Michael Hoppen Gallery

23/06/2026

Michael Hoppen Introduces: Sarah Moon. The exhibition is on view at 10 Portland Road until July 17th.

19/06/2026

18/06/2026

We’re delighted that Jacques Henri Lartigue: Life in Colour opens at MK Gallery tomorrow. MK Gallery

The first UK public exhibition of Lartigue’s work for over 10 years, it focuses on an exceptional and little-known aspect of his work: until recently, the majority of his colour photographs had never been seen, although they represent nearly 40% of the over 100,000 images conserved by the Donation JH Lartigue. The exhibition features more than 150 items including early stereoscopic images producing three-dimensional effects, vintage prints, unique works on paper, archival documents, lightboxes and projections. It also showcases Lartigue’s career from drawings made as a child in the 1900s to the fashion world of the 1960s and late abstractions of the 1980s.

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Jacques Henri Lartigue took his first photograph in 1900 at the age of six. Born into privilege, Lartigue’s father was a banker, and the family belonged to the upper French bourgeoisie.  Lartigue transfixed the delightful life of the pre-war upper classes with his fleeting visions and a passionate devotion to the pursuit of joy.
 
All the excitement and allure of the last days of the belle époque are epitomised in Lartigue’s photographs, and he is known for his playful presentation of friends, family and French society at leisure. Lartigue’s photographs of sun-drenched holidays on the French Riviera between the Wars crystallise the image of a glamorous era. A dashing figure himself, Lartigue turned his camera on the supremely elegant women who surrounded him: Bibi (his first wife), Florette, and the mysterious Renée Perle.
 
Lartigue’s photographic work remained undiscovered until 1962 when a chance meeting with John Szarkowski led to a retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York in 1963. The importance of the work was immediately recognized, and numerous exhibitions and publications followed. Free of any influence, Lartigue was hailed by his friend Richard Avedon as „the most deceptively simple and penetrating photographer”.

15/06/2026

Ishiuchi Miyako featured in FT How To Spend It. We are delighted to share a selection of images from books in our collection on the artist, spanning several of her most celebrated series.

Michael Hoppen: ”I sometimes need to remind myself that new and interesting things can be illuminated quite by chance, and when one is least expecting it. Sometimes an image presents itself - either pointed out, discovered at random whilst browsing a bookshop, or in casual conversation with friends - and one’s interest is sufficiently piqued to delve deeper and find out more.

This is particularly true of my introduction to Ishiuchi Miyako, which I remember vividly. It began in 2004, after a brief conversation with a book dealer about a grainy image of a child walking down a street. Shortly after, I received a call from Manfred Heiting, a legendary Dutch collector of both photography and photobooks, and also a friend who has always offered me sage advice; over the years he has pointed me towards all kinds of wonderful pictures, artists and books. Out of the blue, Manfred suggested that I travelled to Prague to meet the Japanese artist Ishiuchi Miyako, and, it was then that I realised I had been discussing her work only the day before with the book dealer - our relationship was born!”

09/06/2026

Fragile Beauty, an exhibition of photographs from the collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish, opens this week at Jeu de Paume in Paris.

Among the works on view is Harley Weir’s wonderful picture, made during a trip to Dakar and Lake Retba with Grace Wales Bonner. Part of her celebrated series on Senegalese wrestlers, the image reflects Weir’s exploration of masculinity, balancing physical strength with tenderness and grace.

Harley Weir, Boys Don’t Cry, Senegal, 2015.
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Sir Elton John began collecting photography in 1991. Today, with over 7,000 images, the private collection he shares with David Furnish is considered one of the largest in the world. Renowned for its exceptional quality, scope, and remarkable depth, the collection spans the 20th and 21st centuries, and includes many works considered pivotal in the history of photography.

Produced by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the exhibition showcases over 300 prints covering the period from 1950 to the present day, celebrating the work of over 90 international photographers. The Paris show at the Jeu de Paume offers a selection of images that tell the story of modern and contemporary photography, including work by Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Nan Goldin, Diane Arbus, William Klein, Ryan McGinley, Ai Weiwei, Irving Penn, and Richard Avedon.

09/06/2026

Fragile Beauty, an exhibition of photographs from the collection of Sir Elton John and David Furnish, opens this week at Jeu de Paume in Paris.

Among the works on view is Harley Weir’s wonderful picture, made during a trip to Dakar and Lake Retba with Grace Wales Bonner. Part of her celebrated series on Senegalese wrestlers, the image reflects Weir’s exploration of masculinity, balancing physical strength with tenderness and grace.

Harley Weir, ‘Boys Don’t Cry, Senegal’, 2015.
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Sir Elton John began collecting photography in 1991. Today, with over 7,000 images, the private collection he shares with David Furnish is considered one of the largest in the world. Renowned for its exceptional quality, scope, and remarkable depth, the collection spans the 20th and 21st centuries, and includes many works considered pivotal in the history of photography.

Produced by London’s Victoria and Albert Museum, the exhibition showcases over 300 prints covering the period from 1950 to the present day, celebrating the work of over 90 international photographers. The Paris show at the Jeu de Paume offers a selection of images that tell the story of modern and contemporary photography, including work by Robert Mapplethorpe, Herb Ritts, Nan Goldin, Diane Arbus, William Klein, Ryan McGinley, Ai Weiwei, Irving Penn, and Richard Avedon.

05/06/2026

We’re delighted to welcome you to the gallery this Saturday, 6 June, from 11 am to 6 pm.

Join us to see the Sarah Moon exhibition and browse the curated selection of books featuring the artist’s work. We look forward to seeing you there.

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Sarah Moon is, above all, a storyteller. Her photographs unfold like fragments of memory, suspended between dream and disappearance. Whether working in fashion, the natural world, or architecture her images resist the literal and invite interpretation.

This exhibition, marking some 30 years of collaboration, affirms Moon’s position as one of the most distinctive and influential voices in photography.

The exhibition will continue until 17 July.

01/06/2026

In anticipation of tomorrow’s opening of Kikuji Kawada’s exhibition at Japan House London.

Born in Ibaraki Prefecture in 1933, Kikuji Kawada rose to prominence on the strength of his poetic, symbolically charged photography. This diverse and prolific body of work may be seen as articulating Kawada’s evolving appraisal of Japanese national identity, and its historical trajectory in the turbulent post-war period.
 
As a co-founder of the VIVO collective in 1959, Kawada shared a creative vision of photography’s expressive, individualistic potential with other members including Eikoh Hosoe, Ikko Narahara, Shōmei Tōmatsu and Akira Satō. Kawada held his first solo exhibition in the year of VIVO’s formation, before exhibiting The Map (Chizu) in 1961 at Fuji Photo Salon in Tokyo. Today, The Map is recognised as one of the most important examples of Japan’s unique post-war photobook culture, incorporating text, abstracted surfaces, and fragmentary images to compose a complex and meditative elegy to pre-war Japan.

27/05/2026

Jacques Henri Lartigue, Saint-Tropez, Eté, 1966

19/05/2026

Photographs by Sarah Moon for Yohji Yamamoto. Their collaboration began in the 1990s and spans more than three decades, with Moon shooting each collection without a brief and bringing her own artistic vision to Yamamoto’s designs - a dialogue between two artists that culminated in their 2025 photobook of the same name.

Above:
Sarah Moon, Djenice pour Yohji Yamamoto (I), 2022

Sarah Moon, Andrea pour Yohji Yamamoto (VII), 2022

Sarah Moon, Djenice pour Yohji Yamamoto (I), 2022

‘Dialogue’ published by delpire & co