GRAND RAPIDS, MI (AAPNW) – Opening February 11, 2023 through April 29, 2023, “Presence: The Photography Collection of Judy Glickman Lauder” features 145 photographs by 70 artists at the Grand Rapids Art Museum.
In this exhibition, this collection by photographer, collector and humanitarian Glickman Lauder consists of a selection of artists that creates a dialogue between some of the most beloved and influential photographers of the 20th century including, Berenice Abbott, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Margaret Bourke-White, Danny Lyon, Sally Mann, Gordon Parks, and James Van Der Zee. Also this show comprises photographs by critical contributors to the medium’s history such as, Irving Bennett Ellis, Graciela Iturbide, Lotte Jacobi, and Alma Lavenson.
Additionally, Presence at GRAM expands upon a long history of photographic exhibitions and acquisitions such as, notable acquisitions in recent years by Dawoud Bey, Lois Connor, Jess T. Dugan, Walter Iooss, Ellsworth Kelly, David Leventhal, Dario Robleto, Carrie Mae Weems, and James Van Der Zee. This broad-ranging exhibition will provide a context for GRAM’s collection and open a dialogue with the community and collectors for future areas of acquisition.
Developed over several decades, her collection reflects an intimate, lifelong connection to the medium. As the daughter of a photographer and a master photographic activist and storyteller in her own right, as an artist, Glickman Lauder’s photographs have been exhibited worldwide and are represented in over 300 public and private collections including, J. Paul Getty Museum, Whitney Museum of American Art, Metropolitan Museum of Art, and the United States Holocaust Museum.
Organized by the Portland Museum of Art and drawn from Glickman Lauder’s monumental gift of more than 600 works of art. The exhibition is curated by PMA’s Anjuli Lebowitz, PhD, the Judy Glickman Lauder Associate Curator of Photography and will closed at PMA on January 15, 2023 before traveling to Grand Rapids, MI.