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Dates: 4 Nov 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Jülicher Strasse 97-109 Aachen D-52058
Tel: +49 (0)241 1807 104 Website

Dates: 20 Jun 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Design Decorative
Address: Amstel 51 Amsterdam 11675
Tel: +31-20-5308755 Website

This huge exhibition—featuring more than 2,000 objects on loan from the State Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg—inaugurates the Russian museum’s Amsterdam’s home in the newly restored 17th-century Amstelhof (now the Hermitage’s sole foreign exhibition centre). The space has been designed by the architectural firm Merkx+Girod to give an impression of the splendour of public rooms in which the court met in the royal palaces in St Petersburg and Moscow. Russia vacillated in the 19th century between Francophile and “native” Slavic and Byzantine poles: the court fashioned its taste on European or national styles and more often than not a combination of the two. The tsars patronised artists and craftsmen from Italy, France and Germany, and British gardeners to ensure that the Russian court kept pace with developments in western Europe, and a succession of German tsarinas ensured a regular flow of works by Romantic and Nazarene artists. In the court costumes and furniture we see the native adaptation of the same sequence of styles seen elsewhere—neo-classical, Egyptian, Gothic revival and art nouveau. In this show are ball gowns and uniforms, jewellery by Fabergé, court paintings, furniture, silver, clocks and watches and Sèvres and other porcelain dinner services. D.L.

A. Malyukov, after original by Franz Krüger, Alexandra Feodorovna, 1836.

Dates: 21 Nov 09 - 14 Mar 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Lichtentaler Allee 8b Baden-Baden 76530
Tel: +49 (0)7221 39898 0 Website

This exhibition is the last of three major retrospectives at the Museum Frieder Burda to feature significant German artists. After Polke and Richter, the Baselitz retrospective, curated by Goetz Adriani, consists of 75 large paintings and 50 works on paper, celebrating 50 years of the artist’s oeuvre. The first exhibition is divided into four main categories: works from the early 60s; diptychs from the 70s; the “Heroes” series; and the late “Remix” paintings. Chronologically organised, they trace Baselitz’s painting career from 1959 to the present. The show aims to offer new insights by focusing on the role of the past in his work. According to Adriani, the artist’s East German heritage plays an essential part in the works shown: “Already in his early work Baselitz revolted against the political and painterly restrictions of social realism, introducing scandalous sexual themes to his art.” The “Heroes” series critically deals with “broken German heroes rather than brave German soldiers”, Adriani notes. A highlight of the show is the “Remix” series, which Baselitz began in 2005. Engaging anew with his works from the early 1960s, he manoeuvres the past into the present. What were dark and depressed works are now repainted with a “rococo lightness” said Adriani, In “Baselitz: 30 Years of Sculpture” at the neighbouring Staatliche Kunsthalle, which consists of 15 sculptures shown alongside eight paintings, curator Karoline Kraus explores the relationship between the artist’s sculpture and painting. Works of different media from the same creative period are displayed to offer a new perspective on the Baselitz’s three-dimensional work. Among the works on show is the new sculpture Volks Ding Zero, 2009, which is being shown for the first time.

Volks Ding Zero, 2009

Dates: 21 Nov 09 - 14 Mar 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Lichtentaler Allee, 8a Baden-Baden D-76530
Tel: +49 (0)722 130 0763 Website

This exhibition is the last of three major retrospectives at the Museum Frieder Burda to feature significant German artists. After Polke and Richter, the Baselitz retrospective, curated by Goetz Adriani, consists of 75 large paintings and 50 works on paper, celebrating 50 years of the artist’s oeuvre. The first exhibition is divided into four main categories: works from the early 60s; diptychs from the 70s; the “Heroes” series; and the late “Remix” paintings. Chronologically organised, they trace Baselitz’s painting career from 1959 to the present. The show aims to offer new insights by focusing on the role of the past in his work. According to Adriani, the artist’s East German heritage plays an essential part in the works shown: “Already in his early work Baselitz revolted against the political and painterly restrictions of social realism, introducing scandalous sexual themes to his art.” The “Heroes” series critically deals with “broken German heroes rather than brave German soldiers”, Adriani notes. A highlight of the show is the “Remix” series, which Baselitz began in 2005. Engaging anew with his works from the early 1960s, he manoeuvres the past into the present. What were dark and depressed works are now repainted with a “rococo lightness” said Adriani, In “Baselitz: 30 Years of Sculpture” at the neighbouring Staatliche Kunsthalle, which consists of 15 sculptures shown alongside eight paintings, curator Karoline Kraus explores the relationship between the artist’s sculpture and painting. Works of different media from the same creative period are displayed to offer a new perspective on the Baselitz’s three-dimensional work. Among the works on show is the new sculpture Volks Ding Zero, 2009 (left), which is being shown for the first time

Dates: 12 Nov 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Pariser Platz 4 Berlin 10117
Tel: +49 030.200 57-0 Website

Dates: 12 Nov 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Pariser Platz 4 Berlin 10117
Tel: +49 030.200 57-0 Website

Dates: 14 Nov 09 - 9 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Sophienstrasse 21 Berlin D-10178
Tel: +49 30 283 91 387 Website

Dates: 9 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Bodestrasse 1-3 Berlin D-10178
Tel: +49 (0)3 2090 5801 Website

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Photography Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Bodestrasse 1-3 Berlin D-10178
Tel: +49 (0)3 2090 5801 Website

Dates: 21 Nov 09 - 9 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Zimmerstrasse 90-91 Berlin D-10117
Tel: +49 (0)30 280 8123 Website

Dates: 18 Sep 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Alte Jakobstrasse 124-128 Berlin D-10969
Tel: +49 (0)30 7890 2600 Website

Looking specifically at work influenced by the fall of the Berlin Wall, which occurred 20 years ago in November, this show includes sculpture, painting, film and the recreation and documentation of site-specific temporary installations from German and international artists, including John Armleder, Tacita Dean, Wolfgang Tillmans and Alicja Kwade. All of the works on show trace changes to the structure of the city during this time. The period in which these works were made, 1989 to 2009, highlights both the reunification which Berlin underwent after the dismantling of the pre-1989 political system and the fact that the new city is now seen as a hub for the artistic community. This exhibition is accompanied by a programme of films, discussions, performances and concerts. W.O.

