Museum of Decorative Arts at the Kulturforum closes due to renovations

BERLIN.- Starting on 2 January 2012, the Museum of Decorative Arts will be closing its location at the Kulturforum due to construction of an exhibition gallery for the museum’s fashion collection, which has grown in recent years as a result of numerous new acquisitions. In the future, this new focus of the museum’s collections will make it possible to present an extraordinary overview of the development of fashions in Europe from the 18th century to the present. Furthermore, jewelry, porcelain, glass art and [...]

Museum for Photography in Berlin Presents Important German Photographer Abisag Tüllmann

BERLIN.- The Museum für Fotografie, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin presents Abisag Tüllmann: Photojournalism and Stage Photography on view from June 17th through September 18th, 2011. Abisag Tüllmann is one of the most important German photographers of the second half of the twentieth century. Since 1958, her photographs appeared in all major newspapers and periodicals and were also displayed in books and exhibitions. As a photojournalist and theatre photographer she maintained a close focus on the political, social and aesthetic-artistic changes of [...]

Newly Renovated National Museum of China Reopens with “The Art of the Enlightenment”

BEIJING.- Liu Yandong, State Councillor of Culture of the People’s Republic of China and Guido Westerwelle, Foreign Minister of the Federal Republic of Germany, opened ‘The Art of the Enlightenment’ exhibition at the National Museum of China. The exhibition, jointly organized by Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich, together with the National Museum of China, is the first international exhibition to be hosted at the venue after its refurbishment and spectacular expansion. Falling [...]

Three Major German Museums Announce an Exhibition on the Art of the Enlightenment in China

BERLIN.- – In spring 2011 three major German museum bodies – the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen Munich – will join forces with the National Museum of China to present an exhibition on the art of the Enlightenment, to be held in Beijing. The exhibition reveals the unfolding artistic and intellectual curiosity and openness of mind which characterized this era in European history. It is furthermore the first international exhibition to be hosted [...]

Reacquisition of “The Sower” by Constantin Meunier for the National Gallery

BERLIN.- An important bronze sculpture in the history of European modern art has been successfully reacquired on behalf of the National Museum’s National Gallery, thanks to support from the Kulturstiftung der Länder (a nationwide cultural foundation) and the Hermann Reemtsma Foundation. The Museum Island’s colonnade courtyard, officially opened in June 2010, now boasts another impressive sculpture – Constantin Meunier’s ‘The Sower’ from 1896. Many Berliners will already be familiar with the figure, as for a long while it stood beneath [...]

Harvard Art Museums Announce Traveling Exhibitions of Works by Lyonel Feininger

CAMBRIDGE, MA.- The Harvard Art Museums present two traveling exhibitions devoted to underexplored aspects of the work of Lyonel Feininger (1871–1956), one of the major figures of European modernism. Lyonel Feininger: Drawings and Watercolors from the William S. Lieberman Bequest to the Busch-Reisinger Museum highlights an important recent acquisition of a stunning group of drawings and watercolors from the collection of the legendary curator. Lyonel Feininger: Photographs, 1928–1939, assembled primarily from Harvard University’s Houghton Library, is the first to explore [...]

Neues Museum in Berlin Welcomes One Millionth Visitor

BERLIN.- At 11 a.m. on Wednesday, 1 September 2010, Michael Eissenhauer, Director General of the National Museums in Berlin, was delighted to be able to greet Harald Fuchs (48), from near Erlangen, as the millionth visitor to the Neues Museum and handed him the weighty volume ‘Neues Museum’, published by Nicolai Verlag Berlin, as well as a bouquet of flowers. Harald Fuchs, Claudia Fuchs und Friederike Seyfried vor der Nofretete im Neuen Museum (v.l.n.r.) © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin; Foto: [...]