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5 years ago

We've rounded up 17 of the most spectacular exhibitions in eight countries around the world not to miss this summer and forthcoming months. If you have an exhibition you'd like to be considered, please email [email protected] at least six weeks in advance with all the details and a link to press images.  

France

JARDIN PUBLIC, BORDEAUX

June 9 to September 24

MARTIN PARR: LIFE’S A BEACH

Presents a delightful collection of 23 iconic images by the photographer, from the early work of British seaside resorts in the 1980s to his most recent images captured in India in 2018.

magnumphoto.com

Germany

HELMUT NEWTON FOUNDATION

June 7 to November 10

THREE BOYS FROM PASADENA

Mark Arbeit, George Holz and Just Loomis pay homage to the great photographer Helmut Newton.

helmut-newton.com

 

NRW FORUM

July 19 to November 10

MARTIN PARR

A comprehensive retrospective of Magnum photographer Martin Parr.

nrw-forum.de

 

SCHAUWERK SINDELFINGEN

To January 6, 2020

LIGHT SENSITIVE 2

Group show of photographers great innovators, both past and present. Includes works by Nobuyoshi Araki, Andreas Gursky, Wim Wenders and Wolfgang Tilmans.  

schauwerk-sindelfingen.de

 

WELTKULTUREN MUSEUM

To September 1

GREY IS THE NEW PINK: MOMENTS OF AGEING

Presents diverse ideas of ageing across cultures, visual arts and personal experiences.

weltkulturenmuseum.de

 

Italy

MONZA VIALE BRIANZA

September 13 to November 3

2019 SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS EXHIBITION

The best images from the 2019 competitions.

worldphoto.org

 

Luxembourg

CITE DE L’IMAGE

To September 29

SUSAN BARNETT: NOT IN YOUR FACE

Discusses the t-shirt’s power to tell personal and political convictions about who we are and who we want to be.

To October 24

CHARLES FREGER: YOKAINOSHIMA, ISLAND OF MONSTERS

Explores the extraordinary range of masks, costumes and characters used in festivals and ceremonies to celebrate fertility in Japan.

clervauximage.lu

MUDAM

To September 22

FIGURES SENSIBLES

Including works by twelve artists from Europe, Asia, Middle East and North America. Highlights varying approaches to contemporary photography.

To September 22

LATOYA RUBY FRAIZER

Black & white images by America’s great contemporary portrait photographers.

mudam.lu

Netherlands

FONTANA GALLERY

June 6 to July 31

YVES MARCHAND AND ROMAIN MEFFRE: THE BUDAPEST COURTYARDS

Explore Budapest through the lenses of Yves Marchand and Romain Meffre who visited 400 of its 4,000 hidden courtyards.

fontanagallery.co

 

THE RAVESTIJN GALLERY

June 29 to August 31

MATHIEU ASSELIN: MONSANTO: A PHOTOGRAPHIC INVESTIGATION

A photographic documentation of the French photographer’s research on the chemical company Monsanto and its consequences on health and ecology.

theravestijngallery.com

 

Switzerland

MUSEUM IN BELLPARK KRIENS

August 25 to November 4

WERNER BISCHOF: STANDPUNKT

A major retrospective of the famous photographer including lesser-known works.

bellpark.ch

 

United Kingdom

ALBUMEN GALLERY

To August 31

Nevzat Yildirim: After the Conflict

In 2013 and 2015 Nevzat Yildirim was invited by a Turkish Human Rights Charity to travel to Yemen and Afghanistan respectively to document some of the charity’s work with orphaned children. The series ‘After the Conflict’ was born out of this work. Enjoy the online exhibition.

albumen-gallery.com

United States of America

MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY PHOTOGRAPHY, CHICAGO

July 18 to September 29

GO DOWN MOSES

Presents a reinterpretation of the MoCP’s permanent collection that can be understood as a visual poem of contemporary America.

mocp.org

 

BAKERSFIELD MUSEUM OF ART

To August 17

PLATINUM

While some photographers gravitate towards digital, others – like Busch and Kitchen – embrace the process and results of platinum printing. A fine exhibition of this high-quality printing process.

bmoa.org

 

SAN FRANCISCO MUSEUM OF MODERN ARTS

July 20 to December 1

DON’T! PHOTOGRAPHY AND THE ART OF MISTAKES

Explores how photographic techniques such as double exposure, lens flare and motion blur deemed errors by one generation of photographers became interesting aesthetic intentions by the next.

sfmoma.org

 

BROOKLYN MUSEUM

To December 8

GARRY WINOGRAND: COLOR

The first exhibition dedicated to the nearly forgotten color photographs of Garry Winogrand, one of the recently unsung heroes of twentieth-century photography.

brooklynmuseum.org