Last few days of U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott)

U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott) by Anna Fox and Karen Knorr

Les Rencontres d’Arles
Palais de l’Archevêché, 7 July–5 October 2025

 
There’s now only a few more days to catch Anna Fox and Karen Knorr’s U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott) at Les Rencontres d’Arles! The exhibition is on view at Palais de l’Archevêché until Sunday 5 October.

Following in the tracks of Berenice Abbott and her colleague/assistant Damon Gadd (also accompanied by Sara Gadd), Karen Knorr and Anna Fox set out in 2016 to start a record of contemporary life along U.S. Route 1 during the age of Trump. Along the way Fox and Knorr searched for a sense of what is happening today and how that differs from what Abbott and Gadd found. Using their iPhones, digital SLRs and a Phase One medium format camera, they photographed small towns, people, drugstores, cafes, diners, hotels, motels, farms, factories, street signs and advertisements.

Photofusion Autumn Print Sale

Karen Knorr is pleased to also be supporting Photofusion’s Autumn Print Sale, with a 10 x 12″ print of Hera’s Eyes, Oplontis Villa, Torre Annuziata, 2024 from the series Scavi (2023–2024). Available for £100 until 15 October 2025.

 
As a registered charity and one of the few socially engaged photography centres in London, Photofusion’s Autumn Print Sale will raise much-needed funds to allow them to continue providing free to access gallery spaces, developing new photographic talent, and amplifying unheard voices and narratives.

Click here to explore available prints by over 60 photographers. Every print sold helps secure Photofusion’s future in their new space.

Fast Forward: Women in Photography Conference | Toruń, Poland

The 6th Fast Forward: Women in Photography Conference

Beyond The Canon: Exhibiting, Curating and Collecting Photography by Women

 

10–12 October 2025

Centre of Contemporary Art, Torún, Poland

 

Karen Knorr is delighted to support and will be present at the upcoming Fast Forward: Women in Photography conference in Torún, Poland. The conference is open to the public and free to attend.

The sixth Fast Forward conference explores the (hi)stories of women in photography with a particular reference to how women’s work is curated, exhibited and collected by museums, institutions, festivals, galleries and individuals.

Tokyo Gendai Art Fair with Sundaram Tagore Gallery

Tokyo Gendai Art Fair
with Sundaram Tagore Gallery
Pacifico Yokohama
11–14 September 2025
Booth B07

 

Works from Karen Knorr’s Monogatari (2012–2017) series are on view at Tokyo Gendai Art Fair with Sundaram Tagore Gallery! Find them on Booth B07.

Launched in July 2023, Tokyo Gendai presents leading contemporary art galleries from Japan, the wider Asia-Pacific region and around the world. This year, the third edition is being held at PACIFICO Yokohama from 12–14 September 2025 (VIP Preview and Vernissage on 11 September, by invitation).

Taking place in one of the most dynamic cities in the world and accompanied by extensive programs centred on art awareness and education, Tokyo Gendai is a platform for commercial, artistic and intellectual exchange, and a nexus of cross-cultural discovery.

Celebrating 25 Years of Sundaram Tagore Gallery

25th Anniversary Exhibition
at Sundaram Tagore Gallery, New York
5 September–4 October 2025

Reception: Thursday 18 September, 6–8pm

 

To celebrate their 25th anniversary, Sundaram Tagore Gallery is pleased to present a wide-ranging exhibition of paintings, sculptures, photographs and installations. Their 25th Anniversary Exhibition includes work by more than thirty artists—from those who have been with the gallery since its founding in 2000 to those they have partnered with more recently.

When Sundaram opened his first gallery on Greene Street in SoHo in 2000, his mission was to show that some of the best, most meaningful art was being created by artists deeply engaged in cross-cultural explorations. He began focusing on diasporic artists and those from underrepresented cultures outside Europe and the United States, with the aim of bringing them to the forefront. Crossing cultural and national boundaries, these artists synthesized Western visual languages with forms, techniques, and philosophies from Asia, the Subcontinent, and the Middle East.

Book Launch at The Photographers’ Gallery: U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott)

U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott) by Anna Fox & Karen Knorr
Published by Trolley Books

 

Book Launch:
The Photographers’ Gallery Bookshop
Thursday 24 July
18.00 – 20.00

 

Karen Knorr and Anna Fox’s new publication, U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott), published by Trolley Books, will be launching in London at The Photographers’ Gallery on Thursday 24 July! Click here to  pre-order a signed copy from Trolley Books at a special release price (offer available until 24 July).

