Join us at the Garrett Museum of Art, located at 100 S. Randolph Street in Garrett, on Friday, January 13, 2023 from 6PM to 8PM to celebrate the opening of our next exhibition, VIVIAN MAIER : STREET PHOTOGRAPHER.
Admission is $5.00. The Opening Reception is open to the public and all ages are welcome. The show will run from January 13, 2023 through March 26, 2023.
It happened in 2007 at a foreclosure auction in Chicago. One of the buyers, John Maloof, had made a purchase of abandoned boxes stuffed with photographs he hoped to use for a book he was working on at the time. Little did he know that he had unearthed an unbelievable find – thousands of negatives shot by a photographer unknown to the world. Maloof had a feeling that the photos and negatives were one of a kind and so he found the other buyers who had attended the auction and purchased their negatives and prints.
Who was this mysterious photographer? She was identified as Vivian Maier by the name that appeared on the processing envelopes.
Vivian was a Chicago nanny and street photographer. Maloof searched for her until 2009 when her obituary appeared in a local newspaper. The rest of the story is extraordinary and fascinating. There is now an archive of 140,000 photographs that help to piece together her life and her artistic talents.
On loan from Howard Greenberg Gallery in New York City, an exclusive representative of Vivian Maier’s photographs, are 50 photographic prints, from John Maloof’s collection. The Garrett Museum of Art is thrilled to be able to bring these photographs to the Midwest and share the work of a once unknown, but gifted and inspired photographer.
We will also have available for purchase, Vivian Maier Developed, The Untold Story of the Photographer Nanny by Ann Marks. There will be a limited number of copies at the opening reception.
The show debuts with an Opening Reception on Friday, January 13, 2023 from 6PM – 8PM. Admission is $5.00 at the door. The show is open to the public and all ages are welcome.
Regular Museum Hours:
Friday 5PM – 8PM
Saturday 4PM – 7PM
Sunday 1PM – 4PM
Private tours are available Monday through Thursday by appointment only. Please call 260-704-5400 to schedule yours today.