Exhibitions

Finding Beauty

The pioneer of Danish Art Photography Keld Helmer-Petersen. Finding Beauty is the first major retrospective exhibition of Held Helmer-Petersen’s work since 1990. It rests on research, originating from a PhD thesis on the art photographer, and it has been created in a close cooperation with his heirs. With Helmer-Petersen’s extensive archive as its point of departure – transferred to Royal Library in 2013 – key main works are introduced as well as specimen copies, diapositives, contact prints, drawings, collages, preparatory studies and films that have not previously been shown. The exhibition thus offers a new perspective on Helmer-Petersen’s work, illustrating his working process and history for the first time. 

Place: The Royal Library, Copenhagen, June 14, 2019 – January 18, 2020