ARTE Film Premiere on 8 July 2024 at the Sommerkino at the Kulturforum

**Sechs Menschen sind nötig, um das fast hundert Kilo schwere Schützenstück von Frans Hals aus dem Frans Hals Museum in Haarlem ab- und im Rijksmuseum wieder aufzuhängen** © Rijksmuseum / Albertine Dijkema

Konservatorinnen begutachten das „Festmahl der Offiziere der St.-Georgs-Schützengilde“ (1616) von Frans Hals auf mögliche Schäden. Nach 400 Jahren ist das Bild für eine Ausstellung in Amsterdam zum ersten Mal gereist. © Ion Casado

ARTE Film Premiere “Frans Hals – Maler des Lachens” on 8 July 2024 at the Sommerkino at the Kulturforum

27.06.2024
Kulturforum

Director Frauke Schlieckau accompanies curators of the Berliner Gemäldegalerie and the Rijksmuseum Amsterdam as they prepare an expansive, collaborative Frans Hals exhibition. Her film explores the role of laughter in the work of Frans Hals and how his oeuvre can offer hope in times of crisis. The film’s world premiere is on 8 July 2024 at the Sommerkino at the Kulturforum, just outside the Gemäldegalerie.

Frans Hals – Maler des Lachens (Frans Hals – Painter of Laughter) Documentary

Whether smiling in reverie, grinning mischievously or beaming from ear to ear – Frans Hals drew people who could hardly contain their joie de vivre. Next to Rembrandt and Vermeer, the artist from the Dutch city of Haarlem was a central figure of 17th-century art in the Netherlands. Unlike his contemporaries, he was devoted to depicting happiness despite the hardships that shaped his own life.

Frans Hals – Maler des Lachens, a documentary directed by Frauke Schlieckau, ARTE / ZDF, Germany, 52 min. (in German)

8 July 2024: World Premiere at the Kulturforum

The world premiere of the documentary Frans Hals – Maler des Lachens is on 8 July 2024 at 9:30 pm at the ARTE Sommerkino, Kulturforum, Matthäikirchplatz 4-6, 10785 Berlin.

Introduction with Katja Kleinert (Gemäldegalerie curator), Friso Lammertse (Rijksmuseum curator) and Frauke Schlieckau (director).
Moderator: Dieter Schneider (ZDF / ARTE)

Broadcast on ARTE: 14 July, 4:55 pm, and on arte.tv until 11 October 2024.

Free admission. Registration required.

Online registration for the film premiere

This is an open-air event. Please bring along weather-appropriate clothing and confirm whether the screening will take place in case of rain or storms on the day of the event: www.yorck.de.