Japanese Ceramics – Jan Kollwitz
July 5 until July 13, 2025
To mark the opening of our new premises on the first floor, we are presenting the first special exhibition of works by the ceramic artist and great-grandson of Käthe Kollwitz, Jan Kollwitz.
Kollwitz-Avatar
In simulated dialog with the artist
For many museum visitors, seeing the works of Käthe Kollwitz gives rise to questions and thoughts that they would like to share and discuss with others. In order to fulfil these wishes and strengthen the connection to the younger generation, the idea of the Kollwitz avatar was born – a virtual contact person who picks up on emotions and thoughts and acts in an attentive and listening way.
Museum closed – Experience Käthe Kollwitz virtually
Although the exhibition at the Käthe Kollwitz Museum has been temporarily closed, the artist is still present. The Kollwitz avatar stands ready for a conversation in the museum foyer.
Slow Art
every two months, one Thursday per month | 17.00
Duration: ca 60 minutes
Number of participants: min. 3 persons
Costs: reduced entrance fee plus 3 euros participation fee,
free of charge for members of the Association of Friends
Registration requested
On the anniversary of Käthe Kollwitz’s death
Today we remember Käthe Kollwitz, who died 80 years ago, on April 22, 1945, in Moritzburg. In the last months of her life, she found a quiet refuge in the seclusion of the “Rüdenhof”, while the world around her sank into the chaos of the Second World War. Her death went unnoticed until July 1945 and she was finally transferred to the family grave in Berlin’s Friedrichsfelde cemetery.
Karl Kollwitz – physician and social politician
LECTURE
More than the man at Käthe’s side
The physician and committed social politician Karl Kollwitz, who worked to the point of exhaustion, was a Berlin legend during his lifetime. The authors Sonya and Yury Winterberg use unpublished documents to honour the life and work of an impressive personality with whom Käthe Kollwitz walked side by side for five decades. .
Thursday, April 3, 2025
19.00
Entrance fee 8,00 euros / reduced 5,00 euros
Art by VEB?
LECTURE
Dr. Uwe Hartmann, Head of the Department for the Loss of Cultural Property in the 20th Century in Europe (German Lost Art Foundation in Magdeburg), will give an overview of the framework conditions in the GDR for collecting art and cultural property, the nationalization of the art trade and the politically motivated confiscation and expropriation of art collections.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
at 19.00
Entrance fee 8,00 euros / reduced 5,00 euros
Take root
Museum in the neighbourhood
Many families live in the neighbourhood. They pass the museum and cross the park in the direction of the school and daycare centre. Some adults have not yet noticed that the Kollwitz Museum has moved into the theatre building at Charlottenburg Palace. Suddenly their children are talking about Mrs Kollwitz and her works as they pass by.
Richard Scheibe
LECTURE & GUIDED TOUR
Dr Josephine Gabler talks about the artist Richard Scheibe as part of the exhibition “Bilder und Zeiten – 75 Jahre Deutscher Künstlerbund” at the Kunsthaus Dahlem. Afterwards, museum director Dr Dorothea Schöne invites you on a special tour of the Kunsthaus.
Thursday, February 20, 2025
at 18:00, Kunsthaus Dahlem
Entrance free, registration is requested
The art of investigation
LECTURE
A special evening with a special topic! Our guest is Berlin chief detective René Allonge: he convicts forgers and art thieves.
Thursday, January 23, 2025
19:00
Entrance 8,00 euros | reduced 5,00 euros