Vito Schnabel Gallery is pleased to announce the opening of Peter Beard: Primordial Truths, an exhibition curated by Robert Storr. Organized in collaboration with the Estate of Peter Beard, the exhibition features a selection of works by the artist, many of which have never been shown before. Peter Beard walked into the wilds at the […]
Hugh Lane Gallery and Dublin City Council announce Ireland’s largest ever Andy Warhol exhibition – the first to open in 25 years. Andy Warhol Three Times Out will run from October 6, 2023 – January 28, 2024 and will feature more than 250 works including the iconic Campbell’s Soup Cans and Marilyn Monroe. A unique […]
Nature’s Masterpiece: Elephant Photographs of Peter Beard, features many of the artist’s iconic elephant images from his prescient book, The End of the Game (Doubleday, New York, 1977). This special Elephant Portfolio is on loan from the collection of David and Susan Rockefeller. Beard’s gelatin silver prints highlight some his close encounters with these powerful […]
The Principality of Monaco celebrated the life and legacy of Nelson Mandela on Mandela Day, July 18, 2023 together with the Nelson Mandela Foundation. The Estate of Peter Beard was honored to donate the artwork shown to support the efforts of the Nelson Mandela Foundation in pursuit of its vision for a society that remembers […]
The Estate of Peter Beard is pleased to support the Coalition for the Homeless, and to participate in the Artist Plate Project. Peter Beard is one of 42 artists featured on limited-edition dinner plates to support the Coalition’s lifesaving programs. Edition of 250 plates per artist. The funds raised by the sale of plates will […]
Wild Life: Francis Bacon and Peter Beard exhibition opens at Ordovas Gallery in London, Monday April 12, 2021. The exhibition explores the friendship between Francis Bacon (1909–1992) and his long-time friend and muse, the artist Peter Beard (1938–2020) who, despite working on different sides of the world, shared deeply similar personal and creative passions. Peter […]
Wild Life: Francis Bacon and Peter Beard Ordovas Books, 2021 Designed by Sinead Madden, London. ISBN 978-1-9996681-7-4 10 5/8 x 11 3/8 inches (27 x 29 cm); 96 pages; fully illustrated in color Wild Life: Francis Bacon and Peter Beard explores the friendship between Francis Bacon (1909–1992) and Peter Beard, his long-time friend and muse. […]
An exciting new exhibition dedicated to the work of Peter Beard is online at Ordovas in London. Wild Life: Francis Bacon and Peter Beard explores the friendship between Francis Bacon (1909–1992) and Peter Beard, his long-time friend and muse. Despite working on different sides of the world, the two artists shared deeply similar personal and creative […]
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Multilingual edition published in English, French, and German, available on March 31, 2020 in Europe, and April 30, 2020 for the United States and the rest of the world.
Zara’s Tales, book now back in print. Available March 20, 2020.
Zara’s Tales, poster, signed limited edition.
Exhibition dates: June 13 – September 15, 2019 Location: The McCord Museum in Montreal The opening reception will take place at the McCord Museum on Tuesday, June 11, at 5:30 p.m. in the presence of the curators of the exhibition. A unique opportunity to discover the extraordinary artistic and scientific creativity of Polaroid photography. At […]
We wanted to share an Op-Ed piece by Global Wildlife Conservation titled “No Species Left Behind,” which reflects upon a momentous U.N. report about the staggering loss of biodiversity and the effect on our world. The article was written by Dr. Wes Sechrest, who is the CEO and chief scientist of Global Wildlife Conservation, an […]
“We, Indigenous Peoples, are the redline. We have drawn that line with our bodies against the privatization of nature, to dirty fossil fuels and to climate change. We are the defenders of the world’s most biologically and culturally diverse regions. We will protect our sacred lands. Our knowledge has much of the solutions to climate […]
The documentary film That Summer premiered at the Telluride Film Festival and the Berlinale and opens in theaters on May 18, 2018. Click here for a current list of opening dates, movies theaters, options to buy tickets online, as well as On Demand and Online Streaming options.
