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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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 -
Quentin Bajac (MoMA, NY) and James Hyman in Conversation. Chaired by Christiane Monarchi (Photomonitor).
May 25, 2015 Quentin Bajac, the Chief Curator of Photography at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and James Hyman discuss... Read more
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Best of British - James Hyman interviewed by the British Journal of Photography
May 5, 2015 James Hyman has collected British photography for more than 15 years, and now he's launching a website devoted to his... Read more -
Hyman Collection Commission. Spitting - Photographs by Andrew Bruce and Anna Fox
April 24, 2015 We are delighted to have commissioned Andrew Bruce and Anna Fox to respond to the original Fluk and Law Spitting... Read more -
New Acquisitions. Edwin Smith. Rare Vintage Prints
April 1, 2015 We are pleased to have discovered a very rare group of vintage prints by Edwin Smith, one of the greatest... Read more
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3,000 works of great British photography available on art collectors' new website
March 25, 2015 Evening Standard Read Here Read more -
New Acquisitions - Paul Hill. Vintage Photographs
March 16, 2015 The Hyman Collection is pleased to have acquired a significant group of vintage photographs by Paul Hill. Acquired from the... Read more -
What Makes a Good Photograph? An essay by James Hyman for Photoworks
March 16, 2015 An essay by gallerist and collector James Hyman on what makes a good photograph commissioned by photoworks.org Listed as one... Read more
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Announcing the Launch of the Hyman Collection Website
February 15, 2015 Claire and James Hyman are delighted to launch our a new website that uses the works in our collection as... Read more -
James Hyman lectures on British Figurative Art in Munster, Germany
February 5, 2015 James Hyman lectures on The Battle for Realism in the Age of Celebrity as part of the cultural programme “The... Read more -
The Thrill of the Chase. James Hyman interviewed by Photomonitor
January 1, 2015 Read more
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Jo Spence. Remodelling Photo History
September 23, 2014 Remodelling Photohistory We are pleased to have acquired one of only three complete vintage sets of Jo Spence's celebrated series... Read more -
New Acquisitions. Jon Tonks. Empire
September 15, 2014 We are delighted to have purchased from Jon Tonks a selection of large format prints from his celebrated series, Empire,... Read more -
The Jo Spence Gypsies and Travellers Archive
September 1, 2014 Claire and James Hyman are delighted to announce one of our most significant acquisitions, Jo Spence's complete gypsies and travellers... Read more
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Anna Fox. Cockroach Diaries and other stories. Complete Exhibition
June 19, 2014 As part of our ongoing commitment to British photography we are delighted to have made one of our biggest acquisitions:... Read more -
Ken Grant. No Pain Whatsoever
February 19, 2014 We are pleased to have acquired a significant group of photographs by Ken Grant from his latest book, No Pain... Read more -
New Acquisitions. Roger Mayne. Vintage Street Life Photographs
September 20, 2013 Claire and James Hyman are delighted to announce the purchase of a significant group of vintage works by Roger Mayne... Read more
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New Acquisitions. Colin Jones. Vintage Prints
September 19, 2013 The Hyman Collection is pleased to have purchased over one hundred vintage prints by Colin Jones. Acquired from a variety... Read more -
We are delighted to support the new Media Space at the Science Museum
September 13, 2013 Opening this weekend 21 September 2013 at the Science Museum in Kensington, London is Media Space a brand new exhibition... Read more -
James Hyman curates Country Matters exhibition of British photography
September 11, 2013 Country Matters: Bert Hardy, Roger Mayne, Tony Ray-Jones, Colin Jones, Chris Killip, Homer Sykes, Sirkka-Liisa Konttinen, Martin Parr, Mark Power,... Read more
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New Acquisitions. Homer Sykes. Vintage Prints from "Once a Year"
July 4, 2013 Claire and James Hyman are pleased to have purchased a selection of very rare vintage prints from Homer Sykes's celebrated... Read more -
New Acquisitions. Mark Power. Newly released "Shipping Forecast" prints.
