Condé Nast's 20th-Century Photo Treasures at Palazzo Grassi

Palazzo Grassi in Venice presents 'Chronorama. Photographic Treasures of the 20th Century', curated by Matthieu Humery, featuring over 400 images from Condé Nast archives recently acquired by the Pinault Collection. The exhibition spans seven decades (1910s–1970s) with works by 150 photographers, including Edward Steichen, Paul Strand, Horst P. Horst, Irving Penn, Cecil Beaton, Lee Miller, and Mike Reinhardt. It opens with early 1910s fashion illustrations before transitioning to photography. Highlights include Paul Thompson's 1910 photo of Dr. Mary Walker, the first woman to wear pants in public, and Steichen's abstract 'Moth balls and sugar cubes' (1927). The show documents social and political history, from the Great Depression and WWII to the 1950s golden age of fashion and 1960s counterculture. It closes with Mike Reinhardt's 1979 portrait of model Gia Carangi. The exhibition runs at Palazzo Grassi, part of the Pinault Collection.