Dylan at his desk #2. 161 W 4th Street. 1964. Copyright © Ted Russell. All Rights Reserved. “There was no apparent reason to photograph Bob Dylan in 1961, apart from an ambitious freelance photographer wanting to get another story to pitch to a magazine. It is one of the reasons Ted Russell’s photographs are so rare. […]
Copyright © Carl Nicholas Titolo. All Rights Reserved. Reflections From Hell: Richard Lewis’ Guide on How Not to Live was published yesterday. Larry David’s terrific foreword is now on Vanity Fair’s website if you haven’t read it in their May issue already. There are some terrific events coming up launching Reflections From Hell where Richard […]
Govinda Gallery Director Chris Murray at the Museum of the City of New York. Copyright © Cindy Strauss. All Rights Reserved. . Not long ago I visited the Museum of the City of New York to see the exhibition Hip Hop Revolution. It was a brilliant show with photographs that chronicled some of the earliest […]
Govinda Gallery is pleased to present Scott Smith’s photographs of Tom Waits at Mr Musichead Gallery in Los Angeles May 29-June 15, 2015. There will be a reception for the artist at the exhibit opening Friday, May 29, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m. In 1974 Scott Smith was a young photographer living in San Diego, when he […]
© Allan Tannenbaum Allan Tannenbaum’s photographs give an intimate look into the final weeks of music artist, John Lennon. They document John Lennon’s time in New York City with his muse and wife, artist Yoko Ono. The photographs include candid moments of an optimistic Lennon shortly before the release of Double Fantasy, unaware that it […]
Govinda Gallery is delighted to announce the publication of Bob Dylan NYC 1961-1964 featuring the remarkable photographs of Ted Russell. Published by Rizzoli, this book is the first publication of Russell’s photographs of Dylan. Bob Dylan NYC also features an extraordinary foreword by Donovan and a preface by the book’s editor Chris Murray. Exhibitions of […]
Vanity Fair published Larry David’s engaging and hilarious foreword to Reflections From Hell: Richard Lewis’ Guide on How Not to Live in its May issue. The cover features Annie Leibovitz’s fabulous portrait of the beautiful Sofia Vergara from Modern Family. Larry David’s essay about his longtime friend Richard Lewis is on page 90 and features […]
“Decades 80s” By Ronnie Wood. Ronnie Wood was born in 1947 in Middlesex, England, into a musical and artistic family. Before beginning his musical career he received formal art training at Ealing College of Art, London. Throughout the years the artist and the musician have been inseparable. As his musical career progressed, Ronnie continued his […]
Chris Murray lying where President Lincoln died. Photo by Matthew Murray, 1959. Copyright © Govinda Gallery Archive. All Rights Reserved. Today is the 150th anniversary of Abraham Lincoln’s death by assassination. In 1959, my father and I visited the former boarding house where President Lincoln lay mortally wounded after being taken there after he was […]
Art Kane’s eponymous book was just published by Reel Art Press. It was a great pleasure for Govinda Gallery to host Kane’s first exhibition Art Kane: Photographs 13 years ago. His photos were also featured in the much talked about touring museum exhibition Sound & Vision: Monumental Rock and Roll Photographs. Kane is well known […]