The exhibition at the Alte Nationalgalerie focuses on the female artists whose work is part of the collection of the museum. It includes painters and sculptors.
It is quite a small exhibition compared to other exhibitions at the same museum, but that also speaks to the fact that women have been marginalized in the art world for an incredibly long time.
The exhibition is divided by period which makes the increase of female artists in the collection through time clearly noticeable.
The most heartbreaking part of the exhibition for me was the period around WW2, because many descriptions panels stated that the artist was taken to a concentration camp. Unfortunately, so many pieces were also lost during that time, but placing their black and white copies on display makes you realize even more how many great artists and art were lost in consequence.
What makes this exhibition a bit different from the others is that the brochure that you can use in the exhibition has short biographies of all the female artists on display. It makes it all the more interesting, and perhaps some of the inspiration behind the pieces is revealed.
The exhibition is still open and it closes on Women’s Day.
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