At a glance
From glamour to vulnerability, one of the world’s best-known private photography collections asks what makes an image — or a body — beautiful.
Why go
Photographs from the Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection.
The Jeu de Paume presents photography from the collection assembled by Elton John and David Furnish, following an earlier version at the V&A.
You'll see
20th- and 21st-century photography · Fashion · Portraiture · Celebrity · Identity · Bodies
Don't miss
The tension between highly constructed celebrity/fashion images and photographs documenting vulnerability and social reality.
Artlovers Tip
Pair it with Madeleine de Sinéty downstairs — the contrast between collecting and one photographer’s lifetime is excellent.
★★★★½ Strong photography stop with broad appeal.
Inside the exhibition
Meet the artist
Sir Elton John and David Furnish Collection
Description
Drawing on more than thirty years of collecting by Elton John and David Furnish, the exhibition examines photography through desire, celebrity, fashion, reportage and identity. The result is both a history of photographic image-making and a portrait of two collectors’ tastes.
Artists / context
A broad survey of major 20th- and 21st-century photographers rather than a single artistic voice.
Exhibition
Fragile beauté
Contemporary Art
FashionPhotography
Artlovers relevance
Approx 1 hour
