Cathy's Art Diary

Lovely exhibition at Proud Central Gallery of photographs of Marilyn Monroe by Milton H Green. Green had 50 sittings with Marilyn and took over 3000 pictures. I loved the way this show was arranged by sittings with each given an iconic name such as the ballerina sitting or the dog sitting depending on the clothes or props. The labels were excellent giving the date and descriptions of stylists and designers. I loved a picture of her sitting by rocks where the twigs from a bush nearby make it look like the glass on the picture was broken. Closed on 24 June 2018  

Small exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery looking at the British photographers and personalities who admired her and worked with Marilyn Monroe. It had groups of photographs from various shoots with British photographers bringing together original photographs and examples of where the photographs were used. There was a nice section with photographs of when she came to the UK to film the Prince and the Showgirl including a lovely shot of fans at the gates of the house where she was living. Most bizarre was a photo of Marilyn with Edith Sitwell a real crashing together of worlds.