©2017 ANDREAS GURSKY AND VG BILD-KUNST, BONN/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SPRÜTH MAGERS, BERLIN AND LONDON
Today’s show: “Photographs Become Pictures: The Becher Class” is on view at the Städel Museum in Frankfurt through Sunday, August 13. The group exhibition brings together some 200 works from the students of Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. Among the included artists are Volker Döhne, Andreas Gursky, Candida Höfer, Axel Hütte, Tata Ronkholz, Thomas Ruff, Jörg Sasse, Thomas Struth, and Petra Wunderlich.
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Bernd and Hilla Becher, Gutehoffnungshütte, Oberhausen, Ruhrgebiet, 1963, gelatin silver print on baryta paper.
©ESTATE BERND & HILLA BECHER/DEUTSCHE BÖRSE PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION, ART COLLECTION DEUTSCHE BÖRSE
Bernd and Hilla Becher, Half-Timber Houses, 1959-61/1974, gelatin silver print on baryta paper.
©ESTATE BERND & HILLA BECHER/SAMMLUNG DEUTSCHE BANK
Andreas Gursky, Doorman, Passport Control, 1982 (printed 2007), ink-jet print.
©2017 ANDREAS GURSKY AND VG BILD-KUNST, BONN/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SPRÜTH MAGERS, BERLIN AND LONDON
Volker Döhne, Untitled (Colourful), 1979 (printed 2014), color print from color transparency.
©2017 VOLKER DÖHNE, KREFELD/PRIVATE COLLECTION
Andreas Gursky, Paris, Montparnasse, 1993 (printed before 2003), chromogenic color print.
©2017 ANDREAS GURSKY AND VG BILD-KUNST, BONN/COURTESY THE ARTIST AND SPRÜTH MAGERS, BERLIN AND LONDON
Candida Höfer, Weidengasse Cologne VIII 1977, 1977 (printed 2013), gelatin silver print on baryta paper.
©2017 CANDIDA HÖFER, KÖLN AND VG BILD-KUNST, BONN/COURTESY THE ARTIST
Candida Höfer, Bibliothèque Nationale de France Paris XIII 1998, 1998, chromogenic color print.
©2017 CANDIDA HÖFER, KÖLN AND VG BILD-KUNST, BONN//DEUTSCHE BÖRSE PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION, ART COLLECTION DEUTSCHE BÖRSE
Thomas Ruff, Interior 1 D, 1982, chromogenic color print.
©2017 THOMAS RUFF; VG BILD-KUNST, BONN/COURTESY THE ARTIST
Jörg Sasse, 7341, 1996, chromogenic color print.
©2017 JÖRG SASSE AND VG BILD-KUNST, BONN/DZ BANK ART COLLECTION AT THE STÄDEL MUSEUM
Thomas Struth, The Consolandi Family, Mailand, 1996 (printed 2014), cibachrome print.
©THOMAS STRUTH/DEUTSCHE BÖRSE PHOTOGRAPHY FOUNDATION, ART COLLECTION DEUTSCHE BÖRSE
Installation view of "Photographs Become Pictures: The Becher Class," 2017, at Städel Museum.
COURTESY STÄDEL MUSEUM
Installation view of "Photographs Become Pictures: The Becher Class," 2017, at Städel Museum.
COURTESY STÄDEL MUSEUM