Special exhibition from November 7, 2020 till March 7, 2021; extended until June 6, 2021
Käthe Kollwitz gives hands a special meaning in her works. She often depicts them excessively large so that they dominate the subject. Touching, feeling, protecting, demanding, supporting, praying: contacts of various kinds can be found in her drawings, prints and…
Special exhibition from August 22, till October 25, 2020
The Association of Berlin Female Artists (VdBK) was founded as early 1867 and has acted as amotor, network and showcase for women artists ever since. It has been committed to professional women artists in a variety of ways and according to historical needs. Many well-known…
Special exhibition 10th February – 3rd May 2020, extended until 5th July 2020.
Throughout her life, Käthe Kollwitz was an attentive observer who was also interested in everyday scenes, some of which she described in her diary and recorded in drawings. The sketches served her as practice and as a store of ideas for later…
Special exhibition from 10th February – 3rd May 2020, extended until 5th July 2020
The “Law on the Formation of a New Berlin City Community” came into force on the 1st October 1920, triggering a long-standing dispute over the political responsibility for the expansion of Berlin. The social problems of the densely populated city of…