Songs https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/richard-misrach-life-in-seven-songs Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:28:33 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87186 Richard Misrach was featured as a guest on Life in Seven Songs, a podcast from The San Francisco Standard, hosted by Sophie Bearman. The show asks guests to pick music that sheds light on the story of their lives. Misrach’s choices included songs by Bonnie Raitt, a friend since childhood; Bob Dylan, who provided the […]

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]]> Richard Misrach was featured as a guest on Life in Seven Songs, a podcast from The San Francisco Standard, hosted by Sophie Bearman. The show asks guests to pick music that sheds light on the story of their lives. Misrach’s choices included songs by Bonnie Raitt, a friend since childhood; Bob Dylan, who provided the soundtrack to Misrach’s time as a student at U.C. Berkeley; and Steve Reich, who Misrach loved to listen to while driving through the desert for his Desert Cantos series.

Through his selection, Misrach tells the story of his development as a photographer, from his first series documenting Berkeley’s Telegraph Avenue, to the photographs he made in Hawaii showing people floating in the vast ocean, for his series On the Beach.

Listen to the episode here.

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]]> 87186 “The Fertile Mind of Sophie Calle” https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/sophie-calle-the-fertile-mind-of-sophie-calle Mon, 14 Apr 2025 19:18:10 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87180 During an interview with Sophie Calle at her studio outside Paris, Mary Kaye Schilling of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, talks with the artist about her life and career. The interview marks the opening of Sophie Calle: Missing, a 2017 exhibition at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture. Read the […]

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]]> During an interview with Sophie Calle at her studio outside Paris, Mary Kaye Schilling of T: The New York Times Style Magazine, talks with the artist about her life and career. The interview marks the opening of Sophie Calle: Missing, a 2017 exhibition at San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture.

Read the full article here.

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]]> 87180 Lightning Round: Sophie Calle and Jeffrey Fraenkel https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/lightning-round-sophie-calle-and-jeffrey-fraenkel Tue, 25 Mar 2025 21:11:31 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87002 In connection with her 2025 exhibition, Jeffrey Fraenkel talks to Sophie Calle about some of the works in the show. Among the topics they discuss are the photographs Calle made at Musée National Picasso in Paris, the role of her parents in her work, and the Louvre’s invitation to visit the Mona Lisa.

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]]> In connection with her 2025 exhibition, Jeffrey Fraenkel talks to Sophie Calle about some of the works in the show. Among the topics they discuss are the photographs Calle made at Musée National Picasso in Paris, the role of her parents in her work, and the Louvre’s invitation to visit the Mona Lisa.

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]]> 87002 In Conversation with Miguel Arzabe https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/kota-ezawa-in-conversation-with-miguel-arzabe Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:45:22 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87016 In a 2025 talk hosted by FOG Design+ Art, Kota Ezawa and fellow Bay Area artist Miguel Arzabe speak with curator Natasha Boas about shared themes in their work, including the role of labor and time and their engagement with art history.

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]]> In a 2025 talk hosted by FOG Design+ Art, Kota Ezawa and fellow Bay Area artist Miguel Arzabe speak with curator Natasha Boas about shared themes in their work, including the role of labor and time and their engagement with art history.

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]]> 87016 In Conversation with Christopher Bedford https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/carrie-mae-weems-in-conversation-with-christopher-bedford Mon, 24 Mar 2025 21:44:56 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=87023 In a 2025 event hosted by FOG Design+ Art, Carrie Mae Weems presents selections from her work, and talks with SFMOMA director Christopher Bedford. The pair discuss Weems’s use of beauty as a tool to engage the audience, and how museums have responded five years after the 2020 reckoning with institutional racism.

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]]> In a 2025 event hosted by FOG Design+ Art, Carrie Mae Weems presents selections from her work, and talks with SFMOMA director Christopher Bedford. The pair discuss Weems’s use of beauty as a tool to engage the audience, and how museums have responded five years after the 2020 reckoning with institutional racism.

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]]> 87023 The Modern Art Notes Podcast https://fraenkelgallery.com/conversations/kota-ezawa-the-modern-art-notes-podcast Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:23:59 +0000 https://fraenkelgallery.com/?p=86686 On the occasion of Kota Ezawa’s 2025 exhibition at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, the artist speaks with Modern Art Notes host Tyler Green about his work. The pair talk about subjects ranging from the history of Alcatraz and the origins of Ezawa’s piece Alcatraz Is an Idea, co-directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat, to […]

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]]> On the occasion of Kota Ezawa’s 2025 exhibition at Fort Mason Center for Arts & Culture, the artist speaks with Modern Art Notes host Tyler Green about his work. The pair talk about subjects ranging from the history of Alcatraz and the origins of Ezawa’s piece Alcatraz Is an Idea, co-directed by Julian Brave NoiseCat, to Ezawa’s use of a crisp, graphic style in his work.

Listen to the interview here.

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