The Back Room Blog
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The Rolling Stones in Cuba Part I: Casa de la Musica
The night before The Rolling Stones concert in Havana Mick Jagger took over my favorite music venue in Cuba Casa… Read More
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Obama attends historic baseball game in Havana, Tampa Bay vs. Cuba, March 22, 2016
I was thrilled to be able to attend the Tampa Bay vs. Cuba game during the President’s historic visit to… Read More
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Obama’s Rolling Thunder
Over the past 15 years Govinda Gallery has organized six exhibitions between Havana and Washington. Curating these exhibitions has been… Read More
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60th anniversary today of Alfred Wertheimer first photographing Elvis Presley, March 17, 1956 in New York City
RCA’s Pop Record Division publicist Ann Fulchino greeting Elvis March 17, 1956 with a William Morris agent looking on. Studio… Read More
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The Taoiseach, Bob Dylan, and Martin’s Tavern!
© Carlotta Hester Last night it was a pleasure for me to present to Enda Kenny, Ireland’s Taoiseach (Head of… Read More
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Donovan’s Sapphograph Exhibition Extended at the Center for Hellenic Studies
The Young Maiden, Blue © Donovan Govinda Gallery is pleased to announce that Donovan’s exhibition of Sapphographs at Harvard’s Center… Read More
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First U.S. exhibition of Ted Russell’s photographs of Bob Dylan
With all of the interest and excitement regarding the New York Times feature story last Sunday on Bob Dylan’s archive,… Read More
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Groupies and Other Electric Ladies… Baron Wolman
When Baron Wolman’s book Groupies was published this winter The New York Times published a front-page feature story, “Dressing Their… Read More
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Gastman Was Here… Graffiti in its Innocence
“KILROY WAS HERE” is the ubiquitous graffiti an Irish-American named James Kilroy from Boston coined during World War II that… Read More
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Photographs from the opening reception at the Gallery of Photography in Dublin for the Bob Dylan and The Pure Drop exhibitions featuring Ted Russell and Carlotta Hester
This is the last week for the Bob Dylan exhibition of Ted Russell’s photographs and Carlotta Hester’s drawings of traditional… Read More
