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Maurizio Cattelan exhibition in Berlin

Overview

The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin has launched ‘Maurizio Cattelan: Night’, a major solo exhibition scheduled to run until March 2027.

Moving away from the artist’s more whimsical works, museum director Klaus Biesenbach describes the collection as a “very serious show that evokes a sense of humility.” The exhibition features over a dozen works, including new productions and installations such as approximately 4,000 stuffed pigeons under the museum roof.

Key pieces in the exhibition include ‘Purgatory’, a reproduction of the Brandenburg Gate; ‘Him’, a sculpture of a kneeling figure resembling Adolf Hitler; ‘Dust’, a fire extinguisher containing human ashes; a fallen marble eagle; and a suspended horse. Other works explore themes of power, religion, death, humor, and memory. Cattelan, a recipient of the Preis der Nationalgalerie, envisioned the exhibition space as having a “ritualistic, church-like quality” that creates a dialogue with the historic building and Berlin’s complex history.

Co-curator Lisa Botti notes the continued relevance of the 2001 sculpture ‘Him’ to modern society, highlighting its ambiguity regarding whether the figure is seeking forgiveness. The exhibition also includes ‘Novecento’, an exhausted horse suspended from the ceiling intended to symbolize the collapse of 20th-century power and nobility.

Entities

Neue Nationalgalerie · Maurizio Cattelan · Berlin · Klaus Biesenbach · ENCASEMENT

Timeline

  1. about 4 hours ago

    [CULTURE] 3 sources
    Maurizio Cattelan exhibition opens at Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin

    Artist Maurizio Cattelan’s exhibition ‘Night’ at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie features provocative works, including a sculpture of Adolf Hitler kneeling in prayer.

  2. 2 days ago

    [CULTURE] 5 sources
    Maurizio Cattelan opens major solo exhibition at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie

    Maurizio Cattelan’s major solo exhibition ‘Night’ has opened at Berlin’s Neue Nationalgalerie, featuring provocative works exploring themes of power, death, and memory through March 2027.

  3. 6 days ago

    [CULTURE] 15 sources
    European cultural highlights: Bayeux Tapestry and Maurizio Cattelan exhibitions

    Major cultural events arrive in Europe this September, including the Bayeux Tapestry's return to the UK and a Maurizio Cattelan exhibition at Berlin's Neue Nationalgalerie.

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