Tobias Hauser, Walden am Leipziger Platz, 2002

Dates: 10 Jul 09 - 6 Jun 10
Categories: Archaeology & Ancient art
Address: Bodestrasse 1-3, Museumsinsel Berlin D-10178
Tel: +49 (0)30 2035 5259 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Schlobstrasse 1a Berlin D-14059
Tel: +49 (0)30 3269 06 00 Website

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 25 Apr 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Bussardsteig 9 Berlin D-14195
Tel: +49 (0)30 831 2029 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Spandauer Damm 20-24 Berlin 14059
Tel: + 49 (0) 331 96 94 200 Website

This is an exhibition of more than 200 objects in two sites. It has been organised by the Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg in cooperation with the Evangelical parish of St Petri-St Marien, Berlin. The main idea of the show is to relate the art patronage of the Hohenzollern dynasty from 1417 to 1613 to the events of that period. The chronological brackets enclose the inauguration of the Hohenzollerns as Electors of Brandenburg, the events of the Protestant Reformation, the uncertain rise to power of Brandenburg as a small, but significant, segment of the Holy Roman Empire to the eve of its establishment as the centre of a quasi-independent state, the emergence of a middle-class urban elite in Berlin, and the internal religious and political tensions within the Hohenzollern territories, as well as those states the empire and the rest of Europe. The first part of the exhibition in the Charlottenburg Palace opens with a depiction of the founder, Friedrich I, in a donor portrait on the Cadolzburger Altar, a winged altarpiece made around 1430 by an anonymous Nuremburg painter. There follows a series of works by Lucas Cranach the Elder (1472-1553), his workshop and his son Lucas the Younger (1515-86), commissioned by or during the reign of the Elector Joachim I (1499-1535)—portraits (shown here, of his son and heir, Joachim II, around 1555), the nine Passion Cycle paintings, 1537, a self-portrait and an early version of the Naiad, 1515, as well as sculptures, prints, textiles, ceramics, books and manuscripts by other artists. An ardent Catholic and supporter of the emperor, Joachim I’s personal religious convictions were at variance with many, if not most, of his subjects who were Lutherans. Joachim tried to ensure a Catholic succession, but, following his death and that of the emperor, his successor, Joachim II, converted to Lutheranism in 1555. In the period covered by this part of the exhibition, the viewer is shown how the Hohenzollerns developed a realpolitik that permitted the artistic expression of various antagonistic religious alliances. The second part of the exhibition at the St Marienkirche illustrates the interests of the emergent bourgeoisie of Berlin. A Last Judgement, 1558, by Michael Ribestein (1539-65) and sculptures by the Swabian Catholic Hans Schenck (1611-45), made for the St Marienkirche, are evidence of lively local, if not widely significant, ecumenical art production. The Renaissance ideal of the educated gentleman was bolstered by a rapidly expanding print culture, demonstrated by many works from the St Marien church library, and documents concerning the foundation in 1574 of “Zum Grauen Kloster”, which became Berlin’s most prestigious grammar school. D.L. A 272-page catalogue, Cranach und die Kunst der Renaissance unter den Hohenzollern: Kirche, Hof und Stadtkultur, with 327 colour illustrations, is published by Deutscher Kunstverlag (€34.90 ISBN 9783422069107) and the exhibition is sponsored by the Kultur Stiftung der Länder and the Ernst von Siemens Kunststiftung. Donald Lee

Joachim II, around 1555

Dates: 15 Oct 09 - 1 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Haus Huth, Alte Potsdamer Strasse 5 Berlin D-10785
Tel: +49 (0)30 259 41 420 Website

Dates: 16 Sep 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Video & New Media
Address: Haus Huth, Alte Potsdamer Strasse 5 Berlin D-10785
Tel: +49 (0)30 259 41 420 Website

Dates: 28 Oct 09 - 6 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Unter den Linden 13-15 Berlin D-10117
Tel: +49 (0)30 20 20 93 0 Website

Dates: 3 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Post-War (1945-70)
Address: Pei-building, Unter den Linden 2 Berlin D-10117
Tel: +49 - (0)30 - 20304 - 0 Website

Dates: 15 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Pei-building, Unter den Linden 2 Berlin D-10117
Tel: +49 - (0)30 - 20304 - 0 Website

Dates: 21 Nov 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Curious Design
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Lansstrasse 8 Berlin D-14195
Tel: +49 (0)30 830 1438 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 19 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Zimmerstrasse 88-91 Berlin D-10117
Tel: +49 (0)30 262 4284 Website

Dates: 26 Sep 09 - 19 Dec 09
Categories: Photography Post-War (1945-70)
Address: Lindenstraße 34 Berlin D-10969
Tel: +49 30 28 38 79 90 Website

Dates: 21 Oct 09 - 28 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Markgrafenstraße 67 Berlin D-10969
Tel: +49 (0)30 2400 863-0 Website

Dates: 28 Oct 09 - 6 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Markgrafenstraße 67 Berlin D-10969
Tel: +49 (0)30 2400 863-0 Website

Dates: 17 Oct 09 - 27 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Weydingerstrasse 2/4 Berlin D-10178
Tel: +49 (0)30 400 426 41 Website

Dates: 28 Oct 09 - 21 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Fasanenstraße 30 Berlin 10719
Tel: +49(0)30.88 62 40 56 Website

Dates: 7 Nov 09 - 19 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Auguststrasse 26 Berlin D-10117
Tel: +49 (0)30 280 6605 Website

Dates: 7 Nov 09 - 31 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Kurfürstenstrasse 12 Berlin 10785
Tel: + 49 30- 44 04 67 81 Website

Dates: 7 Nov 09 - 31 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Kurfürstenstrasse 12 Berlin 10785
Tel: + 49 30- 44 04 67 81 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 19 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Rosa-Luxemburg-Str. 45 Berlin 10178
Tel: +49 (0)30 28386464 Website

