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Irving Penn exhibition celebrates 20th-Century visual culture

In a highly anticipated exhibition that promises to recalibrate our understanding of photographic art, the MOP Foundation in Spain is set to present "Irving Penn: Centennial" - a comprehensive retrospective from one of the twentieth century's most iconic photographers. Spanning 175 of the photographer’s works, the exhibition - opening on 23...

Culture

Smithsonian to host Irving Penn retrospective: 'Beyond Beauty'

The Smithsonian American Art Museum, beating its New York archrival to the punch, announced Monday what it called the first retrospective of Irving Penn's photography in nearly two decades. "Irving Penn: Beyond Beauty," opening October 23, will feature 146 photographic prints, many of them never exhibited or even seen before, it said in a...

Fashion

Fashion photographer Irving Penn remembered

Irving Penn, one of America's and the world's most celebrated and influential photographers of the twentieth century, passed away this week aged 92 at his home in Manhattan. Most famous for his fashion photographs and portraits of prominent cultural figures, Penn's prolific body of work also included studies of ordinary people, still lives and...