Von Odesa nach Berlin. Europäische Malerei des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts
In the organizer's words:
The Gemäldegalerie is showing 60 paintings from the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odesa (following the Ukrainian spelling), the famous port city in southern Ukraine threatened by war. The works were brought to safety before the war and will enter into a dialog in Berlin with paintings from the Berlin collections. Following a small initial presentation in spring 2024, the large special exhibition is an extraordinary cooperation project and is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
A German-Ukrainian cooperation project
Shortly after the start of the Russian war of aggression, the most important works in the Odesa Museum were taken to an emergency storage facility in Ukraine in order to protect them. These are paintings by European painters from the 16th to 19th centuries, including works by important artists such as Andreas Achenbach, Francesco Granacci, Frans Hals, Cornelis de Heem, Roelant Savery, Bernardo Strozzi, Alessandro Magnasco and Frits Thaulow.
The Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art
Opened in 1924, the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art houses a wide-ranging collection of art and cultural history. This collection is part of Ukraine's cultural identity and has numerous references to Western European collections. Nevertheless, it is little known in Western Europe. The special exhibition brings 60 major works from the Odesa Museum into dialog with 25 works from the Berlin painting collections.
The focused juxtapositions are almost obvious. Many works from Odesa were created by masters who were also collected in Berlin, while others are linked to works from Berlin by their subject matter. The integration of the Berlin works into the exhibition leads to revealing and surprising "encounters" and provides new insights into cultural-historical contexts.
Facets of art history
The exhibition is divided into 9 chapters and begins with an introduction to the project and its historical context. The following exhibition chapters, which are based on the genres of European art history, among other things, reflect the multifaceted nature of the Ukrainian collection, which is little known in Western Europe. Never before has such a large number of paintings from the Odesa Museum been presented in Germany.
The aim of the special exhibition is to present the works from the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art to a wide audience and to highlight Ukraine's links with Western Europe. The aim is to send a signal of solidarity with Ukraine and to help raise public awareness of the ongoing threat situation in Ukraine.
Curatorial team
The exhibition "From Odesa to Berlin. European Painting from the 16th to 19th Century" is curated by Sabine Lata, research assistant at the Gemäldegalerie, and Dagmar Hirschfelder, director of the Gemäldegalerie, and is curated by the conservators Anja Lindner-Michael and Thuja Seidel.
Publication
An illustrated exhibition catalog will accompany the exhibition.
The exhibition is funded by the Federal Government Commissioner for Culture and the Media.
Media cooperation: ARTE, Klassik Radio, Monopol, Tagesspiegel, The Berliner, tipBerlin, Weltkunst
A special presentation of the Gemäldegalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin in cooperation with the Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art and the Alte Nationalgalerie of the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin.
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16.00 EUR, concessions 8.00 EUR; free admission for children and young people up to and including the age of 18
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