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BrassaïSecret Paris

Brassaï, Couple d’amoureux dans un petit café parisien, quartier Italie (Couple of lovers in a small café on Place d’Italie) c.1932, gelatin silver photograph © Estate Brassaï, Succession/Philippe Ribeyrolles

This exhibition presents the most comprehensive survey of the work of the eminent Hungarian-born, French photographer Brassaï yet to be seen in Australia. With a focus on the artist’s iconic images of the city and its people by night, the exhibition also considers his friendship with Picasso and other leading figures of the Parisian avant-garde, his experiments with Surrealism, and his hallmark photographs of graffiti. Produced in collaboration with the artist’s estate, this survey brings together more than 150 vintage prints and offers a fascinating visual journey into the intimate world of Paris in the 1930s.

When
25 July – 15 November 2026
Location
Heide Main Galleries
Admission

Included with museum admission

Curator/s
Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais, Lesley Harding and Philippe Ribeyrolles.

Principal Donor

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