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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 24/06/2025

I have to admit I wasn’t either until I was invited to interview her. I think like many women of her generation she is only now getting recognition of her contributions. The exhibition at HackelBury is her first solo show in the UK.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 24/06/2025

Hear our conversation on your favourite podcast platform, otherwise the main networks below: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/j... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/49So... Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-umd92-...

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Joanne Leonard: Intimate Documentary, Photo Collage, and The Feminist Art Movement

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 24/06/2025 · 56m

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 24/06/2025

Credited with inventing the "intimate documentary" style of photography, Joanne Leonard was one of the first to pivot away from street style photography adopt a more personal approach, focusing on her close relationships and immediate surroundings.

Portrait of photographer, collage artist, and feminist Joanne Leonard by Eleanor Rubin.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 12/06/2025

Coinciding with her first UK solo exhibition at Hackelbury Fine Art of vintage photographs and early collages, I spoke with Joanne Leonard - feminist artist, academic, single mother, and identical twin, known for her "intimate documentary" approach to photography.

Screenshot of conversation between Michael Dooney and Joanne Leonard.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 11/06/2025

Listen to the episode on all major podcast channels: Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/p... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2CQK... Podbean: www.podbean.com/ew/pb-qzfng-...

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Photo Basel 10th Anniversary Edition with Sven Eisenhut-hug and Elwira Spychalska

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 11/06/2025

What does it take to build and sustain Switzerland’s first & only international art fair dedicated to photography? I spoke with Sven Eisenhut-Hug (co-founder & director of Photo Basel) and Elwira Spychalska (art historian & artistic director of Photo Basel) to mark the Photo Basel 10th anniversary.

Portrait of Elwira Spychalska (art historian and artistic director of Photo Basel) and Sven Eisenhut-Hug (co-founder and director of Photo Basel).

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 02/06/2025

Really nice speaking with Sven Eisenhut-Hug (founding director of photo basel) together with Elwira Spychalska (fair curator) about the upcoming 10th anniversary edition of photo basel which takes place during Art Basel Week from 17th until 22nd of June 2025.

Screenshot of podcast recording with founder and director of Photo Basel, Sven Eisenhut-Hug and fair curator Elwira Spychalska, in conversation with Michael Dooney of Subtext & Discourse art world podcast, speaking about the 10th anniversary of Photo Basel.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 29/05/2025

Mark Neville was driving back to Kiev from the front line in Donbas Ukraine & stopped at the side of the road to record this interview. Living & working in Ukraine since 2020, Mark is a social engaged artist who combines photography and documentary with humanitarian aid and community support.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 29/05/2025

We speak about his charity Postcode Ukraine, latest publication Diary of a Volunteer, and earlier projects like Port Glasgow and Battle Against Stigma which paved the path for his artist activist practice. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/f... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/2icE...

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From Conflict Zones to Community Change: Mark Neville on Photography as Activism

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 27/05/2025 · 45m

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ArtReview @artreview.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Why a contracting market – whisper it – might actually be good for the art artreview.com/gallery-week...

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Gallery Weekend Berlin 2025: The Best Bad Time

Why a contracting market – whisper it – might actually be good for the art

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 21/05/2025

The Eye of Photography — L’Œil de la Photographie have started collecting podcasts about photography. Very grateful to be included in the initial selection! loeildelaphotographie.com/en/a-new-sec...

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PODCAST - A new section in L'Œil de la Photographie - The Eye of Photography Magazine

Podcast : longtemps, nous avons été réticents. Mettre des mots sur des images sans les montrer nous paraissait une hérésie. Nous avions tort,

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 15/05/2025

Interesting reading about the tokens and how the models are effectively incentivised to produce more. Unfortunate that so many industries are held back because of this. (I'm thinking of medicine where a patient cured is a client lost)

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 09/05/2025

Looking forward to returing to @rencontresarles.bsky.social where I'll be reviewing photographers portfolio's on the 7th. www.rencontres-arles.com/en/photo-fol... Online registration will be open 19th May - 7pm (Paris time)

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WIRED @wired.com · 03/05/2025

The promise of grid-scale energy storage is that you can hold onto electricity for a bit and save it for later—rather than having to use it or lose it.

