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On the Barricades

Alfred Hrdlicka at Käthe Kollwitz Museum

Etchings, Drawings and Sculptures March 11 till June 2, 2019 The austrian sculptor, drawer and graphic artist Alfred Hrdlicka (*1928) died ten years ago in December 2009 in Vienna. For this reason the Käthe Kollwitz Museum Berlin in collaboration with Galerie Ernst Hilger (Vienna) presents an exhibition with his works about the revolution. [Read more…] about On the Barricades

Robert Liebknecht – Early Work

December 1, 2018 till February 3, 2019 extended till February 24, 2019

Special Exhibition on the occasion of the Berlin Themenwinter 100 Years of Revolution – Berlin 1918/19 The end of the First World War in November 1918 led to a year of revolution, evoking civil-war like riots in Berlin. The socialists Karl Liebknecht and Rosa Luxemburg were murdered on the 15th January 1919. [Read more…] about Robert Liebknecht – Early Work

Long Night of Museums

Meet Käthe Kollwitz at Night

Date: 25.08.2018

Time: 18:00-2:00 Uhr

It’s a great idea that’s caught on all over the world, but it was invented in Berlin – the Long Night of Museums. In 1997 just eighteen museums took part, and now, over twenty years on, there are round about eighty opening their doors until way past midnight and inviting you to come in and look, listen, be amazed and join in with the many activities. This year’s main attractions are the museum staircases, which are being transformed for one night into stages for light, music and... ( Weiterlesen )

At Kollwitz-Museum by Night

Long Night of the Museums 2017

Date: 19.08.2017

Time: 18:00-2:00 Uhr

It’s a great idea that’s caught on all over the world, but it was invented twenty years ago in Berlin – the Long Night of Museums. In 1997 just eighteen museums took part, and now, twenty years on, there are round about eighty opening their doors until way past midnight and inviting you to come in and look, listen, be amazed and join in with the many activities. Berlin’s museums are celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the Long Night with the theme of ‘Made in Berlin’, and are... ( Weiterlesen )

Liebermann, Kollwitz and the Collection of Julius Freund

Date: 27.06.2017

Time: 15:00 Uhr

Tomorrow afternoon the grandson of Julius Freund, Prof Anthony Friend, will guide you through the story of Julius Freund and his wonderful collection of Käthe Kollwitz art. Some sheets of his former collection are on display in our special exhibition ‘Käthe Kollwitz and her friends’. We’re looking forward to your visit.

One Year Home

Photography and Film Exhibition by Lorenz Kienzle and Omar Akahare

27 February to 1 May 2017 Photography and accompanying texts by Lorenz Kienzle Accompanying film One Year Home by Omar Akahare This project began under the title ‘One Day as a Refugee’ in autumn 2015 and was intended as a short-term project. The encounters in the refugee home in Guben, on the German-Polish border, and in the temporary accommodation in Lietzen on the edge of the Oderbruch were intense from the very beginning – both for photographer Lorenz Kienzle and the refugee... ( Weiterlesen )

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