Bill Cunningham on Exhibit at a New York Museum
When the famed photographer Bill Cunningham died in June 2016 at the age of 87, he left two wills that have since been contested by his close friends. Though the fate of the archive of photographs that he bequeathed to his niece is still uncertain, it was Cunningham's personal possessions were donated to the New York Historical Society. And now, the New York Historical Society will hold a special exhibition in Cunningham's honor: Celebrating Bill Cunningham.
The exhibit, which will open on June 8 and run through September 9, 2018, will feature a few of the Historical Society's recent acquisitions of Cunningham's possessions, including personal correspondence and photographs. Other highlights in the exhibition are Cunningham's first camera, his signature blue jacket, the bicycle he road around the city, and the New York City street sign that reads "Bill Cunningham Corner," which was temporarily installed on 57th street and Fifth Avenue in celebration of Cunningham's life. There will also be even an array of hats and fascinators from the millinery line Cunningham worked on when he first arrived in New York.
The exhibit will also include a collection of Cunningham's Facades photos, which the photographer himself donated to the Historical Society a few decades ago. They were exhibited by the museum in 1976 and again in 2014. The photographer's good friend Louise Doktor and his assistant John Kurdewan chose to donate many of Cunningham's possessions to the New York Historical Society after his death.
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