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Grid-Scale Battery Storage Is Quietly Revolutionizing the Energy System

This energy storage technology is harnessing the potential of solar and wind power—and its deployment is growing exponentially.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

17 guests, 8 episodes, 4 weeks, and 1 massive podcast collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social in the lead up to the 2025 edition of The Photography Show, the oldest and longest running art fair for photography.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

We touched on many interesting topics across the different conversations and in many cases only scratched the surface. So you can look forward to return visits from these inspiring individuals in the weeks and months ahead.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

Ep.7 AIPAD On Collecting: How to start collecting fine art photography - with Andra Russek and Sophie Wright podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

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AIPAD On Collecting: How to start collecting fine art photography

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 22/04/2025 · 56m

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

Ep.5 AIPAD Millennials: The next generation of photography galleries - with Michael Hulett and Douglas Marshall podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

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AIPAD Millennials: The next generation of photography galleries

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 16/04/2025 · 54m

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

Ep.4 AIPAD Female Leaders: Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world - with Adélie Genestar de Ipanema, Arnika Dawkins, Anna Skillman, and Yancey Richardson podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

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AIPAD Female Leaders: Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 13/04/2025 · 1h 11m

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

Ep.3 AIPAD New York: The photographers, collectors, and dealers who grew the art market for photography - with Howard Greenberg podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

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AIPAD New York: The photographers, collectors, and dealers who grew the art market for photography

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 08/04/2025 · 37m

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

Ep.2 AIPAD History: 30 years of AIPAD presidents take us behind the scenes of the world oldest photography dealer association - with Lee Marks, Robert Klein, Stephen Bulger, and Richard Moore podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

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AIPAD History: 30 years of AIPAD presidents take us behind the scenes of the world oldest photography dealer association

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 04/04/2025 · 1h 6m

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

Ep.1 AIPAD Today: Evolution of the world’s oldest photography art fair - with Lydia Melamed Johnson and Martijn Van Pieterson podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a...

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AIPAD Today: Evolution of the world’s oldest photography art fair

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 01/04/2025 · 47m

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 01/05/2025

Heartfelt thanks to Lydia Melamed Johnson, executive director of The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) for helping to make this happen. As well as each & every guest who appeared on the podcast to share their stories & insights about the fine art market for photography.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 30/04/2025

@collecteurs.bsky.social are building a slow social media platform for the art world. One notable feature is charging for your time. Curators, gallerists, artists, etc can offer paid consultations for access to their feedback. It's still in beta, but looks promising. www.collecteurs.com

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 30/04/2025

Hear our conversation wherever you get your podcasts. Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/l... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/0i4I... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bu5s... If you enjoyed this episode, we're working on part two which will go deeper & cover some of what we missed!

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Leaving Wall Street to open an art gallery in Chelsea, New York - Bruce Silverstein

Podcast Episode · Subtext and Discourse | Art World Podcast · 29/04/2025 · 46m

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 30/04/2025

Could you imagine leaving the lucrative world of Wall Street finance to open an art gallery in Chelsea New York and devote your life to photography? Bruce Silverstein did exactly that and shares his unique story in the final episode of my podcast collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social

Podcast artwork for Subtext & Discourse Art World Podcast, made in collaboration with AIPAD - The Association of International Photography Art Dealers - for the 8th episode in the series. Portrait of New York Gallerist Bruce Silverstein.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 22/04/2025

"An extraordinary dumbing down of culture has occurred, smuggled in via the promise of inclusivity and anti-elitism. The now-commonplace association between intellectualism, seriousness and snobbishness effectively places preconceived limitations on what people are capable of understanding,"

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 22/04/2025

This is episode 7 of the collaboration with AIPAD Throughout April we released two episodes each week in the lead up to the fair which officially opens tomorrow Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.com/au/podcast/a... Spotify: open.spotify.com/episode/58zv... YouTube: www.youtube.com/watch?v=cH-x...

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 22/04/2025

In time for VIP preview of The Photography Show presented by @aipadphoto.bsky.social Sophie Wright @fotografiska.bsky.social and Andra Russek share their insights on collecting photography. Including what to look out for, developing your taste, and the importance of going to art fairs.

Podcast artwork for On Collecting Photography episode of Subtext & Discourse art world podcast collaboration with AIPAD. Featuring Sophie Wright from Fotografiska and Andra Russek from Scheinbaum & Russek Ltd.

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Max Colbert @mc00.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

‘If I die, I want a loud death’ - photojournalist Fatima Hassouna had been documenting the war, airstrikes, displacement and demolition in Gaza when she was murdered in an Israeli airstrike along with ten members of her family. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/a...