In honor of Franz Mayer of Munich’s 170th year producing architectural glass and mosaic in 2017, they present 17 editions in collaboration with 17 artists including Peter Beard, Geneviéve Cadieux, Eric Fischl, Sylvie Fleury, Ruth Gurvich, Ann Hamilton, Jan Hendrix, Vik Muniz, Michele Oka Doner, Jean Pagliuso, David Reed, Clifford Ross, Saskia Schultz, Shahzia Sikander, […]
The South Fork History Museum and Nature Center will honor Peter and Nejma Beard at their 28th Annual Summer Gala on Saturday, July 8, 2017. This year’s benefit will honor wildlife conservationists Alan Rabinowitz, Chris Fischer and Peter Beard and his wife, Nejma Beard. Rabinowitz, who is the CEO of Panthera, has dedicated his work […]
Peter Beard’s work will be exhibited as a part of The Polaroid Project, a traveling exhibition mounted by the Foundation for the Exhibition of Photography and curated by William Ewing, Barbara Hitchcock, Gary Van Zante, Deborah G. Douglas and Rebekka Reuter. The Project Polaroid, despite the demise of the great corporation, remains a highly respected […]
The Heckscher Museum of Art in Huntington, NY is celebrating nature with two spring exhibitions focused on art and the environment: Earth Muse: Art and the Environment and Thaddeus Holownia: Walden Revisited. On view April 15 to July 30, 2017. Peter Beard’s work will be featured in the exhibit Earth Muse: Art and the Environment, […]
Guild Hall Museum Saturday, June 18 through Sunday, July 31 Divided into two sections installed in separate galleries, the exhibition is organized around the two outposts that Peter Beard calls home – Africa and the East End of Long Island. The exhibition presents more than 50 multi-layered collages, drawings, photographs, and diaries from the 1960s […]
Gordon Parks: Collages by Peter Beard Gordon Parks: Collages by Peter Beard, New Exhibition at The Gordon Parks Foundation in Pleasantville, New York, opening January 18, 2016. January 18 – April 23, 2016 Artist Reception January 22 6 to 8 p.m. at 48 Wheeler Avenue, Pleasantville, New York, 10570 Press Contact: Peter Kunhardt, Jr.: peter@gordonparksfoundation.org […]
The End of the Game – The Last Word from Paradise Exhibition Revisited 2015 is the 50th anniversary of artist Peter Beard’s book, The End of the Game – The Last Word from Paradise. Beard spent many years in Africa documenting the impact of Western civilization on elephants, other wildlife and the people who lived […]
The decimation of large elephant herds and the destruction of their habitat in East Africa and elsewhere are environmental crimes writ large. New York artist Peter Beard has chronicled the demise of wildlife and the livelihoods that depend on it, combining his skills as photographer, artist, and commentator. He raises difficult questions of what is […]
The 2014 theme was “Intercultural Dialogues in Arts & Culture,” a celebration of a “cultural mosaic” – a mix of creative people of different geographical roots, languages and cultures that co-exist within today’s global society. The festival aimed to bring together artists that have preserved their heritage and culture, in and outside of their geographical […]
Mark Deeble and Victoria Stone, wildlife filmmakers in Africa write about “756 Elephants” in “Haunted by a photograph.” http://wp.me/p4hiku-3y http://www.deeblestone.com
Peter Beard was one of 300 artists participating in The Big Egg Hunt, a charity initiative where all proceeds from the Egg Auction on April 22, 2014 benefited two charities: ‘The Elephant Family’ and Agnes Gund’s ‘Studio in a School’. Without eggshells, we already know for sure that the entire ecology of the elephant is […]
Peter Beard has been documenting and interpreting Africa’s epic landscapes and indigenous species for nearly six decades. Here he gives a rare insight into his life and practice in this meditative short from director Derek Peck. Shot at Beard’s home in Montauk, Long Island, we find the artist, author and photographer continuing to develop his […]
June 4, 2013 at the Plaza Hotel, New York The Gordon Parks Celebrating the Arts Award. The award is given to individuals who have enriched our lives in ways that reflect Gordon’s ideas and goals of using creative means to change and educate the world. Seven scholarships were also awarded to students at SUNY Purchase, […]
Peter Beard and Richard Ruggiero, October 22nd 2012 This week on Here’s the Thing, Alec talks with two men who have spent much of their lives living and working in Africa. Photographer Peter Beard first set foot on the continent in 1955. Richard Ruggiero, of the US Fish and Wildlife Service, began his Peace Corps […]
PETER BEARD is participating in Elephant Parade, a large scale outdoor art exhibition taking place in London, UK showcasing life size baby elephant sculptures, each uniquely created into works of art by 258 artists from around the world. The exhibition has been created by Mark Shand’s charity, Elephant Family. It is an innovative fundraising and […]
LIVINGSTONE SPECTRAL IMAGING PROJECT In 2009, the United States National Endowment for the Humanities and the British Academy funded a project with the goal to decipher and make available to the public important letters and diaries belonging to famed doctor, missionary, and explorer, David Livingstone. A letter from the personal collection of Peter and Nejma […]