CHRONORAMA

Palazzo Grassi presents CHRONORAMA: Photographic Treasures of the 20th Century, the first major exhibition of masterpieces recently acquired by the Pinault Collection, from the Condé Nast archives.

The exhibition in Venice brings together over four hundred works spanning from the 1910s to the late 1970s taken by some of the most significant artists of the 20th century, including Edward Steichen, Berenice Abbott, Cecil Beaton, Lee Miller, André Kertész, Horst P. Horst, Diane Arbus, Irving Penn, and Helmut Newton. Among the foremost talents of their generation, they have shaped the photographic and artistic aesthetics of their time through the publication of their work in the various Condé Nast publications, including Vogue, Vanity Fair, House & Garden, Glamour and GQ.

Displayed in chronological order, decade by decade, the photographs showcase the women and men, the historical moments, the mundane, the dreams and the dramas of the 20th century: portraits of famous actors and actresses and important figures of the time are interspersed with fashion photography, photojournalism, photographs of architecture, still lifes, and documentary photography.

The exhibition is accompanied by a podcast produced by Palazzo Grassi and Chora Media in Italian, English and French that take the visitors on a journey through the 20th century. 

CHRONORAMA is put into perspective with “Chronorama Redux,” a project offering a contemporary look at these works from the Pinault Collection through the work of four artists: Tarrah Krajnak, Daniel Spivakov, Giulia Andreani, and Eric N. Mack have been given carte blanche by the Pinault Collection to interpret the legacy of major photographs and of the Condé Nast archives each in their own way.

CHRONORAMA: Photographic Treasures of the 20th Century and “Chronorama Redux” will be on view at Palazzo Grassi, Venice, from March 12, 2023 to January 7, 2024.