iLouisiana Museum of Modern ArtHumlebæk
700 Nimes Road
This exhibition has ended.
Catherine Opie's series of 50 photographs from Elizabeth Taylor's Beverly Hills home, where Hollywood glamour meets everyday life. From the Louisiana collection.
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Elizabeth Taylor died in hospital while Catherine Opie was still photographing her house, so the two never met. You get the house instead: 50 photographs taken at 700 Nimes Road in Bel Air, where, as Louisiana puts it, sparkling jewels sit beside everyday banality.
The series is part of Louisiana's collection and has been a visitor favourite since it was first shown ten years ago in Illumination, a show of new acquisitions. Opie is best known for portraits of herself and friends in the queer community. Here there is no sitter in front of the camera, only rooms and things. Reviewing the series in New York in 2016, Hyperallergic picked out a Warhol "Liz" with Opie's own silhouette reflected in it, and found "kitsch and refinement, beauty and banality" side by side.
Entry is the standard museum ticket (DKK 145, free under 18, no booking needed), and Louisiana is open until 22:00 Tuesday to Friday.
Look for
Taylor's jewellery
Look for the close-ups of individual pieces, the sparkling half of the series; Louisiana chose a jewellery image for its postcard of the show.
The boots
Taylor's footwear gets its own picture, which Hyperallergic described as three shelves of cowboy boots next to a row of Chanel shoes.
Good for
- Evening Visits
- Rainy Days
With kids
Under-18s get in free.
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Image credits
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- Louisiana Museum of Modern ArtLars Plougmann / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
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