2008 - Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden

LOOkiNg AhEAD TO
sELECTED PROjECTs
sChEDULED FOR 2010
• 450 Years of the Dresden Art Collections
Jubilee exhibition, 2010
Four hundred and fifty years ago Elector
August established his Kunst- und
Wunderkammer (Art and Curio Chamber)
in Dresden Palace, and it is this which laid
the foundations for today’s Staatliche
Kunstsammlungen Dresden. This exhibition
will show the fascinating starting
point for the art collections, the spectrum
of which ranges from natural objects to
paintings, prints and treasury art. Setting
out from this Kunstkammer in the year
1560, the exhibition will elucidate the history
and development of the Dresden collections
over the centuries – down to the
present day.
• Triumph der blauen Schwerter. Meißner
Porzellan für Adel und Bürgertum 1710 –
1815 (Triumph of the Blue Swords. Meissen
Porcelain for Aristocracy and Bourgeoisie
1710 – 1815)
Exhibition by the Porzellansammlung,
Dresden, Japanisches Palais:
8th May – 29th August 2010
Michel Victor Acier, The Good Mother, 1774,
Porzellansammlung
Japanisches Palais Albertinum
• Zauber der Zerbrechlichkeit. Meisterwerke
der europäischen Porzellankunst
(The Fascination of Fragility.
Masterpieces of European Porcelain Art)
Exhibition by the Porzellansammlung,
Berlin, Ephraim-Palais:
9th May – 29th August 2010
In 1710 August the Strong founded the
first porcelain manufactory on European
soil in Meissen, thus laying the basis for the
»Myth of Meissen«. The Porzellansammlung
of the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden is taking the 300th anniversary
of the foundation of the manufactory as
an opportunity to hold an exhibition
focusing on its first 100 highly eventful
years. At the same time, there will also
be an exhibition of works of art by other
European porcelain manufactories at the
Ephraim-Palais in Berlin.
• Die Kunst der Aufklärung
(The Art of Enlightenment)
Exhibition by the Staatliche Museen zu
Berlin, the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen
Dresden and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen,
Munich National
Museum of China, Beijing: 2010, Duration:
approx. 18 months
In 2010 the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,
the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden
and the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen,
Munich, will be holding
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their first long-term joint exhibition in
parts of the newly built National Museum
of China on Tiananmen Square in Beijing.
The exhibition will open immediately
after the completion of the museum,
which will have a total floor area of
70,000 m2 . For the first time, the presentation
will place the European Enlightenment
in a universal context spanning all
cultures and continents.
Das neue Albertinum. Museum der
Moderne (The New Albertinum. Museum
of Modernity)
When the new Albertinum opens its
doors in June 2010, it will be possible to
experience modern art in a scope that has
never previously been possible in Dresden.
In addition to the new, flood-proof workshop
and storeroom complex, the innovative
museum concept marks a new
beginning for the presentation of art in
Dresden. The focus will be on the holdings
of the collections which are based in the
Albertinum, the Galerie Neue Meister and
the Skulpturensammlung, complemented
by works from the Kupferstich-Kabinett
and the Kunstgewerbemuseum.
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