Please see below for details of past, present and future activities.
News items include details of events, exhibitions, talks, loans and new acquisitions.
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Painting of Claire by Lisa Timmerman
April 8, 2021 This time last year Claire was working in intensive care where she was redeployed at the neginning of the pandemic... Read more -
James Hyman introduces special event with Elif Shafak for Jewish Book Week in honour of his father, Robin Hyman
March 6, 2021 Thank you Elif Shafak and Mark Lawson for a fascinating discussion this evening about Elif's urgent new book How To... Read more -
New Essay by WIlliam Boyd about British Photography in the Hyman Collection for the Financial Times
February 21, 2021 READ HERE Read more
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THE HYMAN FOUNDATION GIVES FINANCIAL SUPPORT FOR COMMUNITY PROGRAMMING BY ARNOLFINI GALLERY, BRISTOL
January 1, 2021 During 2020-21 we were pleased to give financial support for the community programming of Arnolfini Gallery Bristol. Their Executive Director... Read more -
Newsletter 2020
December 24, 2020 Seasons Greetings! We wish you a happy holiday and send all good wishes for 2021. Welcome to our 2020 newsletter.... Read more -
ANNOUNCING THE LAUNCH OF THE HYMAN FOUNDATION
THE HYMAN FOUNDATION (CHARITY COMMISSION NO. 1190955) WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2020 AND AIMS TO PROMOTE AND SUPPORT PHOTOGRAPHY IN BRITAIN IN ALL ITS DIVERSITY. December 1, 2020 The charity aims to facilitate the work of contemporary artists, fund research and scholarship, and address issues of legacy and... Read more
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Announcing a significant new publication on Jo Spence
October 29, 2020 RRB Photobooks and The Hyman Collection are pleased to present Fairy Tales and Photography, or, Another look at Cinderella, a... Read more -
Exhibition for the Arnolfini Bristol: Jo Spence. From Fairytales to Phototherapy. Photographs from the Hyman Collection.
October 15, 2020 Arnolfini present a major retrospective of the work of photographer Jo Spence (1934 - 1992), drawn from The Hyman Collection,... Read more -
Coming soon to the Arnolfini Bristol: A Picture of Health? Women Photographers from the Hyman Collection
October 8, 2020 A Picture of Health is a group exhibition of contemporary women photographers from The Hyman Collection who have responded to... Read more
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How to Start a Photography Collection
Interview with the Royal Photographic Society October 7, 2020 HOW TO START A PHOTOGRAPHY COLLECTION Read more -
The Hyman Collection and Photoworks announce collaboration
May 29, 2020 In response to Covid-19 the Hyman Collection has teamed up with Photoworks to curate a selection of exhibitions from works... Read more -
Daily Mail Feature on our NHS Fundraising Sale
April 8, 2020 READ HERE Read more
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Guardian Feature on James and Claire Hyman's NHS Covid Fundraising Sale
April 7, 2020 Thank you to Guardian for publicising our special sale to raise funds for the NHS. Read here Read more -
Hampstead and Highgate Express feature our NHS fundraiser
April 7, 2020 Read here Read more -
Claire and James Hyman organise and donate to special Fundraising Sale for the NHS
March 30, 2020 'I know that at this time of international crisis, the last thing on people's minds is looking at art, let... Read more
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Anna Fox boxed sets of Resort 1 and Resort 2
March 17, 2020 We are delighted to have acquired the two boxed sets of Resort 1 and Resort 2 by Anna Fox, Presenting,... Read more -
Hyman Collection Commission. Heather Agyepong Wish You Were Here
February 14, 2020 To celebrate Valentine's Day we are delighted to announce that the Hyman Collection has commissioned a new series of work... Read more -
Loans to Masculinities. Liberation through Photography
Barbican Art Gallery January 29, 2020 Claire and James Hyman are delighted to loan Anna Fox's important series of works My Mother's Cupboards and My Father's... Read more
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The Hyman Collection supports the Art Fund's Derek Jarman appeal.
