Connoisseurs Print Available To Support Two Charities

During this crisis it is easy to acknowledge that working from home and lockdown can and does cause stress and hardship of varying levels. Imagine then what it must mean for those who have no home or those for whom home is an unsafe space.

Covid-19 takes no hostages and right now the charities Crisis and Refuge are working hard to support the people in our society who have no home and who are the victims of domestic abuse, for whom this virus has made their situations so much worse.

Artist Sian Bonnell, Artist/Printer Charlie Meecham and Producer Tracy Marshall – members of arts collective TRACE – have harnessed the energy, generosity and goodwill of their photography friends & colleagues to produce an online art fair offering affordable work by international photographers in aid of the two charities.

Punks Print Available With Profits Going To The Trussell Trust

Inspired by the monumental success of the Italian 100 Fotografi per Bergamo initiative and the New York-based Pictures for Elmhurst, Photographs for The Trussell Trust are getting together a photographic print sale fundraiser here in the UK.

100% of the profits will go towards the Trussell Trust, which provides support to 2/3 of the food banks nationwide, helping those who have been largely affected by the economic and social crisis as a consequence of the Covid-19 health emergency.

The Covid-19 pandemic has had a swift and devastating impact on the ability of vulnerable people to access sufficient food. Three weeks into lockdown, The Food Foundation said that 1.5 million Britons reported not eating for a whole day because they had no money or access to food.

Food banks have seen 300% increase in footfall compared to this time last year and desperately need our support in this time of social crisis.

COVID-19 Update From Karen Knorr Studio

Karen Knorr is busy in her London studio at home teaching online and supporting A MANIFESTO FOR INCREASED INVOLVEMENT OF WOMEN IN PHOTOGRAPHY which recently appeared in the FT Weekend Magazine.

She has also joined the online community of artists #artistsupportpledge who pledge to supporting one another in solidarity through the sale of limited edtion works for under £200 and will be participating in a charity auction organised by BlankWhiteSpace which will see proceeds going to Global Giving’s Coronavirus relief fund and Meals for the NHS. Details of the limited edition prints for #artistsupportpledge can be found on Karen Knorr’s Instagram account.

Karen Knorr Signs Fast Forward’s Manifesto for Increased Involvement of Women in Photography

Fast Forward: a manifesto for increased involvement of women in photography

As an advocate for women in photography Karen Knorr Studio is proud to support the newly published m anifesto written by Fast Forward for the increased involvement of women in photography and encourages you to sign and share it too.

Fast Forward is calling for:

A step change for all arts organisations and institutions to commit to exhibiting, commissioning, publishing and collecting at least 50% women’s work.
Inclusivity leading to all arts events and activities to address a minimum of 50% of women’s interests and stories.
The education system to recognise and value women artists and photographers, and the role they play in society, in their curricula at every level of the system and to provide equal opportunities for female artists and photographers to take part and enrich their curricula.

In Conversation: Karen Knorr, Anna Fox and Sabina Jaskot-Gill

In Conversation: Karen Knorr, Anna Fox and Sabina Jaskot-Gill
Thursday 26 March, 7pm
Frobisher Auditorium 2, Barbican Centre, London.

On 26 March, join photographers Karen Knorr and Anna Fox in conversation, as they discuss the aesthetics and socio-political issues explored in their photography.

Photographers Anna Fox and Karen Knorr sit in conversation with Sabina Jaskot-Gill, Curator of Photographs at the National Portrait Gallery. The discussion will explore the aesthetic questions and socio-political issues broached by two important series of work presented in our current exhibition Masculinities: Knorr’s Gentlemen (1981–83) and Fox’s My Mother’s Cupboards and My Father’s Words (2000).

Karen Knorr Artist Talk: Transcultural Migrations for London Independant Photography

Karen Knorr Artist Talk: Transcultural Migrations for London Independant Photography

Thursday 27 February
London Metropolitan University (Map)
6:30 for 7pm prompt

LIPs Talk events are being held in partnership with the Sir John Cass School of Art, Architecture and Design at London Metropolitan University. They are informal and social, and open to LIP members and non-members alike, so bring your friends and be inspired by new perspectives – whether you’re a photographer or not.
Transcultural Migrations

Exclusive Edition for The Photographers’ Gallery

The Photographers’ Gallery is pleased to offer a special new Exclusive Edition by Karen Knorr

Colour Pigment Print on Hanhnemühle Fine Art Pearl Paper
Edition of 25
12 x 16”
From £1,000 + vat, unframed

Framing available from £150 + vat

In her series India Song, Karen Knorr 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.

Talk – Women in Photography: On Approach, Practice and Collaborations

Photographers Karen Knorr & Anna Fox
14 February, 2020
Organised by MAP Museum of Art & Photography, Bangalore
Cinnamon, 24, Gangadhar Chetty Road, Bengaluru, Karnataka 560042

6:30 pm – 8:00 pm
High Tea at 6:00 pm
Please be seated by 6:25 pm

Anna Fox and Karen Knorr, two of Britain’s leading documentary photographers, have constantly pushed the envelope when it comes to what photography can accomplish and what constitutes the documentary style. Playing with notions of authenticity and the truth, they skillfully use humour and satire to comment on the social structures that underpin our relationships with each other, our histories and the world around us. In this conversation, they come together to discuss their approaches to the medium, their individual work and their collaborative projects, with a special focus on their experiences in India and its influence upon their practice.

Karen Knorr Included in 30 Years of Women

30 Years of Women
7 February–11 April
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta
Opening Reception: 7 February, 6-8pm

Jackson Fine Art is excited to kick off our thirtieth anniversary year with upcoming exhibitions celebrating women at work — as artists, curators, gallerists. Drawing from Jackson Fine Art’s thirty-year history of showing some of the most distinguished female voices in 20th and 21st century photography, Jackson and Skillman have co-curated a show illustrative of the gallery’s evolving vision and the strong female relationships that have defined Jackson Fine Art through the years. In the viewing room, Skillman looks forward with a selection of photographs from some of the most important artists of our contemporary moment. The group show of works is selected by gallery founder Jane Jackson and current owner Anna Walker Skillman.

Karen Knorr’s Gentlemen Series Included in Major Exhibition on Masculinities

Masculinities: Liberation Through Photography
20 February–17 May
Barbican Art Gallery, London

In Conversation:
Karen Knorr, Anna Fox and Sabina Jaskot-Gill
Thursday 26 March, 7pm

Through the medium of film and photography, this major exhibition considers how masculinity has been coded, performed, and socially constructed from the 1960s to the present day.

Examining depictions of masculinity from behind the lens, the Barbican brings together the work of over 50 international artists, photographers and filmmakers including Laurie Anderson, Sunil Gupta, Rotimi Fani-Kayode, Isaac Julien and Catherine Opie.