{"id":83129,"date":"2023-06-26T11:02:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-26T09:02:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/helmut-newton-foundation.org\/?page_id=83129"},"modified":"2026-04-14T17:39:43","modified_gmt":"2026-04-14T15:39:43","slug":"the-living-room","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/helmut-newton-foundation.org\/en\/the-living-room\/","title":{"rendered":"The Living Room"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column width=&#8221;1\/3&#8243;][vc_custom_heading heading_semantic=&#8221;h4&#8243; text_size=&#8221;h4&#8243; uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;818921&#8243;]Permanent Display[\/vc_custom_heading][\/vc_column][vc_column width=&#8221;2\/3&#8243;][vc_column_text uncode_shortcode_id=&#8221;203919&#8243;]This intimate exhibition space was originally called &#8220;June&#8217;s Room&#8221; and was actually planned as a small apartment for Helmut and June Newton. The couple could have lived within their foundation when they visited Berlin. The idea was inspired by Heinz Berggruen&#8217;s existing apartment in the museum dedicated to him and his magnificent collection in Berlin-Charlottenburg. Some older visitors to Berlin may still remember Heinz Berggruen suddenly coming out of his apartment into the exhibition space and talking to them about the works on display. This was also what Helmut Newton had in mind, however, he died before the opening of his foundation.<\/p>\n<p>So instead, in 2005, the apartment became an additional exhibition space, &#8220;June&#8217;s Room,&#8221; where works by June Newton aka <a href=\"https:\/\/helmut-newton-foundation.org\/en\/alice-springs\/\">Alice Springs<\/a> were initially shown. Later, complementary exhibitions by Helmut Newton or by photographer friends, including Greg Gorman, Mart Engelen, Jean Pigozzi, Fran\u00e7ois-Marie Banier, Jan de Wit, or Angelo Marino, the longtime assistant of Helmut and June Newton followed. 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