Don McCullin: Broken Beauty

As legendary photographer Sir Don McCullin turns 90, the Holburne is proud to present Broken Beauty, a rich selection of images drawn from across McCullin’s career: from London to Vietnam, Northern Ireland to Cyprus, scenes of violence and suffering offset by still-lives and landscapes from the Middle East, Southeast Asia, and his home in Somerset.

 

Sir Don McCullin is one of the most influential photographers of the last sixty years, renowned for his powerful black-and-white images documenting conflict, humanitarian crises, poverty and post-war Britain. Alongside these defining works, McCullin has created equally compelling landscapes, portraits and still-lifes, all characterised by an extraordinary sensitivity and depth.

At the heart of Broken Beauty is a remarkable collection of McCullin’s latest photographs of ancient Roman statues. Never before shown in the UK, they offer visitors a rare opportunity to experience a new and contemplative side of McCullin’s practice.

As well as being one of the greatest photographers of our time, Don has life-long connections to this part of the world. We are thrilled to be showing for the first time in the UK a group of his most recent images of Roman sculpture, which in their haunting beauty offer a contemporary view of ancient art that feels perfectly at home at the Holburne.

– Chris Stephens, Director of the Holburne

 

Image credit: Venus, Palazzo Massimo, Rome 2022, Don McCullin, 
© Don McCullin, Courtesy the artist and Hauser & Wirth.