Finding her direction Dec 23, 2007
In Rome last year to promote Steven Shainberg's film Fur, in which she played a fictionalised version of the photographer Diane Arbus, she reflected on their common cause as artists ... After she had agreed to play Diane Arbus, says Steven Shainberg, he talked to several other directors who had worked with her. (The Age)
Arbus estate donates photographers archives Dec 19, 2007
NEW YORK - The entire archive of New York photographer Diane Arbus known for her images of dwarfs, nudists and carnival performers has found a home at the Metropolitan Museum of Art ... Nicole Kidman starred as Arbus in the 2006 movie Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, which centers on a relationship between Arbus and a fictional character. (MSNBC -- News)
Arbus Archives Given to the Met Dec 18, 2007
NEW YORK -- The estate of Diane Arbus has presented the photographer's complete archives to the Metropolitan Museum of Art as a gift. The archives include hundreds of photographs, negatives and prints of 7,500 rolls of film, hundreds of glassine print sleeves, pages from her diaries, books from her home and studio, and family pictures. (Newsmax)
History of Photography Exhibitions Nov 28, 2007
Twenty-nine photographers are represented in this presentation, including Jean-Louis-Marie-Eugne Durieu (1800-1874), Thomas Eakins (1844-1916), Impressionist painter Edgar Degas (1834-1917), Alfred Stieglitz (1864-1946), Man Ray (1890-1976), Imogen Cunningham (1883-1976), Diane Arbus (1923-1971) and Chuck Close (b. 1940). (Suite101.com)
Camera obscura Sep 23, 2007
In the hands of Diane Arbus the Rolleiflex oppressed and frightened her subjects even though they couldn't see her sighting them through it. Arbus's gaze curdles the air her subjects breathe, emptying them of their humanity, whereas Bown's treatment of framing and distance allows the space between her and her subjects to seem theirs rather than hers. (Guardian Unlimited)
Photographer Abelardo Morell is focus of new documentary ''Shadow of the House'' Sep 13, 2007
Along the way, we learn of Morell's discovery of photography, as an undergraduate at Bowdoin College ("The first couple of rolls I developed were like the DNA for my life"); his early emulation of Robert Frank, Diane Arbus, and Henri Cartier-Bresson; and how becoming a father deepened him as an artist. That may sound like touchy-feely cant, but looking at Morell's images, we can see what he means. (Boston Globe)
SFMOMA's Neal Benezra balances art and money Sep 7, 2007
Major exhibitions: "Gerhard Richter: Forty Years of Painting" (2002), "Marc Chagall" (2003), "Diane Arbus Revelations" (2003), "Philip Guston Retrospective" (2003), "Chuck Close: Self-Portraits" (2005), "The Art of Richard Tuttle" (2005), "Robert Bechtle: A Retrospective" (2005), "Anselm Kiefer: Heaven and Earth" (2006), "Matthew Barney: Drawing Restraint" (2006), "Brice Marden: A Retrospective of Painting and Drawing" (2007). Attendance: Fiscal year 2006-07: 618,000. (San Francisco Chronicle)
The $6 Million Woman Aug 22, 2007
For the handlers of Nicole Kidman - no doubt weary of their star meal tickets long and devoted pursuit of idiosyncratic art house fare like Birth, The Human Stain, Dogville and Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus - her inking to headline The Invasion, at least the fifth big screen iteration of Jack Finneys classic 1955 novel The Body Snatchers, must have seemed like a godsend. After all, its a big studio movie with an easily graspable (and sellable) hook, and a thriller seemingly... (Film Stew)
Capturing spontaneity as composed chaos Jul 22, 2007
Any gallery would, if it could, snap up the four posthumous prints of pictures by Diane Arbus, or the six examples of Friedlander's full-length portraits of trees in parks designed by Frederick Law Olmsted. But the portraits by Katy Grannan and Nan Goldin, and Idris Khan's conceptual exercise in multiple exposure, represent too vividly the precedence of art-market heat over artistic radiance, something little in evidence in Fraenkel's previous arrays of new acquisitions. (San Francisco Chronicle)
John Szarkowski, 81; photography curator Jul 10, 2007
"When he showed the photographs of Diane Arbus, that was a discovery.". Szarkowski included Arbus in the 1967 exhibit "New Documents," which also featured Garry Winogrand and Lee Friedlander. (Los Angeles Times)
The way some of us were some of the time Jun 29, 2007
For Diane Arbus, photography is anything but informative: a photograph is a secret about a secret. The more it tells you, the less you know. (Cleveland Jewish News, OH)
Review: 'June Bride' not exactly a wedding album Jun 29, 2007
