Interactive history: New opening of Colditz Castle
It was once a magnificent hunting lodge - but in the centuries that followed, it also became part of dark chapters in history. Colditz Castle can now be explored with a tablet.
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Students from Chemnitz create modern incense figures for diversity in Erzgebirge arts and crafts
Chemnitz students create new incense figures to promote diversity in Erzgebirge arts and crafts
Art festival explores protest and resistance
The "Begehungen" festival has been bringing contemporary art to unusual places for years - to the delight of thousands of visitors. Now the festival organizers want to bring the theme of protest to a former school.
Major Caspar David Friedrich exhibition in New York
The German painter Caspar David Friedrich would have been 250 years old this year. To mark the occasion, the Metropolitan Museum in New York is also dedicating a major exhibition to him - in 2025.
US museum celebrates glass models by Blaschka artists
Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolf became famous in the 19th century with deceptively real glass models of flowers and sea creatures, among other things. Now a US museum is honoring them with an exhibition.
Königstein Fortress opens GDR bunker to the public
Königstein Fortress opens long-closed GDR bunker to visitors to experience the history of the Cold War up close. Premiere on Good Friday.
Candida Höfer documents semperoper in Dresden
German photographer Candida Höfer shows deserted rooms at the Semperoper in Dresden in 14 new works. The exhibition 'Candida Höfer: Contexts. A Dresden Reflection' shows large-format photographs in dialog with works from the Kupferstich-Kabinett Dresden.
Candida Höfer: Contexts. A Dresden Reflection
The internationally renowned artist Candida Höfer is showing her large-format photographs at the Semperoper in Dresden.
Reliquary of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague on display in Dresden for the first time
The relic treasure of St. Vitus Cathedral in Prague will be on display in Dresden for six months from mid-March. The exhibition presents the collection in dialog with contemporary artists.
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Peter Smalun - a tribute: the life and work of an industrial designer
Exhibition on the life and work of GDR designer Peter Smalun at Leuchtenburg Castle in Seitenroda, Thuringia.
Princely Art Collections Liechtenstein in Vienna
Insight into the art collection of the Princely Family of Liechtenstein, which has grown over the centuries, with works by Rubens and van Dyck.
Collection shows the life and work of female photographers in the GDR
A new exhibition in Chemnitz shows the life and work of four female photographers in the GDR. The exhibition organizers speak of an often neglected chapter in the history of photography.
The 11th Saxon State Garden Show will take place in Auerbach and Rodewisch in 2029
The 11th Saxon State Garden Show will take place in Auerbach and Rodewisch in the Vogtland district in 2029. For the first time, two towns will be hosting a state garden show with a joint concept.
Exhibition on upheaval and liquidation in the 90s
The Leipzig City History Museum will dedicate one of its major special exhibitions this year to the period of upheaval in the 1990s. The show "Between Awakening and Liquidation" will focus on the new possibilities of freedom as well as the great disappointments and the unexpected decline of the city ..
Chemnitz European Capital of Culture 2025
Around 100 projects and around 1000 events are planned for the Capital of Culture year in Chemnitz.
"Kohlewelt" to open in late summer: Costs have risen
The extensive refurbishment of the Oelsnitz Mining Museum is entering the home straight, but will be far more expensive than originally planned. In late summer, the "Coal World" will reopen to visitors as an experience in an authentic location. According to the Erzgebirgskreis, the costs amount to a ..
Advance booking for Caspar David Friedrich in Berlin
The Alte Nationalgalerie Berlin is starting ticket sales early for the exhibition "Caspar David Friedrich. Infinite Landscapes". From April 19 to August 4, the museum on Museum Island is presenting more than 60 paintings and 50 drawings by the famous German Romantic artist Friedrich (1774-1840). The ..
Christmas exhibition in Leipzig shows Krakow nativity scenes
Colorful Krakow nativity scenes have been on display in a Christmas exhibition in Leipzig since Wednesday. The special exhibition in the Old Town Hall was created in cooperation with the Muzeum Krakowa, as the city administration announced on Wednesday. It is also intended to celebrate the 50-year p ..
Winter exhibition "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" at Moritzburg Castle
Fans of the cult film "Three Hazelnuts for Cinderella" can rejoice: the traditional winter exhibition opens at Moritzburg Castle near Dresden on Wednesday.
"Exceptional artist" Willi Baumeister and his network
Willi Baumeister was an advocate of abstract painting and is one of the most important artists of the German post-war period. The Gunzenhauser Museum in Chemnitz is now dedicating an extensive exhibition to him.
New panorama by Yadegar Asisi in the Panometer Leipzig
From March 2024, artist Yadegar Asisi will be presenting his latest panorama entitled 'Monet's Cathedral' at the Panometer Leipzig.
Artist Asisi wants to look deeper
Artist Yadegar Asisi is celebrating his twentieth birthday this year with his panoramas - and has announced that he intends to show even more of his skills.
Living in the museum: exhibition shows archaeology of living
From the well to the bathtub, from the storage pit to the refrigerator: How people live has changed over time. A new exhibition in Chemnitz is therefore dedicated to the home as an important place to live. Exhibits from prominent previous owners are also on display.
The award of the Saxon electoral dignity to a Wettin six centuries ago
The exhibition at Albrechtsburg Meissen explores the question of who the Saxons are and how they got their name.
The Consolation of Things - Art by Orhan Pamuk in Dresden
Nobel Prize winner Orhan Pamuk is spending half a year as a guest artist among Dresden's Old Masters. For the exhibition "The Consolation of Things," he has recreated 41 of the 78 so-called cabinets of his famous Istanbul "Museum of Innocence" and created entirely new ones in occupation with holding ..
Modern art from the dictatorship in Dresden Café Belarus
Contemporary art that does not conform to the state norm is usually confined to a niche in Belarus. A Minsk artist duo experienced ostracism firsthand - and freedom for a few months in Dresden.
Jewish Museum Berlin shows GDR as "Another Country
Life in the eight Jewish communities of the GDR is the focus of the exhibition "Another Country. Jewish in the GDR" at the Jewish Museum Berlin. Starting Friday and running through Jan. 14, the exhibition will feature personal objects from contemporary witnesses and their descendants about Jewish ex ..
Space exhibition in Vogtland gets extension building
Sigmund Jähn, the first German in space, came from the Vogtland region. In his homeland, an exhibition on space travel attracts tens of thousands of visitors every year. Now the museum is being expanded at a cost of millions.
Dresden celebrates Romantic Friedrich's 250th birthday in 2024
A double show of paintings and drawings by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen (SKD) will make Dresden a hotspot for several months in the 250th anniversary year of the birth of the painter Caspar David Friedrich (1774-1840). Starting in mid-August 2024, the Albertinum and Kupferstich-Kabinett will prese ..
Creative economy presents itself with work show in Chemnitz
From furniture to jewelry and fashion to toys, Saxony's creative scene is demonstrating its diversity with a new show of works at the Chemnitz Industrial Museum. On display are works by 130 cultural and artistic creators, the museum and the state association of cultural and creative industries annou ..
Art collections show modern Ukrainian art
From May 6, the Dresden State Art Collections will present a comprehensive overview of modern Ukrainian from the beginning of the 20th century to the present under the title "Kaleidoscope of History(s)." The exhibition at the Albertinum is the first of its kind in Germany, according to the museum as ..