Books: She Was a Bauhaus Trained Documentary Photographer. She Was Also a Spy for the USSR
Over the past decade, scholars and curators have begun rewriting the history of photography by spotlighting women whose lives and work had been overlooked. Among those women is British-Austrian photographer Edith Tudor-Hart, though her obscurity is somewhat ironic, since there are hundreds of MI-5 files on her in the UK. The daughter of Austrian socialists, Tudor-Hart trained in photography at the the Bauhaus in Dessau, Germany, in 1928 and went on to become a talented professional. But she was also a spy for the Soviet Union. Tudor-Hart was the subject of an exhibition in London in 2025 and now is the focus of a new book from author Daria Santini, "A Woman Named Edith: Emigre, Photographer and Secret Agent."
The DART Board: 05.03.2026
June 4, 5-8 pm, the final First Thursday in DUMBO DUMBO’s galleries stay open late for a night of art, gallery openings, artist talks, and live performance. Visitors enjoy incredible views of the East River and the Brooklyn and Manhattan Bridges as they walk along the waterfront from one gallery to the next, Many spots for drinks and snacks. Free and open to the public! Click for Map and Directory. Preview below. NowHere Open Studios: Maiko Kikuchi at NowHere St...

