700 Nimes Road

Glamour is mirrored in everyday life and stardust meets subculture in this documentary project by Catherine Opie. 700 Nimes Road was created in and named after the address of the home of Hollywood icon Elizabeth Taylor.

Don’t miss this opportunity to explore Catherine Opie’s series of 50 photographs from the late film star Elizabeth Taylor’s home at 700 Nimes Road in Beverly Hills.

Catherine Opie (b. 1961) is regarded as one of the most important photographers in contemporary art. Her work spans a wide range of subjects, but she is often associated with images of various subcultures and portraits of herself and friends within the queer community.

While her images can at times be raw and uncompromising, in 700 Nimes Road, Opie captures Elizabeth Taylor’s domestic world with extraordinary sensitivity and nuance – a strange mixture of sparkling jewels and everyday banality.

Catherine Opie’s ‘700 Nimes Road’ is from 2012. The series was acquired to the Louisianas Collection with support from The Augustinus Foundation.