From Rembrandt to Kentridge: 2025 in Saxony's art museums

The Sound Process Room by Carlfriedrich Claus

From the end of November, the "Sound Process Room" developed by Carlfriedrich Claus (1930-1998) in 1995, in which people can control sounds through their movements, can be used in Chemnitz for almost four months. The installation is being reconstructed at the Kunstsammlungen to mark its 30th anniversary and, alongside works on paper by the artist, offers the opportunity to immerse yourself in his cosmos of ideas.

Kentridge and Tillmans at the Kunstsammlungen in Dresden

The South African artist William Kentridge is making a guest appearance at the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD) throughout the year. To mark his 70th birthday, he is focusing on the famous Procession of Princes, a procession of Saxon rulers painted on porcelain tiles on the outer wall of the Stallhof, and developing a contemporary counterpart through the old town. Two exhibitions combine prints and large-scale works. Kentridge and his team are also designing the annual presentation of the puppet theater collection.

Wolfgang Tillmans is drawing inspiration from the universal character of the SKD collections for his first major solo exhibition in a museum in eastern Germany for many years. The museum association is also planning the first presentation on the history of the Meissen porcelain manufactory in the GDR and will provide a unique insight into the cosmos of Gerhard Richter. The occasion is the 20th anniversary of the founding of the archive, which collects everything about the life and work of its namesake and patron.

Rembrandt and Heisig in Leipzig

The Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig is showing the exhibition "Impuls.Rembrandt" about the artist, who trained numerous students in his important workshop over decades, until the end of January. Around 120 paintings, drawings and etchings by his hand, students and contemporaries are on display, including loans from London, Paris and New York.

The work and life of Bernhard Heisig (1925-2011), one of the GDR's best-known artists, will also be honored on the 100th anniversary of his birth. In addition to well-known historical paintings, the exhibition includes autobiographical portraits, landscapes and still lifes - as well as photographs showing the Leipzig School painter as Rector and Professor of the Academy of Visual Arts.

An entirely different presentation in Leipzig is dedicated to the art of tapestry, the production of tapestries, and thus one of the oldest cultural techniques of mankind. It ranges from works based on designs by renowned representatives of the 20th century avant-garde to important productions of post-war modernism and international contemporary positions - including those by Wassily Kandinsky, Henri Matisse and Pablo Picasso, Louise Bourgeois and Hans Hartung.

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