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Melbourne Memorial Lecture : Over to you
Sep 27 2023
The Greek Cultural Center of Melbourne proposes a John Berger Memorial Lecture every year. Yves in Quincy and Isaac in Melbourne will read OVER TO YOU extracts. Multigenerational and worldwide dialogue, to make resonate John and Yves’ post card chat.John and Yves Berger OVER TO YOU is already available in French, Korean, Turkish and Spanish, in English in 2024.
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2022 Video : Annua…
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Titian : Nymph and Shepherd
Book 1996
Art, Books, Collaborations, Family, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Painting
Titian : Nymph and Shepherd, book of letters by Katya and John Berger, first edition in 1996.
This book is first a dialogue between a daughter and a father about life, physical sensation, mortality. Both seem to listen to the other with great attention. Secondly, it is the extraordinary vehicle for a series of insights into the everyday life and the art of the great Venetian master, following an uncanny incident …
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Mantegna : Lying Down to Sleep
Book 2010
Art, Books, Collaborations, Family, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Painting
Mantegna : Lying Down to Sleep, book of letters by Katya and John Berger, first edition in 2010.
The clouds in the Oculus of the Bridal Chamber, painted by Andrea Mantegna at St George’s Castle in Mantua, are the starting point for an intimate dialogue between father and daughter John and Katya Berger, held as they observe the frescoes in the famous room. The conversation leads to a personal exploration of…
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Le Blaireau et le Roi
Book 2010
Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Exhibitions, Family, Letters, Painting, Quincy, Yves Berger
Le Blaireau et le Roi , book by Yves and John Berger, edited by Emmanuel Favre, first edition in 2010, in link with the exhibition Dans leur travail at Chartreuse de Mélan (2006 Taninges, France).
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Flying Skirts
Book 2010
Books, Collaborations, Family, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Poetry, Quincy, Tributes, Yves Berger
Flying Skirts book by Yves and John Berger as an elegy to Beverly Bancroft (1942-2014), first edition in 2015. Translated in French by Katya Berger Andreadakis for Éditions L’Olivier (2015).
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Over To You
Book 2019
Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Family, Katya Berger Andreadakis, Letters, Painting, Quincy, Yves Berger
Over To You correspondence book of texts and images by Yves and John Berger, first edition in french in 2019, in english in 2024. Translated in French by Katya Berger Andreadakis for L’Atelier contemporain (2019).
Compelling and intimate, this collection of never-before-seen letters between the celebrated art critic and essayist, John Berger and his son Yves, an artist, is a moving look at their musings on art,…
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John by Jean
Book 2016
About John Berger, Books, Collaborations, Countryside, Family, France, Jean Mohr, Peasants, Photography, Quincy, Tributes
John by Jean, Fifty Years of Friendship, edited by Jim Savage with Simone and Jean Mohr photographs, first publication in 2016.
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Par La Fenêtre
Book 2009
Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Drawing, Exhibitions, Family, Letters, Painting, Quincy, Yves Berger
Par La Fenêtre, exhibition catalog by Yves and John Berger, edited by Emmanuel Favre in link with their exhibition at Galerie Josephski-Neukum (2009, Issing, Germany).
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Disparate De Fuendetodos
Book 2013
Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Drawing, Exhibitions, Family, Letters, Painting, Spain, Yves Berger
Disparate De Fuendetodos, exhibition catalog by Yves and John Berger, in link with their exhibition at Sala Zuloaga (2013, Fuendetodos, Spain).
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Desde el taller
Book 2015
Art, Books, Collaborations, Contemporary art, Drawing, Exhibitions, Family, Letters, Painting, Quincy, Yves Berger
Desde el taller , dialog between Yves and John Berger with Emmanuel Favre, drawings by Yves and John Berger, edited in 2015.
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The Red Tenda of Bologna
Book 2007
Books, Family, Italy, Philosophy
The Red Tenda of Bologna, book by John Berger as a dream-like meditation on memory, food, paintings, a fond uncle and the improbable beauty of Bologna in Italy, first edition in 2007.
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JOHN BERGER
Storyteller, essayist, novelist, screenwriter, playwright, painter and critic, John Berger (1926-2017) is one of the most internationally influential writers of the last fifty years. Solo or in collaboration with Jean Mohr for example, he published more than 30 titles, the Booker Prize winning novel G and the best-seller Ways of Seeing. He has also published articles in the most important newspapers around the world.
He used to work and live in Quincy, a small French peasant community, the setting for his trilogy Into their Labours.
Painters, cineasts, writers, dancers, curators have been and are still inspired by his work, this website is a window on these TODAY creations.