January 29, 2020 We are pleased to have supported the Art Fund's Derek Jarman appeal and to have acquired Isaac Julien's special boxed... Read more -
Loans to Bill Brandt / Henry Moore
Hepworth Wakefield January 17, 2020 Claire and James Hyman are delighted to be major lenders to the pioneering exhibition Bill Brandt/Henry Moore, which opens at... Read more -
THE HYMAN COLLECTION DONATES 100 WORKS TO THE BODLEIAN LIBRARY, OXFORD
January 1, 2020 The Bodleian Library Expands its Collection of Modern and Contemporary British Photographs with a gift from the London-based collectors Claire... Read more
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Newsletter 2019
December 24, 2019 Four years ago we launched www.britishphotography.org to showcase our private collection of British photographs and to use the collection as... Read more -
Jo Spence's Unpublished Thesis and unique set of exhibition laminates
November 15, 2019 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired a series of rare laminated exhibition panels by Jo Spence as well... Read more -
New Acquisition. Large-scale works by Helen Sear
September 18, 2019 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired two of the major works from Helen Sear's solo exhibiton at the... Read more
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Support for new Ken Grant book and porfolio
July 25, 2019 We are pleased to have supported the new book and portfolio by Ken Grant. Pink printed cloth presentation box with... Read more -
New Acquisition. An extensive group of Vintage Prints by David Hurn
July 24, 2019 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired over forty vintage photographs from the 1960s by David Hurn. The photographs... Read more -
Jim Mortram works from Small Town Inertia
June 24, 2019 The Hyman Collection is pleased to have acquired a special portfolio of works from Jim Mortram's powerful book and exhibition,... Read more
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Loan of Anya Gallaccio's Red on Green
Scottish National Galleries May 29, 2019 Red on Green is Anya Gallaccio's most famous work and has been extensively exhibited across the world. It was one... Read more -
Loans to Seaside: Photographed
Turner Contemporary, Margate May 25, 2019 We have laoned works by Bill Brandt and Daniel Meadows to the new exhibition at Turner Contemporary. Seaside: Photographed This... Read more -
James Hyman speaks at Two Day Symposium on the Environment at Hepworth Wakefield
April 24, 2019 To coincide with the exhibition Modern Nature. Photographs from the Hyman Collection, a two day event has been organised to... Read more
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The Hyman Collection celebrates Women in Photography
February 7, 2019 We were delighted to host a dinner to celebrate women in photography to coincide with Fast Forward's workshops. It was... Read more -
Wonderful to welcome Patrons of the Photographers' Gallery to the Collection
February 7, 2019 It was a pleasure to welcome the patrons of the Photographers' Gallery to the collection and our recent rehang of... Read more -
Kurt Hutton Archive Material
January 3, 2019 We are delighted to have acquired an extensive group of vintage prints by Kurt Hutton as well as an archive... Read more
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Newsletter 2018
November 27, 2018 Three years ago we launched www.britishphotography.org to showcase our private collection of British photographs and to use the collection as... Read more -
New Acquisition. Paloma Tendero
November 22, 2018 We are delighted to have acquired a major 12 part self-portrait work by London-based artist Paloma Tendero, as well as... Read more -
Big Issue on the Hyman Collection Exhibition at Hepworth Wakefield
August 27, 2018 Read here Read more
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Loan to Lee Miller and Surrealism in Britain
