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Artists withdraw from Toronto photography festival due to its ties to Israeli weapons manufacturer

The Art Newspaper

The Contact Photography Festival’s main sponsor, Scotiabank, has a large stake in Elbit Systems, which makes armoured vehicles, drones and other weapons

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Getty Research Institute acquires photography dealer Peter MacGill's archive

The Art Newspaper

The extensive archive, which includes client correspondence and daily records, will be catalogued over the course of the next few years

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Photography alfresco show honours Brummie poet giant Benjamin Zephaniah

The Art Newspaper

Public art display in Birmingham commemorates city’s cultural icon

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Dark camera action: new photography book expands our understanding of the night

The Art Newspaper

Night Fever features an international cohort of film and photography artists, including Malick Sidibé and Sohrab Hura

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How the photography trade is lifting as the medium’s stigma fades

The Art Newspaper

Sales volumes have hit a record high, with art at lower price levels particularly popular

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American Historical Ephemera and Photography

Maine Antique Digest

Freeman’s|Hindman, Cincinnati, Ohio Photos courtesy Freeman’s | Hindman A whole-plate daguerreotype of San Francisco, California, was the top lot during the auction of American historical ephemera and photography held by Freeman’s | Hindman May 31 in Cincinnati, Ohio.

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The liberated lens: a chronicle of African cinema and photography

The Art Newspaper

A new book celebrates the pioneering artists who took control of the post-colonial agenda