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article culture schedule Jun 17, 2025 visibility 22 link 22 artists, 1 gallery

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This article marks the 100th anniversary of the Leica I camera, first unveiled in 1925 after Oskar Barnack's proposal to create a lightweight, portable camera using 35mm cinema film. It highlights seven era-defining photographs made with Leica cameras, including Alfred Eisenstaedt's iconic V-J Day in Times Square (1945) and Ilse Bing's Self-Portrait in Mirrors (1931), and notes that Leica is staging exhibitions across its 29 galleries worldwide to celebrate the centenary.

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museum exhibitions schedule May 21, 2026 visibility 3 link 8 artists

‘I will always fight against fascism’: Zineb Sedira on her Tate Britain commission

Zineb Sedira has been selected for the Tate Britain commission, creating her largest UK installation to date, titled *When Words Fall Silent, Cinema Speaks…*, on view until January 2027. The site-specific work in the museum's Duveen Galleries pays tribute to radical African cinema of the 1960s and 1970s, highlighting Algeria's role as a revolutionary hub. Sedira recreates the Parisian cafes of her childhood, featuring Scopitone machines that play short music films, and draws on the legacy of the Cinémathèque Algérienne and the 1969 Pan-African Festival.

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article culture schedule Sep 18, 2025 visibility 14 link 2 artists

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Leica celebrates the 100th anniversary of its groundbreaking Leica I camera, which debuted in 1925 and introduced 35mm film to the masses. The article highlights the company's history, including Ernst Leitz II's decisive risk to produce a portable camera, and the cultural impact of Leica cameras through iconic photographers like Henri Cartier-Bresson and Robert Capa. A special edition, the Leica M11 "100 YEARS OF LEICA NEW YORK USA" Edition, was released in New York this year to mark the centennial.

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