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Reports that the Metropolitan Museum of Art has acquired the Gilman Paper Company Collection of photographs, an archive that includes hundreds of works from the medium's earliest years and that is widely considered to be the most important private photography collection in the world. Potential for the Met to become one the world's pre-eminent institutions for 19th century photographs; Reference to the Met's goal of acquiring the Gilman collection for the last 15 years; Question as to how much the collection cost and how much of it was a gift; Negotiations with the Gilman estate; Highlights from the collection.

Reports on Eastman Kodak Co. and attempts to expand its business. History of the company as a maker of camera film; Expansion of the company into the realm of photographic supplies, printers, and the Internet; Advances in photographic technology that have led the company to expand its business.

The article reviews the exhibitions "Graciela Iturbide 1969-2019," "Moira Dryer: Paintings & Works on Paper," and "Claude Tolmer: Photographiques," held in New York City through June 1, 2019.

Believing that women are underrepresented on the walls of most art museums, Linda Lee Alter, a Philadelphia collector and artist, donated some 400 works by artists including Louise Bourgeois, Kiki Smith, Alice Neel, Nancy Spero and Louise Nevelson to the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts. Ms. Alter, who started collecting in the 1980s, bought works dating from 1910 to the present in all media. There are paintings and sculptures, ceramics and photography as well as works on paper. ''My hope was to find a museum emphasizing inclusion and diversity, one working toward greater representation of art by women and artists of color in its permanent collection and where my collection would be enthusiastically welcomed because it embodied the institution's vision,'' she said in a statement released by the Academy. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

The New York Times has shut down its quarterly sports magazine, Play, officials at the paper and its parent company said on Monday. First published in February 2006, Play won many accolades for in-depth reporting and vivid photography, and this year it was a finalist for the prize in general excellence at the National Magazine Awards. [ABSTRACT FROM PUBLISHER]

This article presents information on various art exhibitions being organized in galleries in New York. Paper cups, opaque bottles and plain boxes: solidly painted in muted colors, these humble objects appear singly, in pairs or in small groups in Victor Pesce's mostly small paintings. Mr. Pesce's objects look slightly anthropomorphic. Simom Starling has devised a new suite of obscurely related objects and photographs whose theoretical interest is higher than its visual appeal. A massive sheet of steel, imported from Romania, rests on three air cushions.

Focuses on the photography of Gregory Colbert, which features images of humans interacting with animals such as elephants and whales. Journeys and expense involved in producing the images; Use of Japanese paper and earth tones in his work; Idea that his photos evoke themes of mysticism, silence and patience; Exhibition of Colbert's work at the Arsenale shipyard in Venice, Italy.

In the beginning, there was light -- at least for photography. It wasn't until 1895, almost 60 years after the medium's invention, that an Englishman named Paul Martin began experimenting with taking photographs at night. Gaslights had illuminated London since the early 19th century. But it was the gelatin dry-plate process introduced in the late 1880s that lowered exposure time enough for Martin to shoot the city after dark. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]