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There have been several threads in this topical area related to art

and photography or sometimes whether photography is art. The

Washington Post reports today that for the first time in its 63-year

history, the National Gallery of Art will be permanently dedicating

gallery space (about 3,000 sq feet) to photography. The National

Gallery's photo inventory started with a donation by Georgia o'Keeffe

of her husband's (Stieglitz) work. The first show open's Oct 17 and

features Roger Fenton, a mid-1800's war photographer. He later did

country houses, still life and the royal family.

 

So, photography makes it to the big house. Is it art now??

 

Mike Spencer

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<i>"Tate Modern has several rooms of photography"</i> -

More accurately (and in my view, crucially), the Tate has lots of photographic works in their collection BUT doesn't have rooms set aside specifially for them. They display photographic art like they do any other medium in amongst their thematic hangings, wherever it's most appropriate.

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The Museum of Modern Art in New York has collected photographs for at least 60 years.

 

The Smithsonian has JUST opened a museum dedicated to Native American art - I guess now that's finally considered art too?

 

In both cases...better late than never...

 

Or, it doesn't hurt to have a keen sense of the obvious. It just takes some institutions a little longer than others.

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They actually have a pretty extensive photography collection, the problem is the lack of wall space! There is probably 3-4x more in storage than whats hanging on the walls at the NGA, and when everyone wants to see a room full of renoirs, photography naturally gets put to the side. I am glad to hear this though, and I look forward to seeing this when I get home!
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We have our own Center for photography here in Tucson, which has a LARGE GALLERY WITH CONSTANT SHOWS. So the question about big house and art are.....( ) Unfortunately, they also have a horrible, underdeveloped netsite with pixie picture samples....a serious "ART WORLD" Syndrome that needs to have its collective ass kicked...here you go http://dizzy.library.arizona.edu/branches/ccp/home/home.html
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