Hepworth Wakefield July 22, 2018 The Hyman Collection is pleased to lend an extremely rare vintage photograph by Paul Nash to the exhibition Lee... Read more -
Modern Nature. Photographs from the Hyman Collection
Hepworth Wakefield July 13, 2018 We are delighted that the Hepworth Wakefield (Museum of the Year 2017) have curated an exhibition from photographs in the... Read more -
James Hyman Interview on Monocle Radio
July 1, 2018 LISTEN TO JAMES HYMAN INTERVIEW Interview starts at 16 minutes. Read more
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Loans to "Play it Again"
Firstsite, Colchester June 30, 2018 The Hyman Collection is lending a series of 9 works by Heather Agyepong to the exhibition 'Play It Again: The... Read more -
New Acquisition. Kurt Hutton Vintage Prints
June 25, 2018 The Hyman Collection has acquired a major group of over sixty rare vintage prints by Kurt Hutton, one of the... Read more -
Loans to London Nights
Museum of London May 11, 2018 The Hyman Collection is loaning vintage photographs by Bill Brandt and Bert Hardy to the Museum of London for their... Read more
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Loans to Creating the Countryside: 1600-2017
Compton Verney Art Gallery and Park March 18, 2018 The Hyman Collection is delighted to be lending around twenty works from the collection, including photographs by Anna Fox, Paul... Read more -
Heather Agyepong. Too Many Blackamoors
March 1, 2018 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired Heather Agyepong's complete series Too Many Blackamoors. The work was inspired by... Read more -
New Acquisition. John Blakemore
March 1, 2018 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired a major group of works by John Blakemore, one of the greatest... Read more
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New Acquisition. Vintage works by Brian Griffin
February 20, 2018 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired an important group of additional vintage prints by Brian Griffin. Purchased direct... Read more -
New Acquisition. Paul Hill Vintage Works
February 18, 2018 We are delighted to have acquired 20 additional works from Paul Hill's important Mobile Objects and White Peak Dark Peak... Read more -
New Acquisition. Chris Shaw
February 15, 2018 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired additional works by Chris Shaw. These pictures focus on two of his... Read more
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New Acquisition. Bill Brandt. Photographs de-accessioned by MoMA, New York
February 1, 2018 The Hyman Collection has acquired several over-sized exhibition prints by Bill Brandt de-accessioned by the Museum of Modern Art, New... Read more -
THE HYMAN COLLECTION DONATES 125 WORKS TO THE YALE CENTRE FOR BRITISH ART
January 16, 2018 YALE CENTER FOR BRITISH ART PRESS RELEASE PDF The Yale Center for British Art Significantly Expands Its Collection of Modern... Read more -
Simon Roberts Merrie Albion
December 14, 2017 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired the boxed set edition of Simon Robert's complete series of Merrie Albion.... Read more
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James Hyman co-edits four Cafe Royal books on Jo Spence
November 30, 2017 James has co-edited a series of four new publications by Cafe Royal Books on Jo Spence's important Gypsies and Travellers... Read more -
Loans to Roger Law: From Satire to Ceramics
Sainsbury Centre, Norwich November 18, 2017 The Hyman Collection is delighted to be one of the main lenders to the exhibition Roger Law: From Satire to... Read more -
New Acquisition. Bill Brandt Vintage Prints
November 5, 2017 The Hyman Collection is delighted to announce a major new acquisition of an important group of twenty three vintage photographs... Read more
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Loans to Máquinas de Vivir. Flamenco y arquitectura en la ocupación y desocupación de espacios.
