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This exhibition contributes to the exploration of professional photography in the 19th century. Using the example of the photographic publishing house Otto Schmidt, the presentation examines the insoluble connection between esthetics, economy, image consumption and social parameters.

The comprehensive exhibition at the Leopold Museum is the first to investigate the fascination Tilla Durieux held already for her contemporaries, and to explore the traces of this scintillating personality through portraits of all media. Featuring rarely exhibited archival material and international loans, the presentation highlights Durieux’s career, her social and artistic milieu as well as her life shaped by political upheaval.

Who would have been a Tik-Tok or Influencer star 100 years ago? Probably Tilla Durieux. She was the great acting superstar and was portrayed by the most important artists of her time more often than anyone else. Which picture would you "like"? And what would your superstar portrait look like?