Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future

Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future

Museum
The Music Photo Gallery· Museum· 150 works
Installation Views
Title wall of Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future, with photographs by Bob Gruen, Ebet Roberts, Ian Dickson and Lynn Goldsmith, at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Central video tower showing Tina Turner in performance, surrounded by black-and-white photographs, in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
A sequence of four black-and-white portraits of Tina Turner on a curved wall in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future, Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
The Tina Onscreen room, devoted to Tina Turner's film career, in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Visitors in front of a video installation seen through a curtain of metallic strands in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future, Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Four black-and-white portraits of Tina Turner installed along a curved wall in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Two visitors seated in the screening room in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Frontal view of four black-and-white portraits of Tina Turner in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Large-scale exhibition mural on the facade of the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil, for Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future.
Tina Turner portraits displayed on screens above the ticket office in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Screens with portraits of Tina Turner at the ticket office in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Visitors at a wall covered with small black-and-white photographs in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
A television interview in front of the title wall in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Wall of color photographs of Tina Turner in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Gallery view with color photographs of Tina Turner on illuminated display walls in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
A row of black-and-white photographs of Tina Turner on a dark wall in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Gallery corner with black-and-white portraits of Tina Turner, including a large-scale print, in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
The Queen of Rock and Roll section, with a large black-and-white photograph of Tina Turner on stage, in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
A videographer filming among the photographs in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Photographs of Tina Turner in performance on illuminated display walls in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
A color concert photograph of Tina Turner on an illuminated display wall in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Projected slides and a gallery of photographs of Tina Turner in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Gallery overview with black-and-white and color photographs of Tina Turner in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Color concert photographs of Tina Turner on illuminated display walls in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
A visitor photographing The Value of a Friendship section in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
The exhibition mural on the facade of the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil, at night, for Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future.
Black-and-white concert photographs of Tina Turner on illuminated display walls in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Two large black-and-white photographs of Tina Turner in performance in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Two color photographs of Tina Turner in performance in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Two color photographs of Tina Turner on stage under red light in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Guests at the opening in front of the title wall in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
A wall covered with small black-and-white photographs in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Wide view of the central video tower showing Tina Turner in performance in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Title wall with a black-and-white photograph of Tina Turner on stage in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
A visitor reading the timeline of Tina Turner's life and career in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Exhibition poster for Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil, with photographs by Bob Gruen, Ebet Roberts, Ian Dickson and Lynn Goldsmith.
A wall of warm-toned photographs of Tina Turner in performance in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Panoramic view of a gallery wall with photographs of Tina Turner in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Four black-and-white portraits of Tina Turner seen at an angle in Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future at the Museum of Image and Sound (MIS), São Paulo, Brazil.
Essay

Tina Turner: A Journey to the Future is a large-scale multimedia exhibition dedicated to one of the most influential performers in the history of popular culture. Through approximately 120 photographs drawn from the archives of The Music Photo Gallery, the exhibition traces Tina Turner's extraordinary journey from the early years of her career in the 1960s to her emergence as a global cultural icon.

Featuring works by Ebet Roberts, Bob Gruen, Lynn Goldsmith, and Ian Dickson, the exhibition presents a visual narrative of an artist whose impact extended far beyond music. Through photography, audiovisual installations, and immersive exhibition design, visitors encounter the many dimensions of Tina Turner's legacy: performer, cultural pioneer, film star, fashion icon, and symbol of resilience.

Organized around key moments in her life and career, the exhibition explores her rise to international fame, her influence on generations of artists, her groundbreaking stage presence, and her enduring role as an emblem of personal transformation and artistic independence.

At the center of the project is the idea that Tina Turner was always ahead of her time. Rather than looking solely at her achievements through a historical lens, A Journey to the Future examines her continuing relevance and the lasting influence of her work on contemporary culture.

More than a retrospective, the exhibition is a celebration of a singular artistic legacy and of a performer whose voice, image, and spirit continue to inspire audiences around the world.

Selected Works

Works from this exhibition.

Tina Turner, 1981 — photograph by Lynn Goldsmith
Lynn Goldsmith
Tina Turner ,  1981
$2,500
Tina Turner Onstage, New York City, 1987. Photograph by Ebet Roberts.
Ebet Roberts
Tina Turner Onstage ,  New York City, 1987
From$1,000
Tina Turner and Mick Jagger, London, 1985. Photograph by Ebet Roberts.
Ebet Roberts
Tina Turner and Mick Jagger ,  London, 1985
From$1,000
Tina Turner, New Jersey, 1993. Photograph by Ebet Roberts.
Ebet Roberts
Tina Turner ,  New Jersey, 1993
From$1,000
Tina Turner, New York City, 1983. Photograph by Ebet Roberts.
Ebet Roberts
Tina Turner ,  New York City, 1983
From$1,000
Tina Turner and Mick Jagger, Philadelphia, 1985. Photograph by Ebet Roberts.
Ebet Roberts
Tina Turner and Mick Jagger ,  Philadelphia, 1985
From$1,000
Artists
Lynn Goldsmith
Lynn Goldsmith
United States, 1948 – present
Lynn Goldsmith has spent more than five decades using photography to investigate identity, stardom, beauty, and the human spirit. Her portraits combine the access of an insider with a distinctly au...
Bob Gruen
Bob Gruen
New York City, 1945 – present
Bob Gruen began photographing in the late 1960s in New York City, where he became part of the downtown scene that would define an era. His access was unparalleled — he was there not as a journalist...
Ian Dickson
Ian Dickson
British photographer · Rock Photography · 1970s–1980s
Ian Dickson is one of the most respected British music photographers of his generation. Beginning his career in the early 1970s, he documented the rise of rock music through intimate portraits, liv...
Ebet Roberts
Ebet Roberts
Ebet Roberts is one of the most prolific photographers to emerge from New York’s downtown music scene. Beginning in the late 1970s, she gained access to artists, clubs and backstage environments at...

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