Dates: 21 Nov 09 - 30 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Zimmerstrasse 90-91 Berlin d-10117
Tel: +49 (0)30 229 2437 Website

Dates: 21 Nov 09 - 30 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Oudenarder Str. 16-20, Wedding Berlin 13347
Tel: (+4930) 229 24 37 Website

Dates: 21 Nov 09 - 1 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Lindenstrasse 34 Berlin dE-10969
Tel: +49 (0)30 206 1483 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 5 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Charlottenstrasse 24 Berlin 10117
Tel: +49 (0)30 2060 8990 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 23 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Charlottenstrasse 24 Berlin 10117
Tel: +49 (0)30 2060 8990 Website

Dates: 11 Sep 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 50-51 Berlin D-10557
Tel: +49 (0)30 3978 3412 Website

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 28 Mar 10
Categories: Photography
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 50-51 Berlin D-10557
Tel: +49 (0)30 3978 3412 Website

Echoing through the ordinarily hushed halls of the Hamburger Bahnhof come the competing sounds of “Rule Britannia” and “Deutschland über Alles”, as American artist Paul Pfeiffer launches his ArtAngel commission The Saints (video still shown right) in Germany. The sound and video installation focuses on the World Cup Final between England and Germany at Wembley in 1966. A constellation of speakers and screens relays the match and the reactions of the crowd, from tense anticipation to a deafening roar of mass celebration. Laid over the original crowd reactions are the passionate chants of a new set of spectators, a group of young Filipinos from Manila that the artist brought together to watch the match for the first time. For this German showing, Pfeiffer has added the original match commentary in English, adding a new layer of sound to the experience. Curator Britta Schmitz expects “a tremendous reaction” to the project, because the “memory of the loss is still so fresh” for Germans. (England won 4-2 after extra time.) Pfeiffer, who trained at Hunter College, New York, first realised the project in London in 2007, inspired by the opening of the new national stadium at Wembley. C.B.

The Saints (video still)

Dates: 5 Sep 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Invalidenstrasse 50-51 Berlin D-10557
Tel: +49 (0)30 3978 3412 Website

Dates: 10 Sep 09 - 28 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Linienstraße 160 Berlin 10115
Tel: +49 (0)30 97005099 Website

Dates: 18 Jul 09 - 19 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Linienstrasse 155 Berlin d-10115
Tel: +49 (0)30 288 778 82 Website

Dates: 18 Jul 09 - 19 Dec 09
Categories: Post-War (1945-70)
Address: Linienstrasse 155 Berlin d-10115
Tel: +49 (0)30 288 778 82 Website

Dates: 14 Nov 09 - 23 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Zimmerstrasse 90/91 Berlin D-10117
Tel: +49 (0)30 283 5305 Website

Dates: 4 Nov 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Matthäikirchplatz 6 Berlin 10875
Tel: +49 (0)30 2 66 36 60 Website

Dates: 2 Jul 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Decorative
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Herbert-von-Karajan-Strasse 10 Berlin D-10785
Tel: +49 (0)30 266 2902 Website

Dates: 13 Nov 09 - 11 Apr 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kulturforum, Matthäikirchplatz 8 Berlin D-10785
Tel: +49 (0)30 266 42 42 01 Website

Dates: 1 Nov 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Augustrasse 69 Berlin D-10117
Tel: + 49 (0) 30 2434 590 Website

Dates: 20 Nov 09 - 14 Mar 10
Categories: Photography
Address: Niederkirchnerstrasse, 7 Berlin D-10963
Tel: +49 (0)30 254 860 Website

Dates: 19 Nov 09 - 14 Mar 10
Categories: Photography
Address: Niederkirchnerstrasse, 7 Berlin D-10963
Tel: +49 (0)30 254 860 Website

Dates: 5 Nov 09 - 18 Jan 10
Categories: Middle East
Address: Niederkirchnerstrasse, 7 Berlin D-10963
Tel: +49 (0)30 254 860 Website

Dates: 12 Nov 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Niederkirchnerstrasse, 7 Berlin D-10963
Tel: +49 (0)30 254 860 Website

This exhibition is part of a series of three celebrating the 20th anniversary of the twinning of Istanbul and Berlin. The series, which continues at the Akademie der Künste, Hanseatenweg, and the Akademie Pariser Platz, presents a comprehensive presentation of work from a variety of Turkish contemporary artists. Artists included in the Martin Gropius Bau show include sculptor and abstract modernist Kemal Önsoy, the figurative and painterly Temür Köran, Aydan Murtezaoglu, who makes films, photographs and installations, and the abstract painter Ekrem Yalcindag. Curated by Çetin Güzelhan, Beral Madra, Levent Çalikoglu and Johannes Odenthal, this section of the series consists of work dating from 1928 to the present day. The Akademie Pariser Platz shows work by female artists, and the Akademie Hanseatenweg shows work by artists engaging with the socio-political issues of modern Turkey. Included in the Martin Gropius show is a six-minute film by Sener Özmen, who lives and works in the south-east of Turkey, entitled The Road to Tate Modern, 2003, in which two men ride horses through a bleak mountainous landscape asking farmers for directions to Tate Modern. Rob Curran

Dates: 2 Oct 09 - 11 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Niederkirchnerstrasse, 7 Berlin D-10963
Tel: +49 (0)30 254 860 Website

Dates: 17 Nov 09 - 14 Mar 10
Categories: Far East
Address: Takustrasse 40 Berlin 14195
Tel: +49(0)30 - 8301-382 Website

Dates: 5 Nov 09 - 31 Oct 10
Categories: Photography
Address: Takustrasse 40 Berlin 14195
Tel: +49(0)30 - 8301-382 Website

Dates: 3 Nov 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Far East
Address: Takustrasse 40 Berlin 14195
Tel: +49(0)30 - 8301-382 Website

Dates: 17 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Far East
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Lansstrasse 8 Berlin D-14195
Tel: +49 (0)30 8301 382 Website

