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Where Ideas Come From: My America Diana Matar in Conversation with Met Curator Lisa Sutcliffe and Law Professor Kendall Thomas. Lenfest Center for the Arts. Columbia University March 13th 2025. 6:30 PM. Reserve Tickets Here
Acquisition: The Victoria and Albert Museum acquires six works from My America . October 2024.
My America long-listed for the Deutsche Börse Photography Foundation Prize. August 2024
A Small Voice. Diana Matar. Podcast with Ben Smith. You can here the podcast here.
My America short-listed for the Recontres Arles Photo Text Book Award July 2024
Diana Matar in conversation with Max Houghton at the Photographers Gallery for the book launch of My America. Thursday June 27 6pm.
Diana Matar in conversation with curator Anna Danneman at Offprint Talks at Tate Modern. Saturday 18 May 3pm.
Diana Matar interviewed by Sean O'Hagan. Observer Review. April 27 2024
My America published by GOST books. April 2024
(Solo exhibition) My America at Purdy Hicks Gallery 7 March - 13 April 2024
Works from Evidence in the Blavatnik Art, Film, and Photography Galleries at the Imperial War Museum. From Nov 2023.
Acquisition: The Imperial War Museum. Seven pieces from Evidence. Nov 2022.
Acquisition: The British Museum
Evidence The Artist Book 9/10 Jan 2022
The British Museum Evidence and The Return : an Intervention by Diana Matar and Hisham Matar December 12th 2021 - May 31st 2022.
TÊTE À TÊTE at Purdy Hicks Gallery. Reopens on April 12, 2021 in accordance to government guidelines.
Nominated for the Leica Oskar Barnack Award. March 2021
TÊTE À TÊTE solo exhibition by Diana Matar. Purdy Hicks Gallery, London. 10 December 2020 - 16 January 2021. (Extended due to Covid restrictions)
PhotoLondon Live. October 13th 2020 7pm BST.Diana Matar in Conversation with Makeda Best, the Richard L. Menschel Curator of Photography at the Harvard Art Museums. You can watch the talk here.
PhotoLondon Magazine Diana Matar Issue 19 Autumn 2020
TÊTE À TÊTE in Granta 152: Still Life. July 30 2020.
SFMOMA, San Francisco USA . My America showing in American Geography curated by Sandra Philipps. September 2020. (Cancelled until further notice due to Covid 19) Group Exhibition.
Photo London May 13- 17 2020. Showing with Purdy Hicks Gallery. (Delayed until October 2020 due to Covid 19)
Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi . Diana Matar My America EXTENDED to September 20,2020
Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi . Diana Matar My America Solo Exhibition. January 25th - May 10th 2020. Charleroi Belgium.
Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Residency May -June 2019
Fuoriclassico Festival MANN Museo Archeologico Nazionale di Napoli Artist Talk and Presentation Spaces Without Bodies Diana Matar My America. May 2nd 2019.
Granta 146 The Politics of Feeling American Orchard by Diana Matar with an introduction by Max Houghton. January, 2019.
Women in Focus ICP Photography and Social Change Diana Matar presenting My America Ned Hotel London. November 14 2018.
Diana Matar Artist Talk. Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago Now online. Listen Here.
Acquisition: The Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago acquired 10 pieces from Evidence and Disappearance. May 2018.
Acquisition The Museum of Fine Arts Houston acquired 3 limited edition prints from Evidence.The acquisition was made possible by a generous gift from Charles Dee Mitchel.
Acquisition: Hirsch Library at the The Museum of Fine Arts Houston. My America limited edition artist book.The acquisition was made possible by a generous gift from Joan Morgenstern. April 2018.
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago. Diana Matar: Lecture in Photography.Jan. 24 2018 6:00 pm. Stage Two, 618 S.Michigan Ave. Chicago lL 60605.
Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago.Traversing the Past: Adam Golfer, Diana Matar Hrvoje Slovenc. Jan. 18 - April 1, 2018
ICP Museum New York Panelist: Female Photographers Now. Oct. 25 2017 6:30PM
Firecrackers Female Photographers Now.Thames and Hudson Publication Oct. 2017
Imperial War Museum London Panelist: Art, Justice and Terror With Edmund Clark, Hilary Roberts, Fred Ritchin, and Diana Matar. June 17, 2017.
Photo London Talks FT Weekend Presents:This Violent Land Diana Matar in conversation with Aaron Schumann Friday 19 May 2017, 6:30 - 7:30 pm Somerset House London UK.
Ford Foundation Project Grant December 2016 for My America.
Diana Matar
Solo Exhibition
London, United Kingdom
May 12th - June 6th
2016
Reviews:
Fotofest Biennial
Evidence
Winter Street Studios
Houston, Texas, USA
March 12th - April 25th 2016
Review:
Photo London
Showing with
Purdy Hicks Gallery
May 19th - 22nd 2016
Review:
Photographing History
In conversation with
Simon Baker and Shoair Mavlian.
Now online.
Paris Biennale of Contemporary
Photography from the Arab World
Institut du Monde Arabe
Paris, France.
10 November 2015 - 17 January 2016
Paris Photo
Martyrs and Dictators
New Works showing with
Purdy Hicks Gallery
Paris, France
12 - 15 November 2015
13 October 2015
7pm
16 Beaver Street, 4th Floor
New York, NY 10004
Rick Wester Fine Art
Solo Exhibition Evidence
Extended Date
through 7 November 2015
Book Signing 17 September 6 - 8 pm
526 W 26th St #417,
New York, NY 10001
GoEun Museum of Photography
46 works from Evidence
showing in TWO MOONS
Busan, Korea
29 August - 25 November 2015
Artist Talk 30 August 2015
Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Evidence showing in
Conflict Time Photography
Dresden, Germany.
31 July - 25 October 2015
Evidence showing in
Conflict Time Photography
10 April - 5 July 2015
Essen Germany
Photographing History:
Hrair Sarkissian, Chloe
Dewe Mathews and Diana
Matar join curators Simon
Baker in conversation.
February 16 2015
You can here the talk Here
Diana Matar in conversation
with Simon Baker,
curator of photography
and international art
Tate Modern.
January 8 2015.
Evidence in the exhibition
November 25 2014 - March 15 2015
November 27 2014
Book Launch
with a talk by philosopher Devorah Baum
You can see the talk recorded here.
Book signing
November 14 5pm
stand D/40
Grand Palais. Paris
PARIS PHOTO
November 13 - 16 2014
Showing with
Purdy Hicks Gallery stand D 40 in the Grand Palais.
November 2014
Monograph of Evidence
published by
Amsterdam.
September 2014
Evidence awarded
Arts Council England Grant for Individual Artists
Recent Reviews for Evidence:
Best Books of 2014 The New Yorker
Best Photography Books of 2014 The Telegraph
Best Photography Books of 2014 The Independent
Selected by Yumi Goto on PhotoBookStore
Reviewed by Sean O'Hagan in the Guardian
Interview with Middle East Monitor
Tate Etc. Magazine Autumn digital issue
The Economist Get Addicted To
Summer and Autumn 2014 - New Acquisitions:
The Victoria and Albert Museum
The Museum of Contemporary Photography Chicago
The Museum of Fine Arts Houston
Santa Barbara Museum of Art
The Harry Ransom Center
Michigan State University
The Charles Dee Mitchell Collection on Violence in the 21st Century.
7pm September 9th 2014.
Evidence: Photography and Political Disappearance
Artist's Lecture at Michigan State University Library
December 2013
Disappearance and Evidence featured in Ojodepez 35
September 2013
Work published in Internazionale.
April 2013
Work published in the The New Yorker Magazine and