{"id":465041,"date":"2026-02-07T20:25:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:25:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465041\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T20:25:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T20:25:12","slug":"richard-avedons-portraits-of-aging-go-on-view-at-the-montreal-museum-of-fine-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/465041\/","title":{"rendered":"Richard Avedon&#8217;s Portraits of Aging Go On View at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man who was older and in a position of power once said to me, \u201cI feel sad for you. You\u2019ve already been the most beautiful you will ever be, and now you have to spend the rest of your life watching your beauty fade.\u201d I was just 30. I found a dermatologist, got Botox. \u201cAt your age,\u201d this doctor told me, \u201cit\u2019s preventative.\u201d The message was clear: Render your face immovable\u2014lifeless!\u2014and avert the crisis of aging.<\/p>\n<p>Next Thursday, a commanding meditation on that crisis, \u201cRichard Avedon: Immortal,\u201d opens at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts. Subtitled \u201cPortraits of Aging, 1951\u20132004,\u201d it features nearly 100 photographs that dramatize our universal mortality. Considered scandalous when Avedon began taking them, in the early 50s, the portraits struck many critics as \u201cattention-grabbing,\u201d a photographic \u201crevenge\u201d against his celebrated subjects or an act of penance for his early work in fashion, where youth and beauty reign.<\/p>\n<p>      <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" class=\"img-small\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/air-mail.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>      Enter your e-mail to read the full story<br \/>and to receive our weekly e-mail newsletter<\/p>\n<p>Or, <a href=\"https:\/\/airmail.news\/subscribe\/promo-AMPD2630\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">subscribe<\/a> to AIR MAIL and receive full access today. 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