Diane Arbus' "Groom Kissing His Bride" (1966) sums up the exhibit's premise. A menacing man in a suit nudges up against his betrothed, pinioning her in an unwelcome embrace. (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Well-heeled art collector publishes lulu of a novel May 29, 2007
The apartment today has a distinctly modern if comfortable feel, with its earth-toned furniture from the 1940s and '50s and art collection that includes Warhol, Diane Arbus, Jeff Koons, Damien Hirst and Cindy Sherman. "We don't live in a museum," Ganek says as she sits in the spacious living room. (USA Today -- Life)
Merging detachment and intimacy May 20, 2007
"He's a bridge between the modernist tradition of street photography represented by artists like Garry Winogrand, Robert Frank, and Diane Arbus, and another, newer tradition of staged and artificially mediated approaches practiced by people like Jeff Wall and Gregory Crewdson. ". There is an enigmatic tension between detachment and intimacy as well in DiCorcia's works from the '80s that first drew art-world attention to him: a series of portraits of male prostitutes in Los Angles whom the... (Boston Globe)
Have camera, will travel Mar 25, 2007
Some of the great chapters in photographic history have come from journeys: Timothy O'Sullivan out West, Edward Weston in Mexico, Henri-Cartier Bresson in Spain, Walker Evans in the South, Robert Frank on the road, Diane Arbus through the looking glass. Three of those trips -- Weston's, Cartier-Bresson's, and Frank's -- figure in "Far from Home: Photography, Travel, and Inspiration," which runs at the Art Institute of Chicago through May 6. (Boston Globe)
* All fur coat and knickers Mar 2, 2007
This film's idea is that Diane Arbus coaxed out her inner freak by focusing on nudists, twins and the retarded ... The new film Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is a fantasy of a different order ... FUR: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
In New York, photo galleries broaden their focus Dec 1, 2006
He opened in San Francisco in 1979 and over the years has assembled a stable that approximates the Modernist canon: Robert Adams, Diane Arbus, Richard Avedon, Lee Friedlander (shared with Janet Borden in New York) and Richard Misrach (with Pace/MacGill), among others. Fraenkel neatly defines his gallery's aesthetic profile: "Modern art, specializing in photographs. A place where one can depend on seeing serious photographs regularly considered in relation to other arts.". (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus (3 stars out of 5) Dec 1, 2006
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus' Cast: Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey, Jr. Director: Steven Shainberg ... But Diane Arbus kisses her children good night, and then takes a walk on the wild side with her hip and hirsute circus "freak" neighbor in Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. (Orlando Sentinel -- Entertainment)
Profile: America's Best Radio Host Nov 30, 2006
O thou woods colt of Lord Buckley, out of Diane Arbus. Go thou and conquer. (Time.com)
Nic goes behind the lens Nov 27, 2006
AUSTRALIA'S golden girl of the big screen, Nicole Kidman, has found herself behind the camera, starring in a movie about the life of photographer Diane Arbus, one of the 20th century's most mysterious artists ... The biopic, titled Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, tells the story of Diane Arbus, whose images caught the attention of the world in the 1960s ... Nicole Kidman plays photographer Diane Arbus in a new biopic, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, due to be released early... (Courier Mail)
`Fur' is elegant, but lacks insight Nov 25, 2006
Picturehouse via AP Diane Arbus (Nicole Kidman) is on the path to being an artist in 'Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus ... Perhaps the two biggest problems with Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus are the last two words of the title ... This through-the-looking-glass Beauty and the Beast fable has little to do with Diane Arbus, the famous photographer, or with her work, which is not seen in the film. (Akron Beacon Journal, OH -- Entertainment)
Twelve Gifts of Bucks County Nov 24, 2006
Coming attractions include Christopher Guest's take on the film industry, For Your Consideration; the fictionalized Diane Arbus biopic, Fur; and another take on Truman Capote, Infamous. J.K.. (Hopewell Valley News, NJ)
Genius in 'Fur' Nov 22, 2006
Nicole Kidman as Diane Arbus in Fur. Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Dir ... Her latest project, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, was written while she was cloistered away in a third-floor Manhattan brownstone just off of Washington Square Park; in the final trimester of her first pregnancy, she could barely even waddle downstairs to answer the door when take-out was delivered. (San Antonio Current, TX)