October 19, 2017 We are delighted to be lending a large group of works by Jo Spence from her gypsies and travellers series... Read more -
James Hyman participates in two day international conference on Bill Brandt and Henry Moore at Yale Centre for British Art
September 25, 2017 In preparation for the major exhibition of Bill Brandt and Henry Moore, the Yale Centre for British Art held a... Read more -
Loans - Here We Are. An exhibition to celebrate the Burberry September collection, Old Sessions House, Clerkenwell Green
September 18, 2017 The Hyman Collection is a major lender to the exhibition Here We Are. The exhibition celebrates the very best of... Read more
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Loans to A Green and Pleasant Land: Landscape and the imagination, 1970-now
Towner Art Gallery, Eastbourne August 30, 2017 The Hyman Collection is delighted to be the largest lender, after the Arts Council of England, to the exhibition A... Read more -
James Hyman becomes a Trustee of the Kraszna-Krausz Foundation
June 1, 2017 James has become a Trustee of the prestigious Kraszna-Krausz Foundation known for its awards for books on photography and cinematography.... Read more -
Newsletter 2017
May 31, 2017 Two years ago, in Spring 2015, we launched www.britishphotography.org to showcase our private collection of British photographs and to use... Read more
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Peter Mitchell
May 29, 2017 We are delighted to have acquired photographs from one of the pioneers of colour photography, Peter Mitchell. The photographs come... Read more -
Matt Collishaw in Conversation with James Hyman at Photo London
May 21, 2017 Mat Collishaw is a key figure in the important generation of British artists who emerged from Goldsmith’s College in the... Read more -
Anna Fox. The Moon and a Smile
The Moon and a Smile, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea (4 Mar 2017 - 23 Apr 2017) April 12, 2017 The Moon and a Smile exhibition was based on the contempoary responses of nine photographers to a period in the... Read more
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The Caravan Gallery - New Acquisitions
April 9, 2017 We are delighted to have acquired seventy photographs by The Caravan Gallery (Jan Williams & Chris Teasdale) that provide an... Read more -
Feature in The Times about The Hyman Collection
November 17, 2016 READ ARTICLE IN THE TIMES Read more -
Read an interview with James Hyman about the future of the collection in the Art Newspaper.
November 15, 2016 Why a collection of British photography is probably going abroad. Lack of support from UK institutions could mean that James... Read more
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New Acquisitions. Bill Brandt. Vintage Prints
November 1, 2016 The Hyman Collection is delighted to announce a major new acquisition of an important group of twenty seven vintage photographs... Read more -
Loans to Street View: photographs of Urban Life
Graves Gallery, Sheffield Museum October 15, 2016 The Hyman Collection is pleased to be loaning photographs by Colin Jones, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen and Paul Reas to the following... Read more -
Loans to Edward Heath Spitting Image puppet
Arundells, Salisbury August 29, 2016 The Hyman Collection is delighted to lend our life size Spitting Image puppet of former Prime Minister Edward Heath to... Read more
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James Hyman speaks about collecting for London Art Weekend
July 3, 2016 James speaks about collecting at Browns Hotel in Mayfair for London Art Weekend. Read more -
Loans to View Ireland
Landskrona Museum, Sweden June 30, 2016 The Hyman Collection is delighted to me lending works by Paul Seawright from his celebrated Sectarian Murders series to the... Read more -
Newsletter 2016
April 24, 2016 A year ago, in Spring 2015, we launched www.britishphotography.org to showcase our private collection of British photographs and to use... Read more
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New Acquisitions. Dafydd Jones. Vintage Photographs from the 1980s
April 19, 2016 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired an important group of fifty vintage photographs of some of Dafydd Jones's... Read more -
Daniel Meadows. Early Photographic Works. Complete Exhibition
December 12, 2015 Claire and James Hyman are delighted to have made one of our most significant acquisitions: the entire Daniel Meadows exhibition,... Read more -
New Acquisition. Susan Hiller. Midnight
November 28, 2015 The Hyman Collection is pleased to have acquired five works from Susan Hiller's famous series of Midnight self-portraits based on... Read more
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Chris Killip. Isle of Man Portfolio
November 25, 2015 The Hyman Collection is delighted to have acquired a rare complete portfolio of Chris Killip's Isle of Man, a landmark... Read more -
Donation of a set of 34 prints by Alan Davie to the British Museum
November 1, 2015 We are pleased to have donated a set of 34 prints by Alan Davie to the Prints and Drawings department... Read more -
James Hyman lectures on Collecting Photography. Savoy Hotel. London
September 18, 2015 Watch collector James Hyman speak about collecting photographs as part of an all day symposium organised by Beetles + Huxley... Read more
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Major new essay by James Hyman on British Figurative Art for the Ben Uri Gallery
July 2, 2015 James Hyman has written a scholarly but personal essay for a substantial new publication on Jewish Art, Out of Chaos.... Read more -
Boost of British. James Hyman interviewed by Sarah Coleman
May 27, 2015 Read a new interview with James Hyman about the Hyman Collection and about Photo London on Sarah Coleman's online photography... Read more
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