Permanent Display
After being 21 years on view, we are giving our permanent presentation, Helmut Newton’s Private Property, a new look and are also adding fresh content to the display. Therefore, Private Property will be closed as of January 5th through April 23rd, 2026, while our project room as well as the main exhibitions remain unchanged and open. We can´t wait to share our updated Private Property space with you in April, and thank you for your kind understanding in the meantime! Rest assured – the wait will be worthwhile!
Helmut Newton’s Private Property is a rare showcase of the photographer’s personal life. It includes films that shed light on the development of “Newtonian” imagery, a collection of the photographer’s cameras, accessories and other objects used in his photography. The famous customized Newtonmobile is on display, along with portions of his library and office from Monte Carlo. His numerous publications in magazines like Vogue, Elle, Vanity Fair, Paris Match, Stern and Spiegel, as well as 100 posters of Helmut Newton exhibitions from 1975 to the present document the development of his work.
The photographer’s affinity for his hometown Berlin – which he was forced to leave in 1938 – is depicted in original photos from his childhood and youth. This permanent display also chronicles Newton’s subsequent stops throughout his emigration up to his first fashion photo in Australia, which also feature his future wife June as an actress and a model.
Interview with Philippe Serieys
At the permanent display Helmut Newton’s Private Property, HNF’s director Matthias Harder talks to Philippe Serieys, the former assistant of Newton, about their collaboration for various commissions at different locations in the 1980s and 1990s.