Rineke Dijkstra's 'Isabel' Acquired by Collezione Ettore Molinario, on View in Hamburg
On July 3, 2026, Galerie Max Hetzler announced that Rineke Dijkstra's 2012 photograph 'Isabel, Berlin, Germany, June 26, 2003' has entered the collection of the Collezione Ettore Molinario in Milan, a collection spanning photography from its origins to the present. The work is also featured in 'Cocktail Prolongé: F. C. Gundlach Special' at Deichtorhallen Hamburg, part of the 9th Triennial of Photography Hamburg. The exhibition presents approximately 300 works from the collection of fashion photographer F. C. Gundlach, examining the staging of corporeality and themes of queerness, vulnerability, and nonconformity.
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For collectors, Dijkstra's inclusion in the Molinario collection—dedicated to the full history of photography—signals the enduring market and institutional relevance of her portrait work, which has long been a benchmark for contemporary photography. The concurrent appearance of the same work in the Hamburg triennial underscores the growing synergy between private collections and major survey exhibitions, a trend that can add layers of provenance and visibility for high-value photographic works.
- Artists: Rineke Dijkstra
- People: Ettore Molinario, F.C. Gundlach
- Galleries: Galerie Max Hetzler
- Museums: Deichtorhallen Hamburg
- Locations: Milan, Hamburg
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