Dürer for Berlin. A search for clues in the Kupferstichkabinett – Kulturforum

From 12 May 2023, the Kulturforum will be showing the exhibition “Dürer for Berlin. A Search for Traces in the Museum of Prints and Drawings” of the artist Albrecht Dürer. The Berlin Kupferstichkabinett owns one of the world’s most important collections of Albrecht Dürer’s hand drawings and prints. With the help of around 130 masterpieces, the exhibition not only presents Dürer’s entire artistic oeuvre in an exemplary manner, but for the first time also makes the multi-faceted history of the collection itself visible. It leads from the beginnings of the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) in 1831 and the founding of the German Reich in 1871, through the Gründerzeit (Wilhelminian period) and the years of National Socialism, to the division of the holdings due to the war and their reunification in the Kulturforum in 1994.

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Opening: Thursday, 11 May 2023, 7 pm

Exhibition dates: Friday, 12 May – Sunday, 27 August 2023

Tue – Fri 10 am – 6 pm, Thu 10 am – 8 pm, Sat + Sun 10 am – 6 pm

Fig. above: Albrecht Dürer, Nemesis (Das große Glück), 1501, Kupferstich, deckend bemalt, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Dietmar Katz