Dates: 12 Nov 09 - 16 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Zimmerstrasse 90-91 Berlin 10117
Tel: +49 (0) 30 206 548 77 Website

Dates: 19 Jun 09 - 22 Nov 09
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Post-War (1945-70)
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Postdamer Strasse 50 Berlin D-10785
Tel: +49 (0)30 266 2651 Website

Dates: 18 Sep 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Postdamer Strasse 50 Berlin D-10785
Tel: +49 (0)30 266 2651 Website

Dates: 22 Sep 09 - 30 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Oranienburgerstrasse 18 Berlin D-10178
Tel: +49 (0)30 / 2 88 84 03 0 Website

Dates: 22 Sep 09 - 30 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Oranienburgerstrasse 18 Berlin D-10178
Tel: +49 (0)30 / 2 88 84 03 0 Website

Dates: 10 Sep 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Schlossplatz, Berlin-Mitte Berlin
Tel: +49 302 576 204-0 Website

Dates: 13 Nov 09 - 13 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Schlossstr. 1a Bochum 44795
Tel: +49-234-43997 Website

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: August-Macke-Platz/Hochstadenring 22 Bonn D-53119
Tel: +49 (0)228 693 936 Website

Dates: 17 Oct 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: August-Macke-Platz/Hochstadenring 22 Bonn D-53119
Tel: +49 (0)228 693 936 Website

Dates: 28 Aug 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Curious
Address: Museumsmeile, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4 Bonn D-53113
Tel: +49 (0)228 9171 0 Website

Dates: 9 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Museumsmeile, Friedrich-Ebert-Allee 4 Bonn D-53113
Tel: +49 (0)228 9171 0 Website

Dates: 12 Nov 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Video & New Media Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Friedrich-Ebert-Allee, 2 Bonn D-53113
Tel: +49 (0)228 776 260 Website

Dates: 16 Oct 09 - 27 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Richard-Wagner-Strasse 28 Cologne d-50674
Tel: +49 (0)221 257 05 91 Website

Dates: 13 Nov 09 - 5 Dec 09
Categories: Photography
Address: Drususgasse 1-5 Cologne d-50677
Tel: +49 (0)221 257 10 12 Website

Dates: 29 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Decorative Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: An der Rechtschule Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221-221-26714 Website

Dates: 29 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Decorative
Address: An der Rechtschule Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221-221-26714 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Heinrich-Böll-Platz Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 26 165 Website

Dates: 26 Sep 09 - 28 Mar 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Heinrich-Böll-Platz Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 26 165 Website

Dates: 26 Sep 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Heinrich-Böll-Platz Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 26 165 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 7 Mar 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Video & New Media
Address: Heinrich-Böll-Platz Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 26 165 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Heinrich-Böll-Platz Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 26 165 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 7 Mar 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Heinrich-Böll-Platz Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 26 165 Website

Dates: 18 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Bischofgartenstraße 1 Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 2372 Website

Dates: 2 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Medieval
Address: Bischofgartenstraße 1 Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 2372 Website

Dates: 2 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Middle East 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Bischofgartenstraße 1 Cologne D-50667
Tel: +49 (0)221 221 2372 Website

Dates: 24 Aug 09 - 4 Jan 10
Categories: Curious
Address: Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Residenzschloss, Taschenberg, 2 Dresden D-01067
Tel: +49 (0)351 49 14 211 Website

Dates: 23 Aug 09 - 4 Jan 10
Categories: Decorative
Address: Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Schlossplatz, Georgenbau Dresden 01067
Tel: + 49 (0)3 51 49 14 2000 Website

News of arranged marriages causes outrage in the western media: the very idea of an involuntary wedding flies in the face of the bien-pensant orthodoxies of feminism and romantic love. Meanwhile, the west’s own history of arranged marriages goes largely unacknowledged (apart from anachronistic condemnations) and with it any recognition that these arrangements are largely responsible not only for the political shape of our nations today, but that they resulted in a vast and rich European artistic and cultural heritage. Should there be any doubt about the positive effects of diplomatic unions, this exhibition of 260 objects and works of art from eight of the Dresden State Museums and another 100 loaned by the Royal Danish Collections at Rosenborg Castle (whither the show will travel next year), Fredericksborg Castle, the National Museum of Denmark, the Royal Library and the Statens Museum for Kunst, will convince the severest cultural critic. Following the establishment of Lutheranism as the state religion of Saxony and Denmark (in 1527 and 1537 respectively), it was imperative for their rulers to find brides of the right religion to create political bonds. The international diplomatic approaches, the marriage negotiations and contractual terms, the weddings and the ensuing relationships—personal, public and political—were all commemorated by the production, exchange and collection of a vast array of works of art. Paintings (mainly portraits) and drawings (many of the diplomatic and state occasions) by artists such as Lucas Cranach the Younger and Karel van Mander, jewellery (including spectacular Saxon and Danish chivalric orders), silver, ceremonial arms and armour, highly wrought objets de vertu in silver and gold by Johann Melchior Dinglinger, among others, commemorative coins and medals, textiles including uniforms and court dress, printed texts and images, ceramics and glass have been assembled to illustrate and provide a backdrop to four marriages over five generations and 150 years of Saxon and Danish marriages—first, of the Saxon Elector August to Anna, the daughter of King Christian III of Denmark in 1548; of the Elector Christian II to Hedwig, the daughter of the Danish King Frederick II in 1602; of Magdalene Sibylle, daughter of the Elector Johann Georg I, to Christian, Crown Prince of Denmark, in 1634; and of the Elector Johann Georg III to Anna Sophie, daughter of King Frederick II in 1666. (There is, incidentally, a British connection in all this: Hedwig’s sister, Anna, was the wife of King James VI and I of Scotland and England, and Anna Sophie was the sister of Prince Georg, the husband of the fecund but fruitless Queen Anne of England.) The objects on display relate directly to these unions; for example, we are shown the Elector Augustus’s wedding uniform, objects collected by Hedwig during her long widowhood, illustrated prints of the wedding of Magdalene Sibylle, the silver wedding armour of the Elector Johann Georg III, and much, much more. This exhibition has been long in the making. Its principal curator, Jutta Kappel, deputy director of the Grünes Gewölbe, told The Art Newspaper: “It has long been my dream to curate this exhibition. When I started work at the Grünes Gewölbe 20 years ago, I wanted to write about the women of the Saxon court and I found Jorgen Heim [curator of the Royal Danish Collections] had a similar idea. So, ‘Crossing the Sea with Fortuna’ is literally a dream come true.” The 320-page catalogue, edited by Dr Kappel and the exhibition’s specialist curator, Claudia Brink, is published by Deutscher Kunstverlag (€34.90, ISBN 9783422069091). D.L.

