2022: Special Art Exhibitions in the Hamburger Bahnhof in Berlin

Joseph Beuys, DAS KAPITAL RAUM 1970–1977, 1980

The reopening of the Kleihueshalle and new acquisitions are the main temporary special contemporary art exhibitions in the Hamburger Bahnhof Berlin in 2022. Several special temporary exhibitions in The Hamburger Bahnhof – Museum für Gegenwart (Museum of Contemporary Art) in Berlin will be held in 2022. The reopening of the Kleihueshalle will allow many works … Read more

Visit the National Gallery of Denmark (Statens Museum for Kunst SMK) in Copenhagen

Room 221 in the National Gallery of Denmark SMK

Copenhagen’s Statens Museum for Kunst (SMK national gallery) is the largest collection of Danish paintings and art in Denmark. Admission to the permanent collection is no longer free. The main focus of the National Gallery of Denmark in Copenhagen is not surprisingly Danish and Nordic paintings from 1750 to the present. However, the Statens Museum … Read more

Visit the Arken Museum of Modern Art near Copenhagen

ARKENs exhibition space 2008 Photo by Lars Skaaning Museum Copenhagen

The Arken Museum of Modern Art (Moderne Kunst) is a popular excursion from Copenhagen to see contemporary art (e.g. Damien Hirst and Ai Weiwei in the permanent collection) and world-class temporary exhibitions. The Arken Museum of Modern Art (ARKEN Museum for Moderne Kunst) exhibits contemporary art by Danish, Nordic, and international artists. Although established names … Read more

Visit the Ordrupgaard Art Museum and Park near Copenhagen

Ordrupgaard Museum

The modern Ordrupgaard Art Museum and park with Finn Juhl’s House are a popular excursion destination to the north of Copenhagen. The main attraction at the Ordrupgaard Art Museum is usually the major temporary art exhibitions staged in the museum’s modern wing designed by Zaha Hadid and the newly completed new exhibition sapce. However, the … Read more

Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for 19th-Century Sculptures

Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for a free exhibition of the 19th-century German sculptures of the Alte Nationalgalerie.

Visit the Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin for an exhibition of the 19th-century German sculptures of the Alte Nationalgalerie. The brick Neo-Gothic Friedrichswerdersche Kirche in Berlin provides a spectacular setting for the “Ideal and Form” permanent exhibition of 19th-century sculptures by artists associated with the Berliner Bildhauerschule (Berlin school of sculptors). Around 50 works are on … Read more

2021 Berlin State Museums: Special Temporary Exhibitions and Cultural Highlights

Detail from Dürer's Christ to be exhibited in the Late Gothic: The Birth of Modernity in the Gemäldegalerie in Berlin in 2021

In 2021, the Berlin State Museums will host special temporary art exhibitions in addition to the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie and the Humboldt Forum. The cultural highlights in Berlin in 2021 are the reopening of the Neue Nationalgalerie with its vast collection of twentieth-century art and the opening of the Ethnological and Asian Art … Read more

Visit Schloss Friedenstein Castle and the Baroque Universe in Gotha

Festsaal in Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha

Schloss Friedenstein, a baroque castle with several museums, the Ekhof Theatre, and the ducal art collection are the top sights to see in Gotha, Thuringia.  The Baroque Universe of Gotha (Das Barocke Universum Gotha), the fine marketing slogan for Schloss Friedenstein, refers to a unique ensemble of baroque buildings, interiors, a theatre, art, and parks … Read more

Visit the Herzogliches Museum (Ducal Art Museum) in Gotha

Gotha Lovers (Gothaer Liebespaar) - the most important painting in the Herzogliches Ducal Museum.

The Herzogliches Museum (Ducal Museum) is a large art collection including the Gotha Lovers (Gothaer Liebespaar), Asian art, antiquities from Egypt in the park of Schloss Friedenstein. The Herzogliches Museum (Ducal Museum) is in a large late-19th-century historicist building in the landscape park of Schloss Friedenstein in Gotha in Thuringia in central Germany. The core … Read more