From Reflections from Hell by Richard Lewis (powerHouse Books).
Mati Klarwein is one of my favorite artists. His exhibitions at Govinda Gallery were some of the most memorable we have had. Mati had a great influence on our exhibition programming. We also enjoyed many portrait commissions for Mati, including great paintings of Bill Paley, Danille Kogod, Henry Schoellkopf, and Kim Waters, among others. Last […]
The Washington Post published a front page feature story today on comedian and actor Richard Lewis. It was an excellent story. In 1994, I exhibited photographer Arthur Grace’s photos from his book Comedians at Govinda Gallery. This beautiful portrait of Richard Lewis was from that exhibition. I first got to know of Lewis from frequent […]
Barry Feinstein’s photographs are available through Govinda Gallery.
Brussels beauty Monique van Vooren passed away January 25th. She played the Penguin’s moll in Batman and starred as Baroness Katrin Frankenstein in Andy Warhol’s Frankenstein. We exhibited this print at Warhol’s photography exhibition at Govinda Gallery for the launch of his book Exposures in the fall of 1990. Andy Warhol’s photographs are available through […]
Kate Simon’s photographs are available through Govinda Gallery.
This beautiful photo of John Lennon was taken by Allan Tannenbaum in New York City 40 years ago. As Yoko Ono wrote in the foreword to John & Yoko: A New York Love Story (Insight Editions), “Cherish all your days. You never know how precious they will be to you one day…” Allan Tannenbaum’s photos […]
This photo of Marilyn Monroe was taken by Ted Russell in Seoul, Korea in 1954 when Monroe arrived at the Yongsan United States Army Garrison to entertain the troops. Tomorrow is Ted Russell’s 90th birthday. What a pleasure it has been for us to represent Ted’s extraordinary photographs and to have published a book of […]
In the introduction to Elvis at 21, the book I had the pleasure of editing of Alfred Wertheimer’s photographs from 1956, I wrote that, “It is hard to describe the magnitude of Elvis‘ impact at that time, but whatever it was and however you measured it, Elvis and his music were wonderful. As Sun Records […]
Guess which of these details is from the oldest figurative painting…from over 44,000 years ago. If you guessed the center image you are correct. All of the others are details from the visionary/outlier artist Tom Meyer’s paintings. Below is the latest painting from Meyer’s studio. I enjoy how the stones that seem to form a […]