Annual Report 2010 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

Prof. Dr. Horst Bredekamp, Professor of art History at the
HU Berlin, and Prof. Dr. Dirk syndram during the colloquium
in the Hans Nadler Hall in the residenzschloss
The four volumes are supplemented by photographs of
the Kunstkammer objects still held in the museum collections
today. This will be followed in 2011 by a volume of
essays, which will provide the necessary historical background.
This exemplary publication was only possible as a
result of close cooperation with the Saxon State Archives,
Main State Archives Dresden, and through the financial
support provided by numerous donors, including the Rudolf­August
Oetker Foundation and “Die Kunstkammer
Georg Laue” in Munich.
The colloquium held in connection with the closing of the
Anniversary Exhibition “Zukunft seit 1560” directed attention
not so much towards the emergence of the Dresden
collections out of the electoral Kunstkammer, but rather
towards their differentiation and expansion from the 18th
century onwards. The almost 20 speakers at this conference
included external researchers as well as academic
staff from the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden. It
became clear that the history of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen,
and of the individual museums within the
alliance, is a field of research that is of far more than regional
significance. It is an essential theme of international
museum studies and historical research.
The opening of the exhibition “Zukunft seit 1560” was accompanied
not only by the obligatory exhibition catalogue
and an anthology, but also by a chronology setting out for
the first time all the important dates in the history of the
Dresden museums, from their initial beginnings around
1500 down to the present day, supplemented by important
dates in Saxon history and international cultural history.
Drs. andre van der Goes (back left) and participants in the “Dresden summer –
international academy for the arts” visiting the Orangery at schloss Pillnitz
example: Dresden Summer – International Academy
for the Arts
To mark their anniversary, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden gave themselves a gift: for the first time, the
“Dresden Summer – International Academy for the Arts“
took place, an intensive eight­day programme of studies
in English for museum staff and other scholars. Representatives
of renowned international museums, such as
the Hermitage in St Petersburg, the Kunsthistorisches
Museum in Vienna and the Château de Compiègne, took
advantage of the opportunity to get a behind­the­scenes
view of the Dresden collections, for example the Grünes
Gewölbe, the Porzellansammlung and the Gemäldegalerie
Alte Meister. The guided tours were given by Peter Kulka,
the architect of the remodelled Residenzschloss, and
Volker Staab, the architect of the new Albertinum, as well
as the directors and curators of the collections. Intense
discussions made the “Summer Academy” into much
more than a mere sight­seeing programme; it was a highlevel
exchange between specialists. The society of friends
of the Grünes Gewölbe and other private donors made
this new programme possible, and it is to be continued
in 2011.
That the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen intend to attach
greater significance to the further education of academic
staff in future is also evident from the start of an employee
exchange programme with the National Museum
of China in Beijing. In association with the Staatliche Museen
zu Berlin and the Bayerische Staatsgemälde sammlun
gen in Munich, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dres ­
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