3 Photographic Journeys That Expand Reality: Kimiko Yoshida, Albert Watson, and Karen Knorr

Holden Luntz Gallery
Palm Beach, Florida
22 February–15 April 2025

Panel Discussion
22 February, 10 am (EST)

Karen Knorr will be exhibiting in Holden Luntz Gallery’s newest group exhibition, 3 Photographic Journeys That Expand Reality: Kimiko Yoshida, Albert Watson, and Karen Knorr. She will be at the gallery in Palm Beach this weekend for an artist talk and panel discussion with Holden Luntz, Kimiko Yoshida, and Albert Watson. Starting at 10 am (EST), 22 February. The talk will be recorded, live-streamed on Instagram, and later posted on the Holden Luntz Gallery website.

Zona Maco
with Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Centro Citibanamex, Mexico City
5–9 February 2025
Booth E105

10 on Paper
Celebrating 10 years of Matèria
Matèria, Rome
13 February–17 April 2025

Karen Knorr’s work is currently on view at Zona Maco in Mexico City with Sundaram Tagore Gallery until 9 February 2025. Coming up later in February is 10 on Paper which celebrates 10 years of Matèria. The Principles of Political Economy from Capital (1990-91) will be on view and Karen will be present in Rome for the opening on 13 February.

UNTITLED Art Fair 
Danziger Gallery, Booth B35
Miami Beach, Florida
4–8 December 2024

Danziger Gallery is pleased to be participating in the 21st edition of the UNTITLED Art Fair in Miami Beach. The fair runs from Wednesday 4 December to Sunday 8 December, the same week as Art Basel Miami.

This year the gallery is bringing the work of 22 different artists and will be exhibiting Karen Knorr’s The Return of the Hunter, Chandra Mahal, Jaipur Palace, Jaipur, 2012 from the series India Song (2008–2023). For the first time they will also be showing work by Gordon Cheung, Shepard Fairey, Llyn Foulkes, Annie Kevans, Giuseppe Lo Schiavo, Abelardo Morell, Lee-Ann Olwage, and Alec Soth.

Karen Knorr’s India Song celebrates the rich visual culture, the foundation myths and stories of northern India, focusing on Rajasthan and using sacred and secular sites to consider caste, femininity and its relationship to the animal world. Interiors are painstakingly photographed with a large format Sinar P3 analogue camera and scanned to very high resolution.

Tate Britain
The 80s: Photographing Britain
21 November 2024–5 May 2025

A selection of works from Karen Knorr’s Gentlemen (1981–1983) are included in Tate Britain’s newest exhibition, The 80s: Photographing Britain, which opens today! This exhibition traces the work of a diverse community of photographers, collectives and publications – creating radical responses to the turbulent Thatcher years. Set against the backdrop of race uprisings, the miner strikes, section 28, the AIDS pandemic and gentrification – be inspired by stories of protest and change.

At the time, photography was used as a tool for social change, political activism, and artistic and photographic experiments. See powerful images that gave voice and visibility to underrepresented groups in society. This includes work depicting the Black arts movement, queer experience, South Asian diaspora and the representation of women in photography.

The photographic works Gentlemen (1981–1983), photographed in English gentlemen’s clubs in Saint James’ in central London, consider the patriarchal values of the English upper middle classes

Paris Photo 2024
Grand Palais, Paris
7–10 November 2024

Les Filles du Calvaire, Booth C31
Augusta Edwards Fine Art, Booth B40

Karen Knorr is present and exhibiting works from Connoisseurs (1986–1990) and Country Life (1983–1985) at Paris Photo this week with Les Filles du Calvaire and Augusta Edwards Fine Art, as well as participating in two book signings (further details below).

On view for the first time with Les Filles du Calvaire (Booth C31) will be a new limited edition release of 17 photographsfrom Connoisseurs. Meanwhile, Augusta Edwards Fine Art (Booth B40) will be exhibiting a selection of works from Country Life. Make sure to also keep an eye out for Karen Knorr’s Pleasure of the Imagination, Dulwich Picture Gallery, London, England, 1986 (from the series Connoisseurs), which has been selected for J.P. Morgan’s Curators’ Highlights at Paris Photo! Their selection of works will be highlighted at the fair and on the visitors’ map.

