{"id":49454,"date":"2022-07-21T06:30:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-21T05:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=49454"},"modified":"2025-05-04T17:09:35","modified_gmt":"2025-05-04T16:09:35","slug":"face-photo-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/face-photo-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"The Face photo exhibition"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/thefacesmall1.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition poster\" class=\"wp-image-49830\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/thefacesmall1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/thefacesmall1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Empress Elisabeth famously avoided photographers (putting her fan to good use, for example.) The Albertina Modern&#8217;s <em>The Face<\/em> exhibition of portrait photography has subjects less camera averse than our shy Habsburg.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Features the work of numerous top photographers, like Richard Avedon, Helmut Newton, and Franz Hubmann<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Also includes, for example, photos of renowned musicians and artists<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Jul 27 &#8211; Nov 6, 2022<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-modern\/\">Albertina Modern overview<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/\">art exhibitions<\/a>&nbsp;in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Avedon to Newton<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"298\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jaggerphoto.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Mick Jagger by Gottfried Helnwein\" class=\"wp-image-49446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jaggerphoto.jpg 298w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/jaggerphoto-199x300.jpg 199w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Gottfried Helnwein; Mick Jagger, London, 1982; gelatin silver print; the ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina&#8217;s new second site allows this art institution to showcase a wider range of treasures from its own enormous collections.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><em>The Face<\/em> exhibition, for example, puts the focus (ba dum tish!) on contemporary portrait photography.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This includes what we might call a win-win experience: you have photographers of renown, but also subjects who have perhaps left an even greater mark on the world of art and music.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The likes of Eisenhower, Giacometti, Elton John, Keith Haring, Warhol, Lou Reed, Bogart, Sophia Loren, and others find their face (and soul?) exposed to public view.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nancy Lee Katz observes Roy Lichtenstein at work on one of his large-format creations, for example, while Franz Hubmann (subject of a similarly-themed <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/franz-hubmann-photo-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"33981\">solo exhibition<\/a> at the Albertina back in 2021) captures a distracted Marc Chagall as he enters old age.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The acclaimed artist, Gottfried Helnwein, snaps an inscrutable Michael Jackson in the late 1980s. His 1990 Keith Richards captures the guitarist half in shadow, eyes skeptical, cigarette in hand. Perfect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As those examples reveal, the exhibition includes both Austrian and international photographers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The titular Helmut Newton and Richard Avedon both feature, of course. The latter famously noted that:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>There is no such thing as inaccuracy in a photograph. All photographs are accurate. None of them is the truth.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p>Newton&#8217;s 1993 <em>Verina, Nizza<\/em> features a model whose challenging self-confidence leaves you confused as to how to perceive the nude subject.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"446\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lichtensteinphoto.jpg\" alt=\"Photo of Roy Lichtenstein by Nancy Lee Katz\" class=\"wp-image-49447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lichtensteinphoto.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lichtensteinphoto-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lichtensteinphoto-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/lichtensteinphoto-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Nancy Lee Katz; Lichtenstein Roy, 1986; gelatin silver; the ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna; Donation Dr. Michael S. Sachs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Avedon&#8217;s 1957 portrait of Marilyn Monroe projects an introspective uncertainty that contradicts her more common photographic image.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As well as the portraits of the well-known, the exhibition also presents selected documentary series.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For example, Leo Kandl&#8217;s <em>Wine Tavern<\/em> photos (taken 1977-1984) reveal an earthier side to Viennese life than you see in tourism brochures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And Lucia Pap\u010dov\u00e1&#8217;s shots of her grandparents offer an intimate exposure of the ageing process that sent this 54-year-old writer into thoughtful brooding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tickets\">Dates, tickets &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy the photographic portraits from July 27th to November 6th, 2022. An entrance ticket for the Albertina Modern includes the exhibitions, of course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Until late August, consider combining a visit to <em>The Face<\/em> with one to the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/writer-portraits-klewan\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"45869\">The Gaze from the Frame<\/a> exhibition at the Leopold Museum (until August 29th, 2022). This draws on the prestigious Klewan collection to present portraits of famous writers through history by renowned photographers and painters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna has numerous <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#photography\">other photo exhibitions<\/a> to offer at any one time. Personal recommendations running for at least part of the same time include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/helmut-newton-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"49739\">Helmut Newton<\/a> at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien&#8217;s retrospective (until January 15th, 2023)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/street-photography-exhibition-2\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"40935\">Instantly! exhibition<\/a> at the Wien Museum MUSA, which has intriguing scenes of Viennese street life across the last 100+ years (until October 23rd, 2022)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get to the exhibition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Just follow the travel tips at the bottom of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/albertina-modern\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"21859\">main museum page<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Albertina Modern lies just off Karlsplatz square, which includes its own popular photo motif: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/karlskirche\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"22144\">Karlskirche<\/a> (one of the few central churches you can photograph in its entirety without other buildings getting in the way).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Karlsplatz 5, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1zfWanf5rPBbnTLLDuah2uixe-Nw\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Empress Elisabeth famously avoided photographers (putting her fan to good use, for example.) The Albertina Modern&#8217;s The Face exhibition of portrait photography has subjects less camera averse than our shy Habsburg. Avedon to Newton (Gottfried Helnwein; Mick Jagger, London, 1982; gelatin silver print; the ALBERTINA Museum, Vienna) The Albertina&#8217;s new second site allows this art [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":49830,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-49454","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-museums","8":"entry"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49454","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49454"}],"version-history":[{"count":26,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":83064,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49454\/revisions\/83064"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49830"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}