Gallery Newsletter

'Searching a grid of mailboxes for Araki’s name in the anonymous lobby of a Tokyo apartment complex felt dangerously close to trespassing. I had been invited to meet him for the first time at this address, but the beige hallway seemed an unlikely choice for an artist who has courted controversy so flamboyantly throughout his career.'

This week we hear Lucy Fleming-Brown's account of her first meeting with Nobuyoshi Araki, in Tokyo.

Lucy is the gallery's resident Japanologist. She studied Japanese at Oxford University and travels regularly between London and Tokyo. Her research interests lie with post-war Japanese photography and experimental arts.

We invite you to join us in the Viewing Room via the button below, for available works, anecdotes, and much more.

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'The remarkable story of the discovery of Charles Jones’s long-forgotten photographs – found in a leather trunk in the early morning at Bermondsey Market in 1981, is the stuff of art collecting legend'.

We are delighted to offer you a summer selection of Charles Jones's remarkable gold-toned silver gelatin prints from glass plate negatives. Each piece is unique and was made by artist at the turn of the twentieth-century.

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Join us for a journey to Valparaíso, Chile, where we uncover two artists with Michael Hoppen: Sergio Larrain and Juana Gómez.

"Much of my time over the past 30 years as a collector and dealer of photography has been taken up with the hunt. I never really know what to expect, but when I am onto something I experience the same feeling as when the wheels of a plane leave the ground – great excitement, but also the apprehension of flying into the unknown". - Michael Hoppen 

Click the button below for videos, photographs from Valparaíso, works for sale, and memories of an unforgettable voyage.

Sergio Larrain and Juana Gómez 

Michael Hoppen Gallery presents master works by

Bill Brandt, Dora Maar and Shōmei Tōmatsu in

The Eye Viewing Room

The Eye Viewing Room precedes the fair, Eye of the Collector, a creatively driven selling exhibition, with work from that will take guests on an intimate journey from ancient to contemporary. Set in Two Temple Place, the former estate office and private apartment of William Waldorf Astor, guests will discover works of art and design across various disciplines, presented, with the assistance of a prestigious curatorial committee, to encourage new narratives and ways of looking.

The viewing room coincides with the previously planned date of the inaugural edition of the fair which is now scheduled to take place from 8-11 September.

Now launched, the works for sale in the Eye Viewing Room are being presented in two distinct settings. In the Galleries Section each exhibitor has their own dedicated viewing room in which they are showcasing three carefully selected works. Works can also be viewed set against the virtual backdrop of Two Temple Place, in a format that juxtaposes contemporary, modern and ancient works to suggest new collecting pathways and dialogues.

Michael Hoppen Gallery is presenting rare master works by Bill Brandt, Dora Maar and Shōmei Tōmatsu.

THE EYE VIEWING ROOM

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Shomei Tomatsu