A 16th-century Milanese crystal nef or salt, in the form of a ship mounted in gold, enamel, emeralds and rubies

Dates: 24 Aug 09 - 4 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Residenzschloss, Taschenberg 2 Dresden D-01067
Tel: +49 (0)3 51 49 14 20 00 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 21 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Südstrasse 9 (am Schwanenmarkt) Düsseldorf D-40213
Tel: +49 (0)211 13 49 82 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 21 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Platanenstrasse 7 Düsseldorf D-40233
Tel: +49 (0)211 68 59 08 Website

Dates: 18 Sep 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Eiskellerstrasse 1 Dusseldorf 40213
Tel: +49 (0)211 1396-0 Website

Dates: 8 Nov 09 - 14 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Design
Address: Grabbeplatz, 5 Düsseldorf D-40213
Tel: +49 (0) 211 8381 - 630 Website

Dates: 5 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Ständehausstrasse, 1 Düsseldorf D-40217
Tel: +49 (0)211 83 81 600 Website

A decade of Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal’s (b1972) creative output is presented in this major retrospective consisting of more than 75 paintings in the contemporary art wing of the museum. The show, the first of its kind outside his native Poland, is heavily influenced by Sasnal’s Polish lineage. Paintings of family members are prominent, as are images that feature his hometown of Krakow. Sasnal’s painting developed during the first post-communist decade in Poland, when he was quick to join forces with artists who wanted to buck established academic trends in Polish culture. This has lead to a marked presence of everyday, recognisable images in his work, such as the clergyman’s collar in A Priest 4, 2006. Sasnal’s recent foray into the moving image is reflected in the inclusion of his Super 8 and 16mm film work, which, like his painting, is often steeped in subtle and brazen allusions. R.C.

A Priest 4, 2006

Dates: 26 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Ehrenhof 4-5 Düsseldorf D-40479
Tel: +49 (0)211 899 2460 Website

Dates: 26 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Ehrenhof 4-5 Düsseldorf D-40479
Tel: +49 (0)211 899 2460 Website

Dates: 13 Sep 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Ehrenhof 4-5 Düsseldorf D-40479
Tel: +49 (0)211 899 2460 Website

Dates: 6 Nov 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Berger Allee 2 Düsseldorf
Tel: +49 (0)211 899 6170 Website

Dates: 3 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Photography Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Hinter dem Rahmen, 13 Emden D-26721
Tel: +49 4921 97500 Website

Dates: 11 Nov 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Steinernes Haus am Römerberg, Markt 44 Frankfurt D-60311
Tel: +49 (0)69 219 3140 Website

Dates: 17 Oct 09 - 21 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Schäfergasse 46 B Frankfurt 60313
Tel: +49 69 299 246 70 Website

Dates: 29 Oct 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Schaumainkai 71 Frankfurt D-60596
Tel: +49 (0) 69 60 50 98 234 Website

Dates: 22 Aug 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Photography Post-War (1945-70) Contemporary (1970-present) Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Amt 45G, Schaumainkai 29-37 Frankfurt D-60594
Tel: (0)69 212 359 13 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 31 Oct 10
Categories: Archaeology & Ancient art African
Address: Amt 45G, Schaumainkai 29-37 Frankfurt D-60594
Tel: (0)69 212 359 13 Website

Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Amt 45G, Schaumainkai 29-37 Frankfurt D-60594
Tel: (0)69 212 359 13 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Decorative Far East
Address: Schaumainkai 17 Frankfurt D-60594
Tel: +49 (0)69 212 34037 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Decorative Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Schaumainkai 17 Frankfurt D-60594
Tel: +49 (0)69 212 34037 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Photography Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Schaumainkai 17 Frankfurt D-60594
Tel: +49 (0)69 212 34037 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Decorative Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Schaumainkai 17 Frankfurt D-60594
Tel: +49 (0)69 212 34037 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master Decorative
Address: Schaumainkai 17 Frankfurt D-60594
Tel: +49 (0)69 212 34037 Website

The influence on European furniture culture of the renowned sculptor and cabinet maker to Louis XIV André Charles Boulle is explored in this major show of about 150 pieces of furniture, bronzes, clocks, tapestries, paintings and drawings selected by art historians Jean Nérée Ronfort and Jean Dominique Augarde with Ulrich Schneider, director of the Museum für Angewandte Kunst. Boulle found success early, being invited by Louis XIV into his workshops at the Palais du Louvre before the age of 30, and his designs soon became symbols of prosperity and success, a position they still hold, with his designs featuring in the world’s leading museums and private collections. The king of Spain and the electors of Saxony and Bavaria were drawn to his elaborate works that combined such materials as gilt bronze, exotic woods, tortoiseshell and brass to create elaborate ornaments and floral marquetry. Objects have been loaned by 44 institutions, including the Hermitage, St Petersburg, Le Mobilier National, Paris, and the Royal Collection of Sweden, signifying Boulle’s widespread and lasting international influence. The show is under the patronage of Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France, and Horst Köhler, President of Germany.

Sphinx, 17th century.