Movies: A photographer's life transformed into a neurotic fairy tale Nov 22, 2006
Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus ... The new film "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" is a fantasy of a different order. (International Herald Tribune -- Arts)
'Fur's' blurry portrait doesn't quite click Nov 17, 2006
Movie: Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus ... Nicole Kidman and Ty Burrell in "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus." ... "Fur," the new movie about photographer Diane Arbus, comes with a subtitle, "An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus." This is helpful, because otherwise one might take the movie literally, leading to the mistaken belief that the extraordinary talents of one of the 20th century's greatest photographers lay dormant until they were stimulated by an extremely hairy man.... (Contra Costa Times -- Entertainment)
Finding Arbus in imitation 'Fur' (Kelly Jane Torrance) Nov 17, 2006
"Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" is anything but a traditional biopic (the word "imaginary" in the title is one clue). But the story it does tell -- which may or may not bear any resemblance to the inner life of photographer Diane Arbus -- turns out to be a surprisingly conventional one ... They find the locus of inspiration, that moment when Diane Arbus the woman became Diane Arbus the artist, in New York City in 1958. (Washington Times, DC)
Arrested Development: Nov 16, 2006
Fur, the Diane Arbus fantasia, reviewed ... A lame take on photographer Diane Arbus ... It looks like a chicly decrepit SoHo design storethe kind of pretentious place that, just to punch up the atmosphere, might hang a couple of framed prints of Diane Arbus portraits. (Slate)
Arbus in Furs: Nov 16, 2006
The mythologizing of Diane Arbus. - By Mia Fineman - Slate Magazine. (Slate)
A remarkably good year for actresses Nov 15, 2006
Also promising are "The Painted Veil," in which Naomi Watts plays an unhappy wife transformed by a love affair and her work fighting cholera; "The Good German," starring Blanchett as a desperate woman in post-World War II Berlin; "Notes on a Scandal," based on the novel by Zoe Heller, in which Blanchett plays a high school art teacher who becomes involved with a teenage student and Judi Dench plays her staunch, strange friend; "Fur," an imaginary biopic of photographer Diane Arbus, starring... (Newsday -- Entertainment)
Fur is a personal portrait of photographer Diane Arbus Nov 13, 2006
You'd never guess it on first meeting the director, whose salt-and-pepper hair and erudite banter suggest a professor taking a leisurely coffee break rather than the man behind uncompromising films such as 2002's cult hit Secretary and this year's Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus ... "After `Secretary,' the producers called me up and asked if I'd ever heard of Diane Arbus. I just couldn't believe it.". (The Star Online, Malaysia)
'Fur' far from funny Nov 10, 2006
By Claudia Puig, USA TODAY Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus is like Beauty and the Beast meets Through the Looking-Glass, as envisioned by David Lynch ... Snapshot: Nicole Kidman stars as photographer Diane Arbus in Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. (USA Today -- Life)
FUR: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus Nov 10, 2006
"FUR" is an inner portrait of renowned photographer Diane Arbus (Nicole Kidman) as she goes on a journey toward self-discovery and love. Arbus, who committed suicide in 1971, challenged the art world's ideas of beauty and produced a body of work that was erotic, strange and daring. (The Villanovan, PA)
SUPER FREAKIN' STRANGE Nov 10, 2006
SUPER FREAKIN' STRANGE By KYLE SMITH - New York Post Online Edition: Seven. Friday, November 10, 2006 Last Update: 08:20 AM EST. (New York Post -- Entertainment)
A Diane Arbus portrait loses its focus Nov 10, 2006
Early into Steven Schainberg's fantasia on the genesis of Diane Arbus' photography, a restless Arbus informs her husband, Allan, that she is going to take an evening walk ... As a career choice, "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus" falls somewhere between the tormented artist posturing of "The Hours" and the zoological whimsies of "Babe" and "Happy Feet." Not ones to be confined by the banal particulars of recorded history, Schainberg and screenwriter Erin Cressida Wilson have forsaken... (Newsday -- Entertainment)
ARMOND WHITE Nov 9, 2006
Nicole Kidman plays yet another tortured artist in Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus ... Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus ... Nolte s Cassady would have spit at Fur, the archly artistic movie by Steven Shainberg that bills itself as An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus. (New York Press)
