Frida by Ishiuchi Miyako (2013) is a photographic record of Mexican artist Frida Kahlo’s wardrobe and belongings. Following Kahlo’s death in 1954 her husband Diego Riviera began placing her personal effects into the bathroom of their Mexico City house, “The Blue House”, which later became the Museo Frida Kahlo. Riviera gave instructions that this room should remain sealed until fifteen years after his death and it in fact remained unopened until 2004 when the museum de…

The Michael Hoppen Gallery is honoured to host its second major exhibition of work by the highly esteemed Japanese photographer Miyako Ishiuchi. Displayed across all three floors of the gallery, the show will include photographs from her early trilogy ‘Yokosuka Story’(1976-1977), ‘Apartment’(1977-1978), and ‘Endless Night’ (1981); then prints from 'Hiroshima’ and works from her most recent series ‘Silken Dreams’, exhibited now for the ve…

The Michael Hoppen Gallery is honoured to host the first European retrospective of work by Miyako Ishiuchi, Japan's foremost female photographer. Taking over both floors of the gallery, it will be the first time images from the series 'Mother's' (2000-2005), '1906 To the Skin' (1991-1993) and 'Yokosuka Story' (1976-1977) have been shown in Britain. Curated by Dutch photographer and Japanese photography specialist Machiel Botman, the exhibition comes to us from Foam Museum Amsterdam…