Dates: 3 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Domstrasse, 10 Frankfurt D-60311
Tel: +49 (0)69 21 23 0447 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Römerberg Frankfurt D-60311
Tel: +49 (0)69 29 98 820 Website

Dates: 24 Sep 09 - 3 Jan 10
Categories: Far East
Address: Römerberg Frankfurt D-60311
Tel: +49 (0)69 29 98 820 Website

Dates: 5 Sep 09 - 7 Mar 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Durerstrasse 2 Frankfurt D-60596
Tel: +49 (0)69 605 09 80 Website

Dates: 13 Nov 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Durerstrasse 2 Frankfurt D-60596
Tel: +49 (0)69 605 09 80 Website

It is a commonplace that some artists reach in their old age a “late style” characterised by loose, free expression and a distillation of experience (for example, Michelangelo and Titian) while others wither and decay (for example, Pontormo and Domenichino). Botticelli is reckoned, however, to have taken a different trajectory by turning, in his old age, from a mature style and content to the manner and concerns of his youth. The life and work of Sandro Botticelli is, like Caesar’s Gaul, divided in partes tres: his Florentine early training and career, from his birth in 1444/45 to around 1478, covering the years of his apprenticeship under Fra Filippo Lippi and in which he produced works such as St Sebastian, 1473-74, and a number of frescoes in Florence and Pisa, most of which are now lost. During the years of his maturity, around 1478 to 1490, he painted most of the works for which he is famous: frescoes in Florence and Rome, altarpieces, portraits, allegories and mythological narratives. Here he perfected his personal style, perhaps best described as a combination of International Gothic and classical prototypes, an assimilation of the stile nuovo and antico, in which figures are presented in supple contours, contrapposto, graceful proportions, most memorably exemplified in the Primavera, around 1478, and The Birth of Venus, 1482-86. This high courtly style also informed his religious paintings (shown, The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child, about 1490), which may have incurred the censure of the charismatic Dominican reformer, Girolamo Savonarola, who, it is believed, came to influence Botticelli as, from the 1490s until his death, the artist turned back to the simplicity and affective expression of his early work. This maniera devota, inspired by moral and religious sentiment, resulted in works such as the Mystic Nativity, around 1500, and the illuminations for a luxurious, unfinished manuscript edition of The Divine Comedy, 1490s. Following his death, Botticelli fell from favour and it was not until 19th-century art historians began to resurrect and elevate Florentine artists that he came again into favour. This process was initiated mainly by German art historians and collectors: the Berlin museum acquired the St Sebastian and the Bardi altarpiece in the 1820s; Walter Ullmann produced the first Botticelli monograph in 1893 and Aby Warburg produced his influential dissertation in the same year. Thus it comes as something of a surprise that this is the first Botticelli show to take place in the German-speaking world (pace the exhibition of the Divine Comedy illuminations in Berlin in 2000-01). The exhibition is curated by Andreas Schumacher, the director of the pre-1800 Italian, French and Spanish paintings collections, and is the first in line to celebrate the quincentenary of the artist’s death (1510). The show, like Botticelli’s life, is in three parts: his portraits and allegorical paintings, the mythologies and, finally, his religious œuvre. Although many of the works have recently been seen in the shows at the Palais de Luxembourg (2003-04) and at the Palazzo Strozzi (2004)—the fragility, the renown and the limited number of his works make it impossible to transport many of them—this exhibition includes workshop pieces and drawings from private lenders never seen before in public. Special attention is given to the unrequited love Botticelli bore for the celebrated beauty Simonetta Vespucci (around 1453-76), wife of a Florentine nobleman, who is thought have been his model for his Venuses (and with whom he was buried), and to his works commissioned by the Medici. In addition to the 40 Botticelli paintings, there are 40 by Verrocchio, Antonio del Pollaiuolo and Filippino to put Botticelli’s work into a historical context. The show is sponsored by the Commerzbank-Stiftung with support from Alnatura Produktions- und Handels, the Italian National Tourist Board, Weleda and Ikarus design. The catalogue is edited by Dr Schumacher and published by Hatje Cantz (€49.80).

The Virgin Adoring the Sleeping Christ Child, about 1490

Dates: 6 Nov 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Deichtorstrasse, 1-2 Hamburg D-20095
Tel: +49 (0)40 32 10 30 Website

Dates: 22 Oct 09 - 23 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Heilwigstrasse 64 Hamburg d-20249
Tel: +49 (0)40 47 47 46 Website

Dates: 2 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Glockengiesserwall Hamburg D-20095
Tel: +49 (0)40 428 131 200 Website

Dates: 31 Oct 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Glockengiesserwall Hamburg D-20095
Tel: +49 (0)40 428 131 200 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Glockengiesserwall Hamburg D-20095
Tel: +49 (0)40 428 131 200 Website

Dates: 2 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Glockengiesserwall Hamburg D-20095
Tel: +49 (0)40 428 131 200 Website

Dates: 6 Nov 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Design
Address: Steintorplatz 1 Hamburg d-20099
Tel: +49 (0)40 42 81 34 27 32 Website

Dates: 13 Nov 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Modern (1900-1945) Old Master
Address: Willy-Brandt-Allee 5 Hanover D-30169
Tel: +49 (0)511 980 7686 Website

Dates: 30 Aug 09 - 22 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Kurt-Schwitters-Platz Hanover D-30169
Tel: +49 (0)511 168 - 4 38 75 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 28 Mar 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Kurt-Schwitters-Platz Hanover D-30169
Tel: +49 (0)511 168 - 4 38 75 Website

Dates: 12 Sep 09 - 30 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Hirschstrasse 45 Karlsruhe 76133
Tel: +49 (0)721 909 16 72 Website

Dates: 16 Oct 09 - 1 Jan 10
Categories: Video & New Media Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Lorenzstrasse 9 Karlsruhe D-76135
Tel: +49 (0)721 8100 1200 Website

Dates: 10 Oct 09 - 21 Dec 10
Categories: Video & New Media Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Lorenzstrasse 9 Karlsruhe D-76135
Tel: +49 (0)721 8100 1200 Website

Dates: 26 Oct 09 - 1 Oct 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Dürsternbrooker Weg, 1 Kiel D-24105
Tel: +49 (0)431 597 3751 Website

Dates: 12 Sep 09 - 19 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Spinnereistrasse 7, Halle 5 Leipzig D-04179
Tel: +49 (0)341 960 7886 Website

