And yet it is art

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  Ausstellungsansicht

• Ausstellungsansicht

At its new location, the Theater Building at Charlottenburg Palace, the Käthe Kollwitz Museum presents a newly designed collection exhibition with around 100 works by the artist, initially on the first floor of the building. 

 

The artist (1867 – 1945), who was already known worldwide during her lifetime, had herself once issued the motto: “I want to have an effect in this time”.
Many of her works are still anchored in people’s pictorial memory today as accusations against social grievances and admonitions against war and violence. Despite the declared goal of achieving a broad impact with her graphics, Käthe Kollwitz always saw herself first and foremost as an artist.

As an accomplished draftswoman, with a delight in experimentation and a great talent for finding images, her main concern was to create an artistically sophisticated work. Slow working, numerous attempts to find motifs and the constant change of printing techniques characterize Kollwitz’s path to the completed work. She self-critically questioned her work and compared it with contemporary works by colleagues, only to conclude in her diary in December 1922 about her works: “And yet it is art.”

From this perspective, the new permanent exhibition of the Berlin Kollwitz Museum examines, first with its own holdings and later in rotation with loans from friendly collections and private lenders, the artistic quality of the works of a graphic artist and sculptor who was far too often reduced to her political and social impact.

The Kollwitz Museum is expected to occupy the entire 1st floor in the Theaterbau from end-2024/ early-2025 and, in addition to presenting its collection, will invite visitors to view changing exhibitions.

Runtime: from September 2022

Price info: The following are entitled to free admission upon presentation of the relevant proof of eligibility: Children and young people under the age of 18, holders of an entitlement certificate (formerly berlinpass), members of the Association of Berlin City Guides, representatives of the press, members of ICOM

Price: €7.00

Reduced price: €4.00

Reduced price info: The following are entitled to reduced admission upon presentation of the relevant proof: Schoolchildren aged 18 and over, students and trainees, federal volunteers, groups of 12 or more, members of the Museumsbund, members of the Bundesverband, Bildender Künstler, members of the Verband deutscher Kunsthistoriker, members of the Theatergemeinde Berlin, members of the Kulturvolk Berlin, holders of a severely disabled pass, holders of the artCard, holders of the Berliner Ehrenamtskarte (Berlin Volunteer Card).

Takes place here:

• Käthe-Kollwitz-Museum Berlin