Shadow theatre
November 19, 2023
15.00
“The Timid Little Rabbit” by Elisabeth Shaw courageously takes to the stage in Maik Zöllner’s shadow theatre.
Private collection meets museum exhibition
Selected, special Kollwitz sheets from private collections will complement the general overview of the work in the exhibition “Aber Kunst ist es doch” (But it is art after all) and shorten the time without special exhibitions until the final exhibition rooms on the 1st floor of the theatre building are occupied. The second of three “Interventions” will run from 25 August to 29 October 2023, extendet till November 5, 2023.
From November 10, 2023, drawings and studies on “Simplicissimus” will be presented in the third and last INTERVENTION.
Lange Nacht der Museen
75 participating museums and 750 events are in store for Berlin’s cultural night owls on the night of August 26. In addition to its usual opening hours, the Kollwitz Museum will also open its doors between 18.00 and 2.00 at night and offer a varied program under this year’s motto “Sounds of Berlin”.
Happy Birthday, Käthe Kollwitz!
156 years ago, on 8 July 1867, Käthe Kollwitz was born. In the Kollwitz house, they knew how to celebrate birthdays, and so we are dedicating ourselves to the birthday rituals of the Kollwitz family on the occasion of the anniversary of our house artist.
Berlin Seniors’ Week
Join us for a conversation on the topic of “Talking Hands in the Work of Käthe Kollwitz”.
90-minute exhibition talks on
Sunday, June 25, at 15.00 and Thursday, June 29, at 14.00
On the anniversary of Käthe Kollwitz’s death
On 22 April 1945, Käthe Kollwitz died at the age of 77 in Moritzburg near Dresden. In the “Rüdenhof”, a manor house on the castle pond of Moritzburg, she found refuge from the war and spent the last months before her death there. In the end, her eyesight and physical strength were no longer sufficient…
Käthe Kollwitz – “And yet it is art”
After 36 successful years, the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin has left its founding location in Charlottenburg’s Fasanenstraße and moved to the Theaterbau at Charlottenburg Palace.
On September 24, 2022, the museum will now open at its new location with expanded spatial possibilities after a short renovation phase.
From now on, the museum and its collection on the first floor of the building will be presented in a new presentation under the Kollwitz quote “And yet it is art”.
Happy Birthday, Käthe Kollwitz!
We celebrate the 155th birthday of our house artist on July 8, 2022, and dedicate ourselves to the printmaking work of Käthe Kollwitz in her honor.
Käthe Kollwitz – Studio exhibition
“There are three things important to me in my life: that I have had children, that I have had such a faithful life companion, and my work.”
(Käthe Kollwitz to her son, January 1926)
Works by the artist on all exhibition floors with a special show on the 2nd floor
from April 1, 2022 to say goodbye to Fasanenstraße 24
Between Success and Exile
Lotte Jacobi and Lotte Reiniger
Special exhibition from January 22, till March 20, 2022, extended till March 27, 2022
As part of its last special exhibition at its current location, the Käthe Kollwitz Museum is dedicated to the work of two outstanding female artists of the Weimar Republic. Lotte Jacobi (1896-1990), whose world revolved around photography, and Lotte Reiniger (1899-1981), who devoted herself to silhouettes.
Film afternoon at the Kollwitz Museum
We are presenting Lotte Reinigers’ animated film “The Adventures of Prince Ahmed”
March 19, 2022
at 16.30