The Helmut Newton Foundation and Pinault Collection proudly present CHRONORAMA. Photographic Treasures of the 20th Century. Following its highly successful premiere at Palazzo Grassi in Venice, the collaborative project will be shown at the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin starting 15 February 2024. CHRONORAMA marks the latest partnership between the Helmut Newton Foundation in Berlin and leading international collections. In 2018, it hosted Between Art & Fashion, with 223 works by 85 photographers from the collection of Carla Sozzani, former editor-in-chief of the Italian Elle and Vogue.
Now, the foundation unveils François Pinault’s recently acquired collection of exceptional photographs, including portraits, fashion, still lifes, architecture, photojournalism, as well as early illustrations from the legendary Condé Nast Archive. Showcasing nearly 250 works created between 1910 and the late-1970s for Condé Nast’s style-defining magazines, this chronological presentation traces the evolution of the fashion industry against the backdrop of radical changes in western culture, spanning subjects from the sophisticated to the sublime. Naturally, Helmut Newton’s works are also part of this remarkable collection, as he contributed extensively to Condé Nast magazines like Vogue and Vanity Fair from the 1950s onward. Most of Newton’s fashion photographs featured in this show have not been previously exhibited in Berlin.
Furthermore, the exhibition brings together an impressive array of Helmut Newton’s contemporaries and predecessors, including trailblazing photographers like Diane Arbus, Cecil Beaton, David Bailey, John Deakin, Robert Frank, Evelyn Hofer, Horst P. Horst, George Hoyningen-Huene, Peter Hujar, William Klein, Lisette Model, Ugo Mulas, Irving Penn, Bert Stern, Deborah Turbeville, and Chris von Wangenheim.
CHRONORAMA
Photographic Treasures of the 20th Century
February 15 – May 20, 2024
Helmut Newton Foundation
Jebensstr. 2
10623 Berlin
www.helmutnewton.com
Edward Steichen, Actress Anna May Wong, Vanity Fair, 1930 © Condé Nast
Deborah Turbeville, 3 Models from the series Bathhouse at the East 23rd Street Swimming Pool, NYC Vogue, 1975 © Condé Nast
Cecil Beaton, Actress Marlene Dietrich, Vanity Fair, 1932 © Condé Nast
Bert Stern, Twiggy wearing a mod minidress by Louis Féraud and leather shoes by François Villon, Vogue, 1967 © Condé Nast
Helmut Newton, Patti Hansen in Yves Saint Laurent, Promenade des Anglais, Nice 1976 © Helmut Newton Foundation, courtesy Condé Nast