Anna Fox and Karen Knorr set out in 2016 on a journey of friendship, adventure and collaboration stopping at motels, drugstores, cafes and Airbnb’s. Stopping, walking, getting out to meet people and explore a fractured US society in the age of Trump. Over 150 colour photographs made between 2016 and 2025 focus on small towns on this extended road trip from Key West in Florida to Fort Kent in Maine. 

Considering Boiler Venting at A+B Gallery in Brescia

Considering Boiler Venting
A+B Gallery, Brescia, Italy
16 July – 27 September 2025

 

Karen Knorr is pleased to be included Considering Boiler Venting, a group exhibition opening 16 July at A+B Gallery in Brescia. On view will be The Opium Smoker, Chitrasala, Bundi, 2017 from India Song and Minerva’s Owl, Palagonia, 2015 from Metamorphoses. The exhibition will also feature works by Linda Carrara, Alwin Lay, Tiziano Martini, Andrea Mirabelli, Markus Saile, The Cool Couple.

Considering Boiler Venting is conceived as a space for releasing tension, similar to a safety valve, responding to the current acceleration of technology. The works — ranging from painting to photography, from objects to digital elaborations — reflect a widespread state of anxiety without being overwhelmed by it. The tension remains constantly active but is regulated by the artists’ skills, who achieve their poetic goals without renouncing the use of openly technological tools.

Next Week! | Les Rencontres d’Arles

U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott) by Anna Fox and Karen Knorr

Opening at Les Rencontres d’Arles
Palais de l’Archevêché

7 July–5 October 2025

Plus upcoming book signings, exhibition tour and artist talk

 

Karen Knorr and Anna Fox’s U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott) opens next week at Les Rencontres d’Arles! It will be an exciting and busy launch week, with an exhibition tour, artist talk, plus two book signings. Click ‘Read More’ to see full event details.

Following in the tracks of Berenice Abbott and her colleague/assistant Damon Gadd (also accompanied by Sara Gadd), Karen Knorr and Anna Fox set out in 2016 to start a record of contemporary life along U.S. Route 1 during the age of Trump. Along the way Fox and Knorr searched for a sense of what is happening today and how that differs from what Abbott and Gadd found. Using their iPhones, digital SLRs and a Phase One medium format camera, they photographed small towns, people, drugstores, cafes, diners, hotels, motels, farms, factories, street signs and advertisements.

U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott) by Anna Fox and Karen Knorr

Exhibiting at Les Rencontres d’Arles
7 July–5 October 2025

 

Arles Book Launch: Librarie du Palais
Thursday 10 July, 3-4pm

 

London Book Launch: The Photographers’ Gallery
Thursday 24 July 2025, 6-8pm

 

Karen Knorr and Anna Fox’s upcoming publication, U.S. Route 1 (After Berenice Abbott), published by Trolley Books, will be launching at Librarie du Palais in Arles on 10 July, 3-4pm. It will be launched in London at The Photographers’ Gallery on 24 July, 6-8pm. Available to preorder now! The project will be exhibited at Les Rencontres d’Arles from 7 July–5 October 2025 at Palais de l’Archevêché.

Anna Fox and Karen Knorr set out in 2016 on a journey of friendship, adventure and collaboration stopping at motels, drugstores, cafes and Airbnb’s. Stopping, walking, getting out to meet people and explore a fractured US society in the age of Trump. Over 150 colour photographs made between 2016 and 2025 focus on small towns on this extended road trip from Key West in Florida to Fort Kent in Maine.

Exhibition extended until 1 June 2025

Shifting Perspectives: Photography from Japan Echoes Urban Lights and Spaces Between

 

White Conduit Projects, London

 

Karen Knorr is offering special A3 edition of 25 of Intoxicated by the Moonlight, Obai-in, Kyoto, 2017 for the first time to celebrate her work’s inclusion in Shifting Perspectives. Contact info@whiteconduitprojects.uk for further details.

Shifting Perspectives showcases the work of three photographers inspired by their experiences in Japan. Karen Knorr presents selections from her ongoing Monogatari series, which has been exploring Japanese heritage and culture since 2011. Alicja Dobrucka and Olivier Richon present works that express their sense of taste and vision through still-life photography, created during their residency at Tokyo Arts and Space (TOKAS) in 2016

Knorr’s Monogatari series started in 2012, explores animal life and Japanese cultural heritage through Buddhist tales and traditional stories. Captured in temples, shrines, and gardens across Kyoto, Nara, Ise, and Tokyo, the images of animals and women in kimonos evoke Edo period screen art.