The extensive HELMUT NEWTON retrospective opens to the public on Friday 24 March 2023 in the halls of Palazzo Reale in Milan . LEGACY , conceived on the occasion of the hundredth anniversary of the photographer's birth (Berlin, 1920 - Los Angeles, 2004) and postponed due to the pandemic.

The exhibition, which can be visited until 25 June 2023 , aims to take a fresh look at the uniqueness, style and provocative side of the artist's work.

Promoted by the Municipality of Milan-Culture and produced by Palazzo Reale and Marsilio Arte, in collaboration with the Helmut Newton Foundation of Berlin , the exhibition is part of Milan Art Week (11 - 16 April 2023), the widespread event coordinated by the to Culture of the Municipality of Milan, in collaboration with miart, which puts the main public institutions and private foundations of the city that deal with modern and contemporary art online, with a dedicated program of exhibitions and activities.

The exhibition is curated by Matthias Harder, director of the Helmut Newton Foundation, and by Denis Curti and traces the entire career of one of the most loved and discussed photographers of all time through 250 photographs, magazines, documents and videos. Alongside the iconic images, a corpus of unpublished shots, presented for the first time in Italy, will reveal lesser-known aspects of Newton's work, with a specific focus on the most unconventional fashion shoots. Polaroids and contact sheets will allow you to understand the creative process behind some of the most significant motifs in Newton's work, while special publications, archival materials and photographer's statements will allow you to reconstruct the context in which the inspiration for this extraordinary artist.

Along a route divided into chronological chapters, visitors will be able to go through all the phases and evolutions of Newton's life and career, from the beginning to the last years of production.