On Living – With Taste
dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Until 15 July 2023

David Hicks was an interior design star of the 60s who decorated rooms for the young Prince Charles and Princess Anne, a yacht for King Fahd of Saudi Arabia, and a nightclub on the QE2 ocean liner among others. In his eponymous practical design book On Living – With Taste (1968), he wanted to show readers how to use bold colour combinations, patterned carpets, light rooms, and mix bold antiques and modern furniture. Alongside photos of the redesigned rooms of the jet-set chic, the opinionated Hicks describes his interventions. He set some loose rules around eye-popping colour schemes and decorative tips, which, when applied, apparently cannot fail.

Hicks was not definite about good or bad taste but attempted to show one way of living with one sort of taste. He explained: “I am convinced that taste, whether it is good or bad, personal or impersonal, is formed by looking at things from the point of view of ownership – would you want this? Would we like that? We condition and change our taste by looking at examples of other people’s way of living in magazines, newspapers, exhibitions, and museums.”

Karen Knorr: Belgravia
Cortona On The Move 2023, Tuscany, Italy
13 July–1 October 2023

More or Less is the theme chosen for the 13th edition of Cortona On The Move, the international photography festival scheduled from 13 July to 1 October 2023 in Cortona, in the heart of Tuscany. The ‘highlight’ of the event will be, as every year, on the opening days of the festival (13-16 July), when the greatest national and international experts in the world of photography will meet in Cortona, to take part in events, presentations, talks and workshops, promoting reflection on current affairs and the past, through one of the best tools for investigating reality. More than 30 artists have been invited to interpret the dichotomy between ‘more and less’ in 26 exhibitions set up in the old town centre, the Medici Fortress of Girifalco, and ‘Station C’ near the Camucia-Cortona Station.

As part of the festival a solo presentation will focus on Karen Knorr’s Belgravia series (1979–81), comprising images and text, describes class and power amongst the wealthy during the early days of Thatcherism in London, showing the “everyday” of a privileged minority.

This is Britain: Photographs from the 1970s and 1980s
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Closing 11 June 2023

Britain experienced profound changes in the 1970s and 1980s, when it was racked by deindustrialization, urban uprisings, the controversial policies of Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher, and the Troubles in Northern Ireland. Photography became a central form of creative expression during this period, supported and disseminated through new schools, galleries, artists’ collectives, magazines, and government funding.

This Is Britain brings together the work of a generation of photographers who were commenting on the deep unrest of these pivotal decades. Vanley Burke, Pogus Caesar, Anna Fox, Paul Graham, Sunil Gupta, Chris Killip, Karen Knorr, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Martin Parr, and others pictured communities, traditions, and landscapes affected by Britain’s shifting social and economic realities. Together, they photographed a nation redefining what it meant to be British and, ultimately, modern.

The exhibition includes four works from Karen Knorr’s Gentlemen (1981–1983) and Country Life (1983–1985) which are part of the permanent collection of the National Gallery of Art, Washington DC.

Photo London at Somerset House with Augusta Edwards Fine Art & The Hyman Collection
11–14 May 2023 (Preview Day 10 May 2023)

Karen Knorr: Every Encounter Treasured at White Conduit Projects, Islington
11–24 May 2023

Photo London opens next week at Somerset House in London bringing with it a flurry of photography across the capital. Karen Knorr’s work will be featured at the fair with the launching of a new limited edition print with Augusta Edwards Fine Art and as part of a group exhibition showcasing women photographers from The Hyman Collection. Outside the fair White Conduit Projects will present a solo exhibition of Knorr’s Monogotari worksand Belgravia is on view as part of a group exhibition at the Centre for British Photography.

Solo Exhibition: Every Encounter Treasured, White Conduit Projects, Islington, London
White Conduit Projects presents Every Encounter Treasured by Karen Knorr coinciding with Photo London, showcasing a selection of works from Japan and her Monogatari series including a number of small unique works.

Photo London – The Pavilion, Booth G15 : Launch of A3 Limited Edition Print, Augusta Edwards Fine Art

Dallas Art Fair
with Sundaram Tagore Gallery
21–23 April 2023

Please join Sundaram Tagore Gallery at Dallas Art Fair in Texas this weekend where they will present work from gallery artists Miya Ando, Edward Burtynsky, Golnaz Fathi, Karen Knorr, Zheng Lu, Carlos Rolo, Hiroshi Senju, Susan Weil and Chun Kwang Young. A selection from Karen Knorr’s India Song will be on view.

Founded in 2000, Sundaram Tagore Gallery is a contemporary art gallery representing established and emerging artists from around the globe. The gallery specialises in work that is aesthetically and intellectually rigorous, infused with humanism and art historically significant. Our artists produce museum-calibre paintings, drawings, sculptures and installations with a strong emphasis on materiality. The gallery also has a robust photography program that includes some of the world’s most noted photographers. The gallery’s artists and photographers are well represented in renowned museums worldwide.

Karen Knorr Solo Exhibition
Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire,
17 rue des Filles-du-Calvaire, Paris
Closes 29 April 2023

Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire is pleased to present a solo exhibition by Karen Knorr in Paris. An emblematic figure of contemporary photography, Karen Knorr belongs to a generation of artists who questioned the nature of photography, no longer considering it as a pure expression of reality, but as a fabricated image.

This exhibition is an opportunity to rediscover historical works including examples from Gentlemen (1981–83), Country Life (1983–85), Connoisseurs (1986-1990), Academies (1994–2005) and Fables (2003-2022) alongside recent and unpublished works.

An American born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Karen Knorr was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the 1960s and educated in Paris and London. At the University of Westminster, Knorr studied alongside Olivier Richon, Mitra Tabrizian and Mark Lewis, addressing the critical debates concerning the “politics of representation” that emerged during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Karen Knorr Solo Exhibition
Les Filles du Calvaire, Paris
11 March–29 April 2023

Galerie Les Filles du Calvaire is pleased to announce a solo exhibition by Karen Knorr opening 11 March in Paris. An emblematic figure of contemporary photography, Karen Knorr belongs to a generation of artists who questioned the nature of photography, no longer considering it as a pure expression of reality, but as a fabricated image.

This exhibition will be an opportunity to rediscover historical works including examples from Gentlemen (1981–83), Country Life (1983–85), Connoisseurs (1986-1990), Academies (1994–2005) and Fables (2003-2008) alongside recent and unpublished works.

An American born in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, Karen Knorr was raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico in the 1960s and educated in Paris and London. At the University of Westminster, Knorr studied alongside Olivier Richon, Mitra Tabrizian and Mark Lewis, addressing the critical debates concerning the “politics of representation” that emerged during the late 1970s and early 1980s.

Exclusive Fundraising Edition for the Centre for British Photography

Karen Knorr has produced an exclusive edition of her work The Survivor from India Song for the newly opened Centre for British Photography. Produced in a limited edition of 25 prints, all profits will go towards supporting the Centre’s programme of public events and grants for photographers. The Centre for British Photography is a significant new space that seeks to champion photography made in Britain. A charitable initiative, it has exhibition spaces, a programme of public events, an archive, and a shop. It aims to provide a dedicated home for British Photography in all its diversity.

The Survivor, Deogarh Palace, Deogarh, 2012
Archival colour pigment print on Hahnemühle PhotoPag Baryta paper
32 x 25.6 cm / 12.5 x 10 in image on 42 x 29.7 x 16.5 x 11.6 in paper
Produced in an edition of 25, with prices from £750.

For purchase enquiries please contact the Centre for British Photography or visit their online shop.