TomKat Plane Talk Nov 8, 2006
On Sunday night he made the rounds for Steven Shainberg s Diane Arbus film, "Fur," in which he plays most of the movie covered in a costume that closely resembles the Cowardly Lion. Downey s character is one of the many odd types with whom the legendary photographer trafficked. (Fox News)
Fur doesnt shed much light on Arbus Nov 8, 2006
Diane Arbus (Nicole Kidman) assists her husband Allan Arubus (Ty Burrell) with his work in "Fur." ... If youre a purist on film biographies, Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus will ruffle your feathers ... In Fur, Shainberg and Wilson appropriate factual elements from Patricia Bosworths Diane Arbus: A Biography. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Rewind: 10 Movies That Said 'Cheese' Nov 7, 2006
With the release of 'Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus,' we explore other movies that capture the power of the photographer ... "Fur: An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus," going into limited release this week, is the second movie in a month (following "Flags of Our Fathers") to deal with the power of photography. (VHI.com -- Music News)
Kidman Cancels Publicity Appearances Nov 6, 2006
Kidman stars in the film as famed American photographer Diane Arbus, who was noted for her portraits of people on the fringes of society. The Moulin Rouge. (Teen Hollywood)
Prettier Pictures Nov 6, 2006
Nicole Kidman, who assumes the role of Diane Arbus in Fur, is unique among modern movie stars in her willingness to take on tough parts and put herself in the hands of little-known or art-house directors ... Although the subtitle of the movie is An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus, Wilson and the director, Steven Shainberg, draw on Arbus s family and on many elements from her life and her art, only to turn the material into feeble nonsense ... In these goings on, there isn t a trace of the... (New Yorker)
Double exposure Nov 6, 2006
" They were also the height of a rule-breaking, do-it-yourself fashion aesthetic on the streets of downtown New York, where the truly fashion-forward considered looking like everyone else a fate worse than acid wash. From 1980-1990, the Village Voice chronicled the best and boldest of street fashions in a monthly page of photographs by Amy Arbus. Arbus, 52, is the daughter of photographer Diane Arbus, who is perhaps best known for her portraits of New Yorkers in the 1950s and '60s. On the same... (San Francisco Chronicle)
Entertainment Exploiting Diane Arbus The famed photographer explored every dark side except her own. If only the filmmakers behind Fur had been true to her life Nov 4, 2006
TIME.com: Exploiting Diane Arbus -- Page 1. Fur had been true to her life" /> TIME Magazine Quotes of the Day Nation: Can Voting Machines Work World: Iraq's Disappeared Table of Contents TIME Blogs More Sections PICTUREHOUSE Nicole Kidman in "Fur" Arts Exploiting Diane Arbus The famed photographer explored every dark side except her own. If only the filmmakers behind Fur had been true to her life By Posted Friday, Nov. 03, 2006 According to the credits Fur is "inspired" by Patricia Bosworth's... (Time.com)
Nicole Kidman Absent From Launch of New 'Fur' Flick Nov 2, 2006
If she d been there, Nicole could have accepted kudos from Shainberg, Diane Arbus biographer Patty Bosworth, the Talking Heads David Byrne, director James Toback, Elaine Kaufman and loads of New York media types. Pressman and wife, Annie, even treated the wall-to-wall crowd to photographic portraits taken by Robin Holland. (Fox News -- Views)
Kidman sparkles in Rome Oct 14, 2006
Nicole Kidman opened Rome's first international film festival with an intense portrayal of photographer Diane Arbus, who shocked America in the 1960s with her disturbing pictures of people on the fringes of society. Director Steven Shainberg's movie, Fur, mixes reality with fantasy to explore Arbus's transformation from the posh, repressed housewife of a fashion photographer into one of the most daring artists of her time. (The Age, Australia -- Entertainment)
World premiere of 'Fur' starring Kidman to open Rome film fest Oct 13, 2006
Subtitled "An Imaginary Portrait of Diane Arbus," the film is expected to make waves with its departure from biographical fact and the sheer originality of director Steven Shainberg's approach to the life of the controversial photographer of people on the edge of society. Kidman, the 39-year-old Oscar-winning star of "The Hours" and "Moulin Rouge", will be on hand for the gala opening of the festival, which runs until October 21. (Yahoo! Asia News)
