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The Arts Intel Report

Helmut Newton Legacy

Helmut Newton, Elle Paris, 1969.

Oct 19, 2022 – Jan 15, 2023
Freyung 8, 1010 Wien, Austria

The famed photographer Helmut Newton, who died in 2004, would have turned 100 in 2020. Known as “the King of Kink,” he was provocative. As Newton once said, “If a photographer says he is not a voyeur, he is an idiot.” Vogue editor Anna Wintour has said that Newton’s photographs are “synonymous with Vogue at its most glamorous and mythic.” Though fashion photography made him famous, Newton’s portraits and nudes are equally striking and sometimes jarring. In this 100th-birthday display—delayed due to the pandemic—curator Matthias Harder sprinkles in a bit of everything. Contact sheets, Polaroids, and other props lead one into Newton’s rebellious world. —Elena Clavarino

Photo: © Helmut Newton Foundation