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Neue Nationalgalerie
Berlin, Germany
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Potsdamer Platz: Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Source credit: Neue Nationalgalerie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence; source file. Cropped to square. The remaining walk illustrations are standard Lensmark examples.
The Neue Nationalgalerie brings together twentieth-century art from Europe and North America, from German Expressionism to post-war colour-field painting. Kirchner, Dix and Newman are among the artists whose works anchor its collection. Explore the collection
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe designed the museum at Berlin’s Kulturforum, which opened in 1968. Its steel roof and open glass hall frame a collection shaped by Germany’s division and reunification, including works brought together from East and West Berlin.
Its collection strengths include German modernism, post-1945 European and American art, minimal and colour-field painting, and sculpture and installation.
Newman’s canvas stretches more than six metres across. Made in 1969/1970 in acrylic on canvas, it entered the collection in 1982 through a purchase from the artist’s widow, Annalee Newman.
Read the museum recordTwo women stand on a traffic island in Kirchner’s Berlin street scene. Painted in 1914, it preserves recognisable landmarks of Potsdamer Platz; Kirchner added the black widow’s veil after the outbreak of war.
Read the museum recordThree war veterans play cards with the aid of their prostheses. Dix based the 1920 painting on a Dresden café scene, using collaged cards, banknotes and newspapers alongside painted forms.
Read the museum recordThese are collection records, not confirmation that the works are on display today.
Photography is generally allowed at the Neue Nationalgalerie, with exceptions for individual exhibitions, rooms or objects. Commercial use of museum photographs or films requires written permission from the museum management. Tripods and bulky camera cases must be stored, and selfie sticks must not be used. Follow staff instructions and posted restrictions, and check the current visitor guidance before taking a photograph. Neue Nationalgalerie photography rules
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