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Afghanistan. Surviving Treasures A selected Collection of the National Museum of Afghanistan until 3 October 2010 In the late 1970s archaeologists working in Afghanistan discovered the remnants of an ancient cemetery dating from around the time of Christ’s birth. Some of the graves yielded large numbers of spectacular gold ornaments of incalculable artistic and cultural value. The legendary finds bear witness to the ancient kingdom of Bactria, situated at the crossroads of a wide range of Eastern and Western cultures. Conceived by the Musée Guimet in Paris, the exhibition presents some 220 works that have miraculously survived the decades of war and destruction that have ravaged Afghanistan. Illustration: Bracteates with disc-shaped decoration, Afghanistan, Tillya Tepe, Grave III, Second quarter of the 1st century AD, Gold, National Museum of Afghanistan, © Thierry Ollivier/Musée Guimet |
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Thomas Schütte Big Buildings – Models and Views until 1 November 2010 A three-times exhibitor at the documenta in Kassel and winner of the prestigious Golden Lion for best individual artist at the Venice Biennale of 2005, Dusseldorf-based artist Thomas Schütte (b. 1954) is internationally acclaimed as one of the most significant German artists. Driving Schütte’s intense engagement with the art of building and the built environment, with light and space is nothing less than the ambition to reclaim architecture for artistic creativity. Illustration: Nicht so laut – hier wird gebaut!, 20.11.2006, watercolor and ink on paper, © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2010 |
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ECHORAUM Small Things until 17 October 2010 ECHORAUM is a series of two-year co-operations between the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany with -1/MinusEins and a number of international Media Colleges. Students and graduates of the media colleges present their current projects in the lower ground floor galleries which become a temporary experimental laboratory. Participating artists: Ira Decker, Allan Gretzki, Kiseong Kim, Lukas Marxt, Carolina Redondo, Daniela Risch, Timo Seber, Ralf Witthaus and Roshanak Zangeneh. |
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VIBRACIÓN. Modern Art from Latin America The Ella Fontanals-Cisneros Collection 17 September 2010 – 30 January 2011 (new date) The exhibition presents an overview of 20th-century abstract art in Latin America, an unknown continent as far as classical Modernism is concerned. The display draws on the holdings of the Cisneros Fontanals Art Foundation, which caused a sensation when the collection first opened in Miami in 2005 and which now makes its first appearance in Europe. The exhibition focuses on three European émigré artists whose work had a decisive impact on abstract art in Latin America: the German photographer Grete Stern, the German sculptor Gego (Gertrud Goldschmidt) and the Swiss Mira Schendel. Illustration: [M] Julio Le Parc, Formes Virtuelles par déplacement du spectateur, 1966, Six transposable backgrounds: mixed media © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2009 |
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The Unknown Collection Classics from Bielefeld: Arp, Beckmann, Jawlensky, Kirchner, Warhol… 5 November 2010 – 23 January 2011 Commissioned and endowed by German entrepreneur Rudolf August Oetker and built by American architect Philip Johnson, the Kunsthalle Bielefeld is one of the most beautiful art museums in Germany. Its little-known collection boasts masterpieces of modern art by artists such as Max Beckmann, Alexej von Jawlensky, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, August Macke, Man Ray, Emil Nolde and Pablo Picasso. Initiated in 1950 with a donation by Oetker and gradually expanded from 1954 with municipal acquisitions, the collection focuses on Expressionism, international sculpture and exemplary positions of contemporary art. With a selection of some 120 works, the exhibition presents the Kunsthalle Bielefeld as an important collection of art of the 20th and 21st century. Illustration: Hans Arp, 1948, painted wood, 107 x 74 x 5,6 cm © VG Bild-Kunst Bonn 2010 |
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Napoleon and Europe Dream and Trauma 17 December 2010 – 25 April 2011 During the near-sixteen-year span of his reign, Napoleon Bonaparte (1769–1821), more than any other historical figure, revolutionised the political, social and cultural landscape of Europe and wrought changes that can be felt to this day – both positively and negatively. The Art and Exhibition Hall has been able to secure outstanding loans from all over Europe in order to draw a comprehensive picture of Napoleon and his time. Painting and sculpture reached new heights of excellence in the Napoleonic era – both in the propaganda paintings by David, Gérard and Ingres and in the work of those who opposed the French emperor, among them Goya and the German romanticists. Staying clear of well-worn clichés that paint Napoleon as a warmonger or a larger than life political genius, the exhibition aims to draw a more differentiated picture of the Napoleonic era between war, politics, administration, propaganda, art theft and cultural. The exhibition is held under the patronage of German Chancellor Angela Merkel and French President Nicolas Sarkozy. The exhibition was planned by the Art and Exhibition Hall of the Federal Republic of Germany, Bonn, in cooperation with the Musée de l'Armée in Paris and will be shown in Paris from March to June 2012. Illustration: [M] Jacques Louis David, Napoleon crossing the St. Bernard Pass (detail), Musée National du Château de Malmaison |
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Subject to change without notice. Last Update: 19.08.2010 |