Dates: 4 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Post-War (1945-70) Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Grimmaische Strasse 1-7 Leipzig D-04107
Tel: +49 (0)341 216990 Website

Dates: 19 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Palacio de Buenavista, San Agustín, 8 Malaga 29015
Tel: +34 952 12 76 00 Website

Swiss-born Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889-1943) is an artist whose work transcends boundaries. A real “renaissance artist”, Taeuber-Arp embraced many disciplines, from painting and embroidery to puppetry and interior design, with equal vigour and intensity. She was greatly admired by contemporaries such as surrealist Hugnet, Kandinsky and her husband, fellow artist and collaborator Jean Arp, and the German artist Hugo Ball once said: “Everything to do with Taeuber has the luminosity of sunlight…she is full of invention, whim and extravagance”. An active member of multiple avant-garde movements, her work shows elements of dada, constructivism and abstraction. Curated by Spanish scholar Estrella de Diego, this exhibition—the first of its kind in Spain—brings together 130 pieces including paintings, textiles, drawings, furniture, photographs, plans, puppets and collages drawn from public and private collections in Germany, France, Switzerland and the US. The exhibition is divided into three sections. The first, “Broken Rhythms” focuses on her early work when constructivism and dada coexisted openly. This section contains Portrait of Jean Arp, 1918, one of the artist’s iconic “dada heads”. “Inhabiting Spaces” explores her involvement in interior design and architectural projects. The final section, “Living Geometry” is devoted to the display of a series of her striking, geometrical abstractions. E.S.

Portrait of Jean Arp, 1918

Dates: 3 Oct 09 - 21 Feb 10
Categories: Archaeology & Ancient art
Address: C5 Zeughaus 68159 Mannheim
Tel: +49 621 293-3151 Website

Dates: 7 Jun 09 - 25 Apr 10
Categories: Curious
Address: C5 Zeughaus 68159 Mannheim
Tel: +49 621 293-3151 Website

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 5 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Amalienstrasse 41 München 80799
Tel: +49 89 33 36 86 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 6 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Barer Strasse Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 238 050 Website

In 1514 the Florentine businessman Giovanni Battista Puccini commissioned Andrea del Sarto (1486-1531) to paint a Holy Family with St John the Baptist, St Elizabeth and Two Angels, which he intended as a present for the French king, François I. On completion, he was clearly so taken with the picture that he kept it for himself and had the artist make a second version for the king (one assumes that the king was not made aware that he was getting second best, as it were). Following an extensive restoration, the first version (in the Bavarian State Painting Collections), which has not been on public display for nearly 20 years, is shown alongside the second, which is on loan from the Louvre. Part of the exhibition is dedicated to showing the various stages of the restoration work; another explains the primary version’s travels from Puccini’s hands to Munich, and the main section concerns itself with the differences and similarities of the two paintings, the delicate colouring, sfumato effects and dynamic composition which help one wholly to understand why Puccini was reluctant to let go of it. D.L.

St Elizabeth and Two Angels

Dates: 23 Oct 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Barer Strasse Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 238 050 Website

Dates: 5 Nov 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Barer Strasse Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 238 050 Website

Dates: 19 Nov 09 - 30 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Georgenstrasse 15 Munich D-80799
Tel: +49 (0)89 384 0810 Website

Dates: 14 Oct 09 - 30 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present) Curious
Address: Odeonsplatz 12 Munich d-80539
Tel: +49 (0)89 29 73 42 Website

Dates: 19 Nov 09 - 30 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Türkenstrasse 23 Munich d-80799
Tel: +49 89 384 081-23 Website

Dates: 8 Oct 09 - 21 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Ludwigstrasse 7 Munich D-80539
Tel: +49 (0)89 29 16 07 03 Website

Dates: 5 Nov 09 - 23 Jan 10
Categories: Post-War (1945-70) Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Maximilianstrasse 25 Munich d-80539
Tel: +49 89 29 000 80 Website

Dates: 12 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Prinzregentenstrasse, 1 Munich D-80538
Tel: +49 (0)89 211 27 113 Website

This major new solo exhibition by Ai Weiwei, which focuses on political debate in China and internationally, includes two newly commissioned works for the museum as well as older pieces and performance documentation. Ai believes that there is a new political culture whereby failure is excused following an apology, which he sees as an avoidance of responsibility by politicians. His political views are well known within China, and his blog, which has been used as an outlet for the distribution of information restricted by the Chinese government, is viewed by up to 10,000 people a day, and regularly closed down. Ai’s two new commissions are both large-scale installations. Remembering consists of 9,000 backpacks that cover the façade of the museum, referring to the thousands of children who died in the 2008 Sichuan earthquake. The second installation, Soft Ground, consists of a carpet that replicates the space’s stone floor tiles. The artist painstakingly photographed each individualsection of the floor and then had the carpet woven at a traditional mill in the Hebei province, which is famous for its textiles. Above, Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, 1995. W.O.

Dropping a Han Dynasty Urn, 1995

Dates: 9 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Theatinerstrasse, 8 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 22 44 12 Website

Dates: 11 Oct 09 - 22 Nov 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Galeriestrasse 4 Munich 80539
Tel: + 49 (0)89-221 152 Website

Dates: 20 Nov 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945)
Address: St Jakobs-Platz 1 Munich D-80331
Tel: +49 (0)89 233 22 370 Website

Dates: 6 Nov 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Photography Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: St Jakobs-Platz 1 Munich D-80331
Tel: +49 (0)89 233 22 370 Website

Dates: 30 Oct 09 - 21 Mar 10
Categories: Curious
Address: St Jakobs-Platz 1 Munich D-80331
Tel: +49 (0)89 233 22 370 Website

Dates: 15 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Post-War (1945-70) Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Prinzregentenstrasse 60 Munich D-81675
Tel: +49 (0)89 455 5510 Website

Dates: 29 Oct 09 - 17 Jan 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc) Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Prinzregentenstrasse 60 Munich D-81675
Tel: +49 (0)89 455 5510 Website