Tate Britain

The 80s: Photographing Britain

21 November 2024–5 May 2025

A selection of works from Karen Knorr’s Gentlemen (1981–1983) will be included in the upcoming Tate Britain exhibition, The 80s: Photographing Britain, opening 21 November 2024. This exhibition traces the work of a diverse community of photographers, collectives and publications – creating radical responses to the turbulent Thatcher years. Set against the backdrop of race uprisings, the miner strikes, section 28, the AIDS pandemic and gentrification – be inspired by stories of protest and change.

The photographic works Gentlemen (1981–1983), photographed in English gentlemen’s clubs in Saint James’ in central London, consider the patriarchal values of the English upper middle classes with text constructed out of speeches of parliament and news. The complete series of 26 images and texts investigate the values that ally these classes to conservative aristocratic values where primogeniture is still an issue in a country symbolically ruled by a constitutional monarchy.

“I wanted to make work that used irony and parody in which to explore attitudes prevalent amongst the English establishment in the 1980’s.

Estampa
with Galería Blanca Berlín, Spain
Madrid
17–20 October 2024

A selection of works from Karen Knorr’s new Scavi (2023–2024) series are be available to view in Booth 5B01 at Estampa art fair in Madrid with Galería Blanca Berlín, Spain.

Specialising in photography and the visual arts, Blanca Berlín focuses on the most innovative trends in Spanish and international contemporary photography by established artists and mid-career or emerging talents. Since its founding in 2007, the gallery has become a benchmark for the classical and contemporary photography market.
 
Plus upcoming: 

Paris Photo 2024
Grand Palais, Paris
7–10 November 2024

Paris Photo 2024
Grand Palais, Paris
7–10 November 2024
Opening Preview: 6 November

Les Filles du Calvaire, Booth C31
Augusta Edwards Fine Art, Booth B40

Karen Knorr will be present and exhibiting works from Connoisseurs (1986–1990) and Country Life (1983–1985) at the upcoming Paris Photo with Les Filles du Calvaire and Augusta Edwards Fine Art, as well as participating in two book signings.

On view for the first time with Les Filles du Calvaire (Booth C31) will be a new limited edition release of 17 photographs from Connoisseurs. Printed on historic cibachrome paper, which has since been discontinued, the works are available in an edition of only 1/1 + 1 AP. The release also accompanies Knorr’s newly published Connoisseurs & Academies publication with Kehrer.

Augusta Edwards Fine Art (Booth B40) will be exhibiting a selection of works from Country Life,

Estampa
with Galería Blanca Berlín, Madrid, Spain
17–20 October 2024

A selection of works from Karen Knorr’s new Scavi (2023–2024) series will be available to view in Booth 5B01 the upcoming Estampa art fair in Madrid with Galería Blanca Berlín, Spain.

Estampa is a contemporary art fair that has been held in the autumn of Madrid for 31 years. Its scope of work is the art market in Spain, and its concern is the formation and stabilisation of sustainable collecting for a gallery scene that is constantly growing and updating in the country. The fair is structured around a General Programme of major Spanish galleries and a series of programmes whose curators present the most recent developments in contemporary art practice or focus on more experimental issues that are less common to the general public.

Specialising in photography and the visual arts, Blanca Berlín focuses on the most innovative trends in Spanish and international contemporary photography by established artists and mid-career or emerging talents. Since its founding in 2007, the gallery has become a benchmark for the classical and contemporary photography market.

Karen Knorr: Intersections
Sundaram Tagore Gallery New York
12 September–19 October 2024

Opening Reception with the Artist:
Thursday 12 September, 6–8pm

Sundaram Tagore Gallery is pleased to present Intersections, a solo exhibition of photographs by Karen Knorr, the British-American artist known for her visually rich, conceptually driven images that explore wealth, power and the aesthetics of beauty.

On view for the first time in New York are select works from Knorr’s brand-new series Scavi (2023–2024), set amid the stunning architectural heritage sites of southern Italy. The exhibition also features recent additions to India Song (2008–2023) and Fables (2003–2022) alongside historical analog photographs from Knorr’s groundbreaking work from the 1980s and ’90s.

Throughout her nearly fifty-year career, Knorr has used photography as a method of critical inquiry, employing the opulent palaces of India, monuments of Western Europe and the great houses of Britain to frame issues of power rooted in cultural heritage.