by Nicolas Genty | Aug 31, 2026 | Blog
It was to the tune of “Just Like Heaven” by The Cure that I attended the mounting of my wall at Hungry Eye Fairy 2026 in Amsterdam. A happy moment, and the realisation of a goal: exhibiting my work in a friendly, welcoming, yet thoroughly professional environment....
by Nicolas Genty | Aug 27, 2026 | Blog
I had already visited an exhibition by Liu Feiyue in Leiden reported here, and this gentleman is clearly not one to sit still: he is now showing again, this time at Sijthoff, again in Leiden, under the title “On the Earth, photos of West China”. And what a...
by Nicolas Genty | Aug 24, 2026 | Blog
David Levinthal is one of those photographers who makes you question what you are actually looking at. Using toys, dolls and the miniature figures of my youth, he constructs carefully staged scenes that look almost like documentary photographs, playing with our ideas...
by Nicolas Genty | Aug 17, 2026 | Blog
I levitated with Helen Levitt in November 2021 in London as reported here. It was an opportunity offered to discover a magnificent Helen Levitt retrospective at the equally magnificent Photographers’ Gallery in Soho, tracing her decades-long observation of everyday...
by Nicolas Genty | Jul 18, 2026 | Blog
“I’m Still Standing” is the song Madeleine de Sinéty could have sung upon learning she would be sharing the galleries of the Musée du Jeu de Paume with a star like Elton John. It is no easy task to stand alongside a world-class collection built with thousands upon...
by Nicolas Genty | Jul 16, 2026 | Blog
When the first name is Sir Elton, I’m not sure it’s fair to pretend you are at all going to try to keep up with those Johnses. The means are very different, no matter what. So different, in fact, that the Musée du Jeu de Paume has put together an...