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‘If I die, I want a loud death’: Gaza photojournalist killed by Israeli airstrike

Fatima Hassouna, who had been documenting war in Gaza for 18 months and was subject of new documentary, killed along with 10 members of her family

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 21/04/2025

Michael Hoppen is one of the foremost photography dealers in Europe & the UK. First a photographer, later a collector, he tells me about the early days in London, his passion for Japanese photography, & the challenges photographers face today. pod.link/1475402385/e... @aipadphoto.bsky.social

Podcast cover art for London episode of Subtext & Discourse collaboration with AIPAD - The Association of International Art Dealers. Featuring Michael Hoppen.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 16/04/2025

AIPAD Millennial's Michael Hulett and Douglas Marshall recently graduated from @aipadphoto.bsky.social associate membership pilot programme. Both began their careers at Peter Fetterman Gallery, and represent the next generation of AIPAD photography dealers. Listen here: pod.link/1475402385/e...

Podcast artwork for Millennials episode of podcast collaboration between The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) and Subtext & Discourse art world podcast. Featuring Michael Hulett of The Hulett Collection and Douglas Marshall from Marshall Gallery.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 15/04/2025

"record numbers of works selling for under $600 is not the kind of growth that the senior management of auction houses like Sotheby's and Christie’s, or indeed of mega-dealerships like Gagosian or Hauser & Wirth, is looking for." @theartnewspaper.bsky.social www.theartnewspaper.com/2025/04/15/a...

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Is the art market coming to the end of the age of eternal growth?

Further weak auction results, plus economic turmoil, raise fears the trade may have passed its peak

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 15/04/2025

New York gallerist, photography dealer, and collector Bruce Silverstein shares his story of leaving Wall Street to follow his passion in the upcoming episode of Subtext & Discourse | Art World Podcast, recorded as part of the collaboration with @aipadphoto.bsky.social

Screen shot of podcast recording between Bruce Silverstein and Michael Dooney, talking about the founding of Bruce Silverstein Gallery for the podcast collaboration between The Association of International Photography Art Dealers (AIPAD) and Subtext & Discourse art world podcast.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 14/04/2025

"The spacecraft is fully autonomous, requiring no pilots, and the crew will not manually operate the vehicle." Passengers... crew... it's a grey area.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 14/04/2025

Trailblazing women promoting photography in the art world. - Adelie de Ipanema: POLKA Galerie - Arnika Dawkins: Arnika Dawkins Gallery - Anna Walker Skillman: Jackson Fine Art - Yancey Richardson: Yancey Richardson Gallery Ep 4 of 7 @aipadphoto.bsky.social collaboration pod.link/1475402385/e...

Podcast artwork for AIPAD: Female Leaders episode of collaboration with Subtext & Discourse and The Association of International Photography Art Dealers. Portraits of Adelie de Ipanema (POLKA Galerie), Arnika Dawkins (Arnika Dawkins Gallery), Anna Walker Skillman (Jackson Fine Art), and Yancey Richardson Gallery (Yancey Richardson Gallery).

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Matt Owen @mjowen174.bsky.social · 13/04/2025

I’ve just lost my lovely gig as TV columnist with The Lady Magazine (which has gone into liquidation). If anyone knows of any writing jobs going, my CV can be found within the realms of my website www.mathew-owen.co.uk

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Home | Matt Owen | Freelance Writer

I offer a broad and diverse range of writing services. Get in touch!

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Jenna Price @jennaprice.bsky.social · 12/04/2025

Has this happened to you or anyone you know? Please let the folks at @sydmorningherald.bsky.social know here: travellerletters@traveller.com.au (PS anyone thinking about travelling to the US should read this and spend their money elsewhere)

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 13/04/2025

Our conversation will be online later this week as part of the podcast series collaboration between @aipadphoto.bsky.social and Subtext & Discourse | Art World Podcast in the lead up to the 2025 edition of The Photography Show presented by AIPAD at the Park Avenue Armory at the end of April.

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Michael Dooney @michaeldooney.net · 13/04/2025

Alumni of Peter Fetterman (Peter Fetterman Gallery), Douglas Marshall and Michael Hulett telling me of their shared experiences entering the world of fine art photography, working together, and later opening their own galleries.

Screenshot of podcast recording with Douglas Marshall and Michael Hulett as part of the collaboration with AIPAD in the lead up to The Photography Show art fair at the end of April 2025.

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gregorg @greg.org · 12/04/2025

Armstrong's point about the right-wing politics of collectors of canonized AbEx like Joan Mitchell reminded me of Felix Gonzalez-Torres calling out "the most successful of those political artists, Helen Frankenthaler...Because they don’t look political!" in 1995

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