Dates: 1 Sep 09 - 31 Dec 09
Categories: Design
Address: Barer Strasse 29 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 23 805 280 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Design
Address: Barer Strasse 29 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 23 805 280 Website

Dates: 22 Oct 09 - 24 Jan 10
Categories: Far East
Address: Barer Strasse 29 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 23 805 280 Website

Dates: 2 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Video & New Media Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Barer Strasse 29 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 23 805 280 Website

Dates: 5 Nov 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Barer Strasse 29 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 23 805 280 Website

Dates: 13 Nov 09 - 14 Feb 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Barer Strasse 29 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 23 805 280 Website

Dates: 19 Nov 09 - 21 Feb 10
Categories: Modern (1900-1945) Curious Design
Address: Barer Strasse 29 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 23 805 280 Website

Dates: 1 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Decorative
Address: Barer Strasse 29 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 23 805 280 Website

Dates: 17 Oct 09 - 31 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Luisenstrasse 33 Munich D-80333
Tel: +49 (0)89 2333 2000 Website

Dates: 4 Oct 09 - 11 Apr 10
Categories: Post-War (1945-70)
Address: Salzstrasse, 28 Münster D-48143
Tel: +49 (0)251 4924503 Website

Dates: 3 Nov 09 - 14 Mar 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Salzstrasse, 28 Münster D-48143
Tel: +49 (0)251 4924503 Website

Dates: 14 Nov 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: Curious
Address: Salzstrasse, 28 Münster D-48143
Tel: +49 (0)251 4924503 Website

Dates: 1 Nov 09 - 5 Apr 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: 22-25 Jackson Avenue, Long Island City New York 11101
Tel: +1 718 784 2084 Website

The idea behind “100 Years”, which is is held in conjunction with the Performa 09 biennial, is to outline a history of performance art, marking the 100 years that have passed since the futurist manifesto was published. Images, documentation and films of performances, happenings and events trace such key works as Allan Kaprow’s 18 Happenings in 6 Parts, 1959, Yves Klein’s Anthropométrie de l’Epoque Bleue, 1960, Yoko Ono’s Bed In (Bed Peace), 1969, Matthew Barney’s Drawings Restraint, 1987-present, Tilda Swinton’s The Maybe, 1995, and Tino Sehgal’s Kiss, 2004. A different version of the show is at the Julia Stoschek Collection in Düsseldorf, Germany (until 31 July 2010). This show, curated by Klaus Biesenbach, PS1 chief curatorial adviser and MoMA chief curator of media and performance art, and RoseLee Goldberg, Performa’s director, is supported by the Annual Exhibition Fund of PS1 Contemporary Art Center and the Julia Stoschek Foundation.

Tilda Swinton’s The Maybe, 1995

Dates: 14 Nov 09 - 5 Apr 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Marstallstrasse, 12 Paderborn D-33104
Tel: +49 (0)5251 881076 Website

Dates: 24 Sep 09 - 17 Jun 10
Categories: Curious
Address: via XXIV Maggio, 16 Rome 00187
Tel: +39 (0)6 696 271 Website

The Roman tradition of painting is explored is this comprehensive display which features about 100 works dating from the first century BC to the fifth century AD—from 49 BC when Caesar emerged as the absolute ruler of Rome to the period after the death of the last emperor of the Eastern and Western Empire, Theodosius I. The display includes unprecedented loans from major encyclopaedic and archaeological collections in Italy, Germany, Egypt, Switzerland and the UK. Curated by Eugenio La Rocca, Serena Ensoli and Stefano Tortorella, the show aims to dispel the myth that Roman painting is merely a continuation of the Greek tradition by showing that it is innovative and wholly unique to its culture. It also illustrates the continuity of the Roman tradition from the Renaissance onwards, by showing how ancient Roman works influenced artists such as Raphael. As time has largely washed the paint from the remains of ancient Rome, we tend to forget that it was once a colourful metropolis. Frescos, mosaics and paintings on clay, wood and glass have been assembled to show the vibrancy of the Empire. The show is organised into five sections: “Light and Shade”, “Deceptive Walls”, “Ancient Pinacothèques”, “The City Speaks” and “From the Rediscovery of the Domus Aurea to the Grotesque”. These sections show landscapes, portraits, mythological scenes, still-lifes, stage décor, erotic images and scenes of daily life originally found in shops as well as wealthy and more modest residences. The paintings are displayed in rooms designed by theatre and opera designer Luca Ronconi. E.S.

Mummy portrait of a young woman on wood, Egyptian, 100-130 AD

Dates: 16 Oct 09 - 2 May 10
Categories: Post-War (1945-70) Modern (1900-1945)
Address: Lange Strasse 35 Schwäbisch Hall 74523
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Dates: 9 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Charlottenplatz 17 Stuttgart D-70173
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Dates: 19 Sep 09 - 13 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Kleiner Schlossplatz 1 Stuttgart 70173
Tel: +49 (0) 711 - 216 21 88 Website

Dates: 3 Oct 09 - 10 Jan 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Kleiner Schlossplatz 1 Stuttgart 70173
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Dates: 7 Nov 09 - 7 Mar 10
Categories: Old Master
Address: Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse, 30-32 Stuttgart D-70173
Tel: +49 (0)711 470 40 0 Website

Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 7 Feb 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Konrad-Adenauer-Strasse, 30-32 Stuttgart D-70173
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Dates: 8 Nov 09 - 13 Dec 09
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Mühlweg 18, Kraichtal Unteröwisheim D-76703
Tel: +49 (0)72 51 68 687 Website

Dates: 21 Nov 09 - 28 Mar 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Porschestrasse, 53 Wolfsburg D-38440
Tel: +49 (0)5361 26 690 Website

Dates: 24 Oct 09 - 5 Apr 10
Categories: Contemporary (1970-present)
Address: Porschestrasse, 53 Wolfsburg D-38440
Tel: +49 (0)5361 26 690 Website

Dates: 11 Oct 09 - 28 Feb 10
Categories: 1800-1900 (Impressionism, etc)
Address: Turmhof, 8 Wuppertal D-42103
Tel: +49 0202 – 563 247 Website