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Exhibition view of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst’s module “Art and Religion: Sacral Art in China and Japan” at the Humboldt Forum — Exhibition view of the Museum für Asiatische Kunst’s module “Art and Religion: Sacral Art in China and Japan” at the Humboldt Forum © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / Alexander Schippel

Ethnological Collections and Asian Art

Humboldt Forum

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Calla Henkel, Sandra Mujinga, Sung Tieu, Max Pitegoff, Lamin Fofana (f.l.t.r.) — Calla Henkel, Sandra Mujinga, Sung Tieu, Max Pitegoff, Lamin Fofana (f.l.t.r.) © Photo: Calla Henkel and Max Pitegoff

Preis der Nationalgalerie 2021

Lamin Fofana, Calla Henkel & Max Pitegoff, Sandra Mujinga and Sung Tieu

Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin

16.09.2021 to 27.02.2022

Tomas Schmit, brotverminderung, 1972, detail — Tomas Schmit, brotverminderung, 1972, detail © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Dietmar Katz, © tomas schmit archiv, Berlin

m a k i n g things

Tomas Schmit. Drawing, Action, Language 1970–2006

Kupferstichkabinett

15.09.2021 to 09.01.2022

Sheet XII. from the publication "Wohngebäude der Victoria Strasse in Berlin" by Friedrich Hitzig, published in 3rd edition in Berlin by Ernst & Korn, 1864. — Sheet XII. from the publication "Wohngebäude der Victoria Strasse in Berlin" by Friedrich Hitzig, published in 3rd edition in Berlin by Ernst & Korn, 1864. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kunstbibliothek / Dietmar Katz

The Kulturforum as Utopia

The Transformation of a City Quarter

Kunstbibliothek

27.08. to 31.12.2021

Statue of Apollo, Roman marble sculpture from the 2nd century AD with elements added in the 18th century — Statue of Apollo, Roman marble sculpture from the 2nd century AD with elements added in the 18th century © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Antikensammlung / Photo: Johannes Laurentius

Eye Tunes: The Sound of Music in Ancient Greece

Altes Museum

26.08.2021 to 03.07.2022

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Potsdamer Platz, detail, 1914. Acquired with the support of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kulturstiftung der Länder, the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, the Kultur-Stiftung der Deutschen Bank, and others — Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Potsdamer Platz, detail, 1914. Acquired with the support of the Federal Republic of Germany, the Kulturstiftung der Länder, the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung, the Kultur-Stiftung der Deutschen Bank, and others © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Jörg P. Anders

The Art of Society

1900–1945: The Nationalgalerie Collection

Neue Nationalgalerie

22.08.2021 to 02.07.2023

Alexander Calder, Têtes et queue, 1965, Sheet metal, bolts, paint, 550 x 470 x 330 cm / 216 1/2 x 185 x 130, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie — Alexander Calder, Têtes et queue, 1965, Sheet metal, bolts, paint, 550 x 470 x 330 cm / 216 1/2 x 185 x 130, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie © 2021 Calder Foundation, New York / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York / Photo: Stephanie von Becker

Alexander Calder. Minimal / Maximal

Neue Nationalgalerie

22.08.2021 to 13.02.2022

Niclaus Gerhaert van Leyden, male bust, ca. 1463 — Niclaus Gerhaert van Leyden, male bust, ca. 1463 © Musées de Strasbourg / M. Bertola

Late Gothic

The Birth of Modernity

Gemäldegalerie

21.05. to 03.10.2021

Rosa Barba. In a Perpetual Now, Exhibition view, Neue Nationalgalerie, 2021 — Rosa Barba. In a Perpetual Now, Exhibition view, Neue Nationalgalerie, 2021 © Rosa Barba / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn, 2021, Photo: Andrea Rossetti

Rosa Barba. In a Perpetual Now

Neue Nationalgalerie

22.08.2021 to 16.01.2022

Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Collage for the Neue Nationalgalerie, with Schwere Kreise by Wassily Kandinsky (1927), La Rivière by Aristide Maillol (1938–43) and Große Stehende by Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1910); india ink on paper/collage; 77,5 x 102,5 x 3,5 cm (with frame); 1962–65 — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe: Collage for the Neue Nationalgalerie, with Schwere Kreise by Wassily Kandinsky (1927), La Rivière by Aristide Maillol (1938–43) and Große Stehende by Wilhelm Lehmbruck (1910); india ink on paper/collage; 77,5 x 102,5 x 3,5 cm (with frame); 1962–65 © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Nationalgalerie © Mies van der Rohe / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2021 / Jörg P. Anders

The Neue Nationalgalerie

Its Architect and Its Building History

Neue Nationalgalerie

22.08.2021 to 02.07.2023

Stephan Erfurt, From the series Highway No 1, California, 1988 — Stephan Erfurt, From the series Highway No 1, California, 1988 © Stephan Erfurt

Stephan Erfurt

On the Road

Museum für Fotografie

13.08. to 10.10.2021

Murcia: In Europe’s Garden — Murcia: In Europe’s Garden © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum Europäischer Kulturen / Christian Krug

Murcia

In Europe’s Garden

Museum Europäischer Kulturen

06.08.2021 to 27.02.2022

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Alma Karlin (1889–1950) inspecting a vase (1920s) — © Image courtesy of the University of Ljubljana

Webinar “Untold Stories: Women and the Asian Art Trade” on 30 September 2021

Publikation „(How) do we (want to) work (together) (as (socially engaged) designers (students and neighbors)) (in neoliberal times)? Public Design Support / Öffentliche Gestaltungsberatung 2016-2021” — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / Kunstgewerbemuseum

Kunstgewerbemuseum: Publikation zum Design Lab #6 erschienen

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“Museum Sunday” on 3 October 2021: Free Admission in All Venues of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin

Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1954, metal, painted, 396 x 579 x 396 cm, Calder Foundation, New York — © 2021 Calder Foundation, New York / Artist Rights Society (ARS), New York

Academy lecture series "Everything Floats" now available for booking

Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart – Berlin, Rieckhallen — © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin / David von Becker

The Rieckhallen at Hamburger Bahnhof Rescued as an Exhibition Venue for Contemporary Art

View of the east and north facades of the Humboldt Forum in the Berlin Palace — © Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss / GIULIANI I VON GIESE

The Ethnologisches Museum and the Museum für Asiatische Kunst Open Exhibition Spaces in the West Wing at the Humboldt Forum

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Mies van der Rohe: Weniger ist mehr
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30.09.2021 - 15:00 Neue Nationalgalerie

Alexander Calder, Untitled, 1954, metal, rod, bolt, painted, 396 x 579 x 396 cm.
Calder Foundation, New York, Gift of Andréa Davidson, 2007

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03.10.2021 - 15:00 Altes Museum

Orpheus, der mythische Sänger aus Thrakien, galt nach dem Gott Apollon in der Antike als der Musiker par excellence. Attischer Krater, Detail, um 440 v. Chr.

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