{"id":49739,"date":"2022-07-30T05:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-07-30T04:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/?p=49739"},"modified":"2025-01-14T20:42:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T19:42:50","slug":"helmut-newton-exhibition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/helmut-newton-exhibition\/","title":{"rendered":"Helmut Newton 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\/08\/newtonsmall1.jpg\" alt=\"Exhibition poster\" class=\"wp-image-50626\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/newtonsmall1.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/newtonsmall1-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Some photographers leave an indelible impression on the field and the public consciousness with their style or subjects. Like Helmut Newton, subject of a major exhibition at the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Full retrospective covering around 6 decades of photography<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features some 250 works<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Includes both iconic favourites and little known photos<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Runs Oct 19, 2022 &#8211; Jan 15, 2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>See also:\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/kunstforum-wien\/\">Kunstforum Wien visitor &amp; exhibition info<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Current <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/entertainment\/events\/exhibitions\/#photography\">photo exhibitions<\/a> in Vienna<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Helmut Newton Legacy<\/h2>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/newtonphoto.jpg\" alt=\"Fashion, Melbourne, 1955 \u00a9 Helmut Newton Foundation\" class=\"wp-image-49697\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/newtonphoto.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/07\/newtonphoto-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Helmut Newton; Fashion, Melbourne, 1955 \u00a9 Helmut Newton Foundation)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 31st, 2020 was the 100th birthday of the Berlin-born photographer Helmut Newton (1920 &#8211; 2004). A perfect date for a suitable exhibition, were it not for the peculiar circumstances of the times.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thankfully, the Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien&#8217;s retrospective, a cooperation with the Helmut Newton Foundation, is a pleasure delayed and not denied.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The <em>Helmut Newton Legacy<\/em> exhibition fills a winter 2022\/2023 slot with some 250 works that mark the full range of Newton&#8217;s creative output.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Smartphones mean we&#8217;re all photographers these days. But only a few have lifted themselves above the morass to establish that elusive name recognition. Newton is, obviously, one of them, thanks to, for example, his fashion and portrait work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The exhibition traces Newton&#8217;s chronological and thematic photographic journey from the early years and the crystallisation of his style in 1960s Paris onwards, with an emphasis on his fashion shots, nudes, and portraits.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As such, you have plenty of opportunity to judge, for example, his testing of the edges of social acceptability, morality, and creative possibilities. Or his dance between commercialism and art.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Newton himself said, when asked to define his photographs in a 1997 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.alainelkanninterviews.com\/helmut-newton\/\">interview<\/a> with Alain Elkann:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p>Each one speaks for itself. Some people hate them and hate what I do. Others think they are beautiful.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/newtonexhibition.jpg\" alt=\"Helmut Newton exhibition flag and museum fa\u00e7ade\" class=\"wp-image-52474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/newtonexhibition.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/newtonexhibition-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\">(Old and new)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The aesthetics of the fashion shoots truly seem to come from a different time. Perhaps our perspective on lifestyles and aspirations have become recalibrated by COVID and Ukraine. Today&#8217;s world seems to confer an alternate universe feel on many of the photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Better minds than mine can comment on the gender politics around Newton&#8217;s work. I left with an impression of strength exuded by most of the images of women, though less so in the more avant garde fashion photos.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>(It felt curiously apt that the male portrait photo that stood out for me among the likes of Jagger and Lagerfeld was of an androgynous David Bowie from 1983.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some photos are instantly recognisable, while others make a rare appearance in public. The combination adds depth, context and some surprises to those (like me) without a comprehensive understanding of Newton&#8217;s work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>And the final gallery offers a simple testament to Newton&#8217;s legacy: a series of magazine and newspaper covers from the likes of <em>La Stampa<\/em> and <em>The Guardian<\/em> featuring his work; several of the featured photos hang on the walls you just passed by.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Dates, tickets, &amp; tips<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Enjoy Helmut Newton&#8217;s legacy from October 19th, 2022 to January 15th, 2023.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Bank Austria Kunstforum Wien only opens during its major exhibitions, so a ticket to the institution is essentially a ticket to the exhibition. A <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/vienna-pass-review\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"3960\">Vienna Pass<\/a> gets you in once for free.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Vienna seems to show an ever-increasing number of photo exhibitions these days. Other highlights overlapping at least partly with Newton include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Portrait photography at the Albertina Modern: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/face-photo-exhibition\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"49454\">The Face exhibition<\/a> also includes works by Newton<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Gregor Sailer&#8217;s photos of inaccessible architecture at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/hundertwasser\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"17067\">Kunst Haus Wien<\/a> (which always has a photography focus for its main exhibition)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you visit the Newton exhibition from mid-November to late December, you can enjoy two nearby Christmas markets: the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/christmasmarkets\/freyung\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"215\">Altwiener Christkindlmarkt<\/a> opposite and the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/christmasmarkets\/am-hof\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"858\">Weihnachtsmarkt Am Hof<\/a> just a short walk away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The former offers great photo motifs against the backdrop of the Schottenstift church and abbey (same for the latter with the Kirche am Hof church in the background).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to get there<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Follow the travel tips in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.visitingvienna.com\/sights\/museums\/kunstforum-wien\/\" data-type=\"post\" data-id=\"21890\">main museum article<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Address: Freyung 8, 1010 Vienna<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div align=\"center\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/maps\/d\/u\/0\/embed?mid=1qE67z-6ZUivs0H9TxrZDHWDR9ObImqBL\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some photographers leave an indelible impression on the field and the public consciousness with their style or subjects. 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