National Portrait Gallery

Ida Kar: Bohemian Photographer

A new exhibition of portraits by the 20th century pioneering photographer Ida Kar opens at Plymouth City Museum and Art Gallery on Saturday 26 January.

Ida Kar, Bohemian Photographer – Portraits of Artists from Paris, London and St Ives, highlights the crucial role played by this key female photographer at the heart of the creative avant-garde.

The exhibition has been produced in collaboration with the National Portrait Gallery, London and is derived from their 2011 show – the first museum exhibition for 50 years devoted to Ida Kar, which included nearly 100 photographs,...