Maurizio Cattelan exhibition opens at Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin

The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin is hosting ‘Night’, an exhibition featuring a collection of both famous and recent works by artist Maurizio Cattelan. The exhibition transforms the modernist museum into a space of provocative imagery and unexpected juxtapositions.

One of the central pieces is ‘Him’, a 2001 sculpture depicting Adolf Hitler kneeling on the ground as if in prayer. The work, which sold for 15 million euros in 2016, is noted by co-curator Lisa Botti for its continued relevance to modern society. The sculpture is designed to be ambiguous, leaving viewers uncertain whether the figure is seeking forgiveness or not.

Other works in the exhibition interact with Berlin's local symbols. These include ‘Purgatory’, a miniature version of the Brandenburg Gate, and ‘People’, which features hundreds of taxidermied pigeons on the ceiling. Additionally, ‘Novecento’ displays an exhausted horse suspended from the ceiling, symbolizing the collapse of 20th-century power and nobility.