Bernd & Hilla Becher Virtual Opening | Met Exhibitions

Join Jeff Rosenheim, Joyce Frank Menschel Curator in Charge, Department of Photographs, for a virtual tour of Bernd & Hilla Becher, a retrospective celebrating the renowned German artists, Bernd and Hilla Becher (1931-2007; 1934-2015), who changed the course of late twentieth-century photography. Working as a rare artist couple, they focused on a single subject: the disappearing industrial architecture of Western Europe and North America that fueled the modern era. Their seemingly objective style recalled nineteenth- and early twentieth-century precedents but also resonated with the serial approach of contemporary Minimalism and Conceptual art. Equally significant, it challenged the perceived gap between documentary and fine-art photography.
Using a large-format view camera, the Bechers methodically recorded blast furnaces, winding towers, grain silos, cooling towers, and gas tanks with precision, elegance, and passion. Their rigorous, standardized practice allowed for comparative analyses of structures that they exhibited in grids of between four and thirty photographs. They described these formal arrangements as “typologies” and the buildings themselves as “anonymous sculpture.”
The exhibition celebrates the Bechers’ remarkable achievement and is the first ever organized with full access to the artists’ personal collection of working materials and their comprehensive archive.
The exhibition is made possible by Joyce Frank Menschel, the Barrie A. and Deedee Wigmore Foundation, the Edward John & Patricia Rosenwald Foundation, and Linda Macklowe.
It is organized by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, in association with Studio Bernd & Hilla Becher and Die Photographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur.
Additional support is provided by the Mellon Foundation.
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Thank you for this excellent presntaton.

[@leeehrat7026]

amazing video, thanks for sharing this exhibition!

[@LauraS_1194]

This is a great introduction to the exhibit and their work!👏🤗👍♥️

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[@irinakaribova8999]

Such an amasing view on industrial items! Thanks a lot for the presentation👋

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❤️

[@thomastallerico6340]

Saw this exhibition recently. Fascinating

[@mytinplaterailway]

Excellent film. Thank you.

[@bens6970]

This is wonderful- thank you for this format!!

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Wunderbar! Great commentaries!

[@jvt6]

So fascinating! Thank you for this virtual experience 🏠🏠

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A great value conversation!

[@NasserAlhameli]

Love it.. Thank you for the unique presentation!

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Can’t wait to see it!!!!

[@218beats]

there is a great collection of Brend and Hilla Becher held and archived in TMOCA. its a fatanstic vision of conceptual phorography.

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That is a magnificent exhibition 😍

[@huntrrams]

Love their pieces!

[@rocdur57]

Me parece increíble el arte de estas fotografías. Un gran descubrimiento para mí. Gracias Met

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[@1duesy]

Fabulous work but the sheer number of images exhibited is like a book that needs editing.

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👏🏽🙌🏽✨

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My professor showed me his and his wife's book

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I miss di Montebello