Richard Avedon had an eye for photos by others Oct 8, 2006
Prints inscribed to Avedon by Henri Cartier-Bresson appear here, as does a custom-printed, signed edition of "A Box of Ten Photographs" (1971) by Diane Arbus (1923-1971), to which she added a unique 11th print in gratitude for Avedon's support. Avedon even enjoyed a friendship with Jacques-Henri Lartigue (1894-1986), who so shrewdly crafted a reputation as a chronicler of early 20th century France that most people probably find it hard to imagine the two could have met. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Sandra Phillips on where to find the best modern photography Oct 2, 2006
People would say the Diane Arbus show. I would say the most fun I had with a show was "Crossing the Frontier" which was about land use and development in the West. (San Francisco Chronicle)
Kidman's Oscar bid not a pretty picture Sep 10, 2006
SHE was considered a safe bet for her third Oscar nomination, but Nicole Kidman s 2007 hopes took a tumble last week with the first public showing of her controversial new film Fur, based on the life of the late American photographer Diane Arbus. Having won the 2002 best actress Oscar for her portrayal of Virginia Woolf in The Hours, Kidman appeared to have landed another dream role when she signed up to play Arbus, a tormented genius who became famous for photographing human freaks and who... (TimesOnline)
'Fur' flies into Rome Aug 28, 2006
The biopic of photographer Diane Arbus will unspool Oct. 13, with Kidman expected on the red carpet. Helmed by Steven Shainberg ("Secretary"), "Fur" captures the moment of rebellion that led Arbus to turn her back on her conventional family of wealthy furriers to follow an enigmatic man (Robert Downey Jr.), who introduces her to the dwarfs, nudists and drag queens that became some of her subjects. (Variety)
A world where fiction is stranger than truth Aug 22, 2006
Comparisons to Diane Arbus only go so far, writes Robert McFarlane ... At first glance his pictures invite the viewer to vicariously enter parallel social landscapes to those once patrolled by the late Diane Arbus - vistas with afflicted souls beached in barren gene pools. (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
Newsmakers | Blaine's breath-holding stunt falls short May 9, 2006
" Fortunately for Kidman, who stars as freakish photog Diane Arbus in the forthcoming Fur, she's pushing onward and upward. Lately, she's been seen cozying up to fellow Aussie and sexy country crooner Keith Urban. Fire up that barbie! Contact "Newsmakers" at 215-854-5797 or . Inquirer wire services contributed to this column.. (Philadelphia Inquirer)
Seventies Iconic Photographer to Join in Group Show of Emerging Talent for One Night Only Party Mar 3, 2006
Journalist Kirk Silbee recently commented that Elterman's work has comparisons to the posed calm of Diane Arbus and the just-at-the moment qualities of Helen Leavitt. Some of the images that will be shown include a teenage Joan Jett, Jackie Onassis on a rare visit to Los Angeles in 1977, Madonna circa 1980, The Ramones, Bob Dylan, Frank Sinatra, Debbie Harry of Blondie and a riotous Beverly Hills pool party from the seventies. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Refco Asks Bankruptcy Court to Allow Christie's to Auction Art Collection This Spring Jan 26, 2006
NEW YORK, Jan. 25 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Refco Inc. (OTC: RFXCQ) said today that it has chosen New York-based Christie's to auction its prized art collection, comprising more than 500 photographs by contemporary artists such as Cindy Sherman, Charles Ray, Diane Arbus and Andy Warhol, as well as paintings, sculptures and prints. In a motion filed today, the company has asked the U.S. Bankruptcy Court of the Southern District of New York for authorization for Christie's to conduct a series of... (PR Newswire)
Old Man River photos focus on curious, charming Jan 23, 2006
He visited with everyone from sex industry workers to model-plane enthusiasts to a pastor, like the freak-seeking photographer Diane Arbus, or the brothel photographer E.J. Bellocq. Soth doesn't offer the postcard images of riverside towns. (Des Moines Register)
Art | The photographers who captured and captivated Jan 22, 2006
Among its 72 prints, all but one in black-and-white, are classic images by acknowledged masters such as Robert Frank, Louis Faurer, Diane Arbus, Lee Friedlander, Garry Winogrand, Lisette Model, Larry Fink and Joel Meyerowitz. They are teamed with a number of lesser-known but equally talented people, some of them from eastern Pennsylvania, such as Mark Cohen, Bruce Davidson, William Klein, Leon Levinstein, Danny Lyon, Susan Meiselas and Bill Owens. (Philly.com -- Entertainment)
