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 The authors Sonya and Yury Winterberg use unpublished documents to honour the life and work of an impressive personality with whom Käthe Kollwitz walked side by side for five decades.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

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

Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

The INTERVENTION format, which was successfully launched last year, will continue in 2024 – this year’s motto is “Kollwitz meets Colleagues”.

From October 19, 2024 to February 16, 2025, we will be showing woodcuts by the painter and graphic artist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff (1884-1976). Käthe Kollwitz initially had to adjust her eyes to the new, expressionist works of the young “Brücke” artists. After the First World War, her own devotion to the technique of woodcutting gave her access to Expressionism. Her war cycle is now juxtaposed with the ten woodcuts from the years 1914 – 1918 compiled by Schmidt-Rottluff for a graphic portfolio.

Lange Nacht der Museen

75 participating museums and 750 events await Berlin culture night owls on the night of August 24. The Kollwitz Museum is also opening its doors between 6 p.m. and midnight in addition to its usual opening hours and is offering a varied program under this year’s motto “Berlin Secrets”.