May 15, 2013 In 2012 the Hyman Collection purchased the complete exhibition set of large framed prints of Mark Power's most celebrated work,... Read more -
Loans to Observers: Photographers of the British Scene from the 1930s to Now
British Council exhibition, Brasil September 25, 2012 We are pleased to be lending works by Karen Knorr to this major exhibition of British Photography. The exhibition “Observers:... Read more
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Donations to Charity Auction for the Media Space at the Science Museum
May 16, 2012 We are delighted to have donated photographs to the charity auction held at Christies to raise funds for the Media... Read more -
James Hyman curates important exhibition of early French photographs for New York and London
May 1, 2012 FROM SERMONS IN STONES TO MONSTERS OF MODERNITY EARLY FRENCH PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE CHURCH New York and London, April-June 2012... Read more -
MARK POWER. THE SHIPPING FORECAST FRAMED EXHIBITION SET
April 25, 2012 The Hyman Collection's is delighted to have acquired the original framed exhibition set of thirty photographs of Mark Power's celebrated... Read more
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James Hyman selects graduate photographers for Source magazine
March 6, 2012 James Hyman is delighted to select his pick of graduate photographers. source GRADUATE PHOTOGRAPHY ONLINE 2012 Each year as part... Read more -
Paul Seawright. Sectarian Murder
November 7, 2011 We are delighted to have acquired Paul Seawright's important Series, Sectarian Murder (1988). Sectarian Murder revisited the sites of Sectarian... Read more -
Martin Parr The Last Resort .Boxed Set
September 30, 2011 We are delghted to have acquired a rare portfolio set of Martin Parr's seminal early 1980s colour series, The Last... Read more
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Convolutum magazine feature on James Hyman
September 5, 2011 The October-December 2011 issue of Convolutum includes a lengthy profile of James Hyman in German and English. Text: Dagmar Johanna... Read more -
New Acquisitions. Rare Vintage Prints by Tony Ray-Jones
August 1, 2011 We are pleased to have acquired a very rare group of vintage prints by Tony Ray-Jones. Ray-Jones died tragically young... Read more -
James Hyman is pleased once more to sponsor and judge the National Media Museum Bursary Awards for Photographers.
February 2, 2011 The six award winners of the 2010 National Media Museum Photography Awards were selected from more than 200 applicants. These... Read more
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Anna Fox. Work Stations (1987-88)
July 12, 2010 We are delighted to have acqired the complete series of Anna Fox's seminal early body of photographs, Work Stations (1987-88).... Read more -
Karen Knorr. Belgravia
May 12, 2010 We are delgihted to have acquired the complete set of 26 photographs that make up Karen Knorr's most important early... Read more -
New Acquisitions - Zanele Muholi and Athi-Patra Ruga
April 23, 2010 We are delighted to have acquired a group of works by two young South African artists: Zanele Muholi and Athi-Patra... Read more
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New Acquisitions - Anna Fox's Deutsche Bourse Prize Exhibition Installation
March 17, 2010 We are delighted to have acquired Anna Fox's Deutsche Borse installation of works from two of her most important series,... Read more -
The Hyman Collection is delighted to be one of the sponsors and judges of the National Media Museum Bursary Awards
December 1, 2009 James Hyman Gallery is pleased to present an exhibition of recent works by the five successful applicants for the 2009... Read more -
James Hyman curates Construct. Photographs by Lynne Cohen, Karen Knorr and Mayumi Terada
November 27, 2009 Construct. Photographs by Lynne Cohen, Karen Knorr and Mayumi Terada 27 November – 22 December 2009 Curated by James Hyman,... Read more
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James Hyman and Paul McCartney curate show of Linda Mccartney's Photographs
April 10, 2008 On the occassion of a major exhibition of Linda McCartney's photographs co-curated by James Hyman and Paul McCartney, James recorded... Read more -
New essay by James Hyman on Hughie O'Donoghue, Painting and Photography
March 17, 2008 A new essay by James Hyman exploring Hughie O'Donoghue's use of painting and photgraphy. THE REAL AND THE IMAGINED IN... Read more -
Claire and James Hyman on Channel 4 News
September 19, 2007 Claire and James appeared with children and Anya Gallaccio on Channel 4 News in a feature about owning Anya Gallaccio's... Read more
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James Hyman writes major monograph on painter, Derrick Greaves.
June 28, 2007 DERRICK GREAVES: FROM KITCHEN SINK TO SHANGRI-LA James Hyman, 2007 Hardback Publisher: Lund Humphries Dimensions: 30 x 26 cms Pages:... Read more -
Christies stages Single Owner Evening Sale of Modernist Photographs from The Hyman Collection
April 27, 2007 Christies, New York, stages an auction of Modernist Photographs from The Hyman Collection. Important vintage works by Ilse Bing, Harry... Read more
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