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© Herling, Herling, Werner, Sprengel Museum Hannover
Größer Eröffnungstag „Mein lieber Schwan! Die Sammlung"
In the organizer's words:
On May 17, 2026, we will celebrate the opening of the new collection presentation "My Dear Swan! The Collection" and invite you to a varied art program. Free admission.
10 A.M. TO 6 P.M.: OPEN WORKSHOP
Blotting, gluing, inventing art!
Blotting, gluing, inventing art!
10.30 & 11.00 A.M.: GUIDED TOUR
12.00 PM: OPENING SPEECHES
Speeches by Reinhard Spieler, Director of the Spregel Museum Hannover and Inka Schube, curator of the exhibition
Speeches by Reinhard Spieler, Director of the Spregel Museum Hannover and Inka Schube, curator of the exhibition
1.30 PM: CURATOR'S TOUR
with Inka Schube, curator
with Inka Schube, curator
2.00 PM: MUSIC PERFORMANCE
with Roland Schappert, artist, musician and author
with Roland Schappert, artist, musician and author
2.30 PM: CURATOR'S TOUR
with Katharina Herrmann, wiss. traineeship
with Katharina Herrmann, wiss. traineeship
3.00 PM: GUIDED TOUR
Drawing in the collection
Drawing in the collection
3.30 PM: GUIDED TOUR
16.00 HRS: CONCERT
with Nora Matthies, violoncello and Katharina Pfänder, violin
with Nora Matthies, violoncello and Katharina Pfänder, violin
16.30 & 17.00: GUIDED TOUR
6.00 PM: CONCERT
SLOW MOTION - IN SOLITARY MOMENTS
ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC OF THE PRESENT
SLOW MOTION - IN SOLITARY MOMENTS
ENCOUNTERS WITH MUSIC OF THE PRESENT
MY DEAR SWAN!
THE COLLECTION
FROM 17.5.26
THE COLLECTION
FROM 17.5.26
"My dear swan!" - an exclamation of surprise, amazement and appreciation. Under this title, the Sprengel Museum Hannover presents its collection in 20 newly designed rooms: around 400 works from classical modernism to the present unfold as comprehensively as they last did ten years ago.
Positions from the 20th and 21st centuries come together here: Max Beckmann and Käthe Kollwitz, Max Ernst and Pablo Picasso, Isa Genzken and Georg Baselitz, Bruce Nauman and Boris Mikhailov, Laure Prouvost and Michel Majerus - numerous, sometimes unusual constellations open up new perspectives on modern and contemporary art. A separate room is dedicated to Niki de Saint Phalle.
The title quotes a work by the Hanoverian artist Christiane Möbus and stands for curiosity, surprised amazement and recognition. The new presentation opens on May 17 - a day that invites visitors to experience the collection in a fresh way.
A varied supporting program awaits visitors on the opening day: music, hands-on activities and workshops invite children and adults alike. Open workshops and short guided tours provide new insights, while coffee bikes and ice cream bikes offer small pleasures in between.
"My Dear Swan" ties in with the presentation "Adventure Abstraction", which has been offering insights into the development of abstraction in 20th and 21st century art in the museum's basement since 2023.
Curated by Inka Schube, assisted by Katharina Herrmann
GRAND OPENING DAY
SUNDAY, 17.5.26, 10.00 A.M. TO 6.00 P.M.
Free admission
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SUNDAY, 17.5.26, 10.00 A.M. TO 6.00 P.M.
Free admission
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