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4 Museums– 1 Modernism
The upheaval that culminated in Modernism and the beginnings of Die Neue Sammlung, Germany’s first state design museum, are closely connected. On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of its foundation, a joint exhibition by the four museums that form the Pinakothek der Moderne will showcase a selection of highlights of Modernism from the museum […]
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OPEN4 | BEGEGNEN – ERLEBEN - MACHEN
Sehr geehrte Medienvertreterin, sehr geehrter Medienvertreter, liebe Freunde und Förderer der Bildung und Vermittlung, liebe Mitarbeitenden, Im Namen der Direktorin und der Direktoren der Pinakothek der Moderne, laden wir Sie herzlich zum Start des neuen Markenauftritts der Bildung und Vermittlung ein. Die Kick-off-Informationsveranstaltung findet am Donnerstag, den 27.03.2025, 11 Uhr, im Raum der Bildung und Vermittlung […]
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2. HERZOG FRANZ LECTURE | Katarzyna Wielga-Skolimowska: Können Museen Träumen?
Stellen wir uns Museen als wandlungsfähige Gebilde vor, die gleichzeitig die Vergangenheit bewahren und die Zukunft erträumen. Welche Vorstellungen von Gemeinschaft und Gesellschaft kommen hierbei ins Spiel? Angesichts zahlreicher Gefahren politischer Indienstnahme untersucht Katarzyna Wielga-Skolimowska den Traum eines Museums, das der Bürgerschaft gehört und zu neuen Formen freier Mitwirkung und ästhetischer Erfahrung einlädt. Türen öffnen […]
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Trees, Time Architecture
13 MARCH 2025–14 SEPTEMBER 2025 | MEDIA CONFERENCE: 12 MARCH 2025, 11.00 A.M. OPENING: 12 MARCH 2025, 7.00 P.M.| Trees are among the largest, oldest, and most complex living organisms on Earth, and they also grow exceptionally slowly – often taking decades or even centuries to reach their full size. This means they exceed human […]
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MINDFUL MINING
15.03.2025 – 21.04.2025 | The exhibition title „Mindful Mining“ is a metaphor for the creation of a world of its own. Designing artistically means discovering something in nature or in the everyday environment that you usually pay little attention to and then give it a new meaning. The young artists at Kookmin University do nothing […]
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WARWICK FREEMAN
15.03.2025 – 15.06.2025 | Warwick Freeman’s emblematic jewelry pursues meaning. Across five decades the New Zealand jeweller has built a lexicon of signs: from the cultural symbolism of the hook and the star to the heart redrawn in the volcanic scoria of Rangitoto island. When worn, his jewelry communicates something of who we are and […]
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Ausstellungsvorschau 2025
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THE HUMAN BEING IN VIEW
23.01.2025 – 13.04.2025 | One of the greatest achievements of the early modern era in art, alongside the perceptual concept of central perspective, was undoubtedly the rediscovery of the human being as a self-determined individual made of flesh and blood. This rediscovery was not an isolated event, but a process of constant and intense observation […]
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Ngozi-Omeje Ezema – BOUNDLESS VASES
04.12.2024 – 11.05.2025 | Die Neue Sammlung is proud to present an installation by Ngozi-Omeje Ezema (born 1979), the first of its kind in Germany. The Nigerian ceramic artist represents a new generation of African artists who are transposing an ancient traditional art form into the present and thus questioning long-standing notions that confine ceramics […]
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KITCHEN CULTURE. FROM THE FIRST FITTED KITCHEN TO THE INDIVIDUALLY CONFIGURED KITCHEN
FROM 26 NOVEMBER 2024 | Just short of a century lies between the first fitted kitchen and the personally configured kitchen of today. In the course of that long period, designers and architects developed countless new solutions and responded to changes in technology and society. The spectrum ranges from the simple cooking niche to the […]
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