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He is one of the most important representatives of classical modernism. In Dresden, the painter Kokoschka is still the youngest professor at the art academy. It was there that he developed his artistic style.
Since last year, the permanent exhibitions in Leipzig's municipal museums can be visited free of charge. The museums are reporting a strong increase in visitors for 2024.
As a preserved testimony to Saxon history, Königstein Fortress is a tourist magnet in the Free State of Saxony. More and more guests are also coming from abroad - and the site is keeping up with the times.
Bernhard Heisig shaped the painting of the Leipzig School. To mark his 100th birthday, the Museum der bildenden Künste is giving an insight into his pictorial world.
![Painting "Aechma fasciata with Century Hall [o. T.]" by Silesian artist Oskar Moll remains in the Silesian Museum in Görlitz. (Archive photo) / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa](https://cdn.pblzr.de/e08acf9f-4dbb-4687-ab91-95afdc6aa0ce/2025/02/gemaelde-der-breslauer-moderne-bleibt-in-goerlitzer-museum-250204-935-437731_M.jpeg "Painting \"Aechma fasciata with Century Hall [o. T.]\" by Silesian artist Oskar Moll remains in the Silesian Museum in Görlitz. (Archive photo) / Photo: Sebastian Kahnert/dpa-Zentralbild/dpa")
Researchers identify a painting with a Nazi connection in the Silesian Museum in Görlitz. It is returned to the heirs of the Jewish owner - who are supporting efforts to ensure that it remains there.
She is an internationally respected museum director. At the head of Saxony's state art collections, Marion Ackermann managed major crises - and still tested new things.
He photographed the night and club scene and the most important personalities of pop culture. Wolfgang Tillmans will soon be showing new works in Dresden - in dialog with older art.
In addition to Chemnitz itself, the surrounding area is also part of the European Capital of Culture 2025. More than 50 museums are now displaying some of their treasures in an exhibition based on a concept by John Cage.
Space attracts tens of thousands of visitors to the Vogtland region every year. The German Space Exhibition is currently investing millions there - and will soon be sending visitors virtually into infinite space.
Due to construction work, the Zwickau Art Collections building is closed until 2028. A small presentation at the cathedral will nevertheless offer an insight into its treasures from now on.
Years ago, a patron donated an important art archive to Saxony. The Free State turns a historic building into a modern temple of art - the museum of a new kind wins over critics.
Until now, Leipzig's Grassi Museum has been a dark block in the dark. An artistic light installation is set to change that.
Chemnitz celebrated the start of the Capital of Culture year. Thousands of visitors flocked to the city's stages.
Chemnitz kicked off its year as European Capital of Culture with a major stage show. The nationally renowned Karl Marx Monument provided the backdrop.
Chemnitz in Saxony is the European Capital of Culture 2025. The Federal President invites you to take a closer look and get to know the region and its people.
The official launch of Chemnitz as Capital of Culture is accompanied by demonstrations. There are loud protests against a march by the far-right Free Saxons.
Chemnitz rings in the year as European Capital of Culture with a big show and a ceremony. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected. What is planned?
After years of preparation, Chemnitz is ready for its year as European Capital of Culture 2025. Tens of thousands of visitors are expected for the opening.
Chemnitz starts as European Capital of Culture. Around 2 million visitors from Germany and around the world are expected. The government's Commissioner for Eastern Europe hopes to combat prejudices.
The theft of all ten stumbling blocks in Zeitz caused outrage last year. Schoolchildren produced temporary replacements from the 3D printer, which have now ended up in the museum.
Visiting a museum together even though the person accompanying you is not there - researchers want to make this possible using robots and virtual technology. Anyone interested can try this out in Chemnitz.
The reopening of the Oelsnitz Mining Museum has been postponed several times. But now visitors can look forward to a journey through 800 years of coal mining in Saxony.
The Battle of Lützen in 1632 was one of the main battles of the Thirty Years' War. The newly designed museum shows how important peace is.
Chemnitz wants to officially ring in the year as European Capital of Culture 2025 with a big celebration in the city center on Saturday. The main stage at the landmark is already in place.
On Saturday, Chemnitz is expecting tens of thousands of visitors for the opening of the Capital of Culture year. Further artists for the big show at the Marx Monument have now been announced.
The countdown is on: Chemnitz will officially ring in the year as European Capital of Culture 2025 with a big celebration in the city center on Saturday. What can visitors expect?
Last year, Leipzig's Grassi Museum of Applied Arts celebrated its 150th anniversary. The anniversary year brings the museum a record number of visitors.
The Chemnitz Industrial Museum sees itself as a treasure trove of Saxon industrial history. This is in demand, as the latest visitor figures show. What does the museum have to offer in the Capital of Culture year?
It wasn't quite enough to break the visitor record, but the anniversary exhibition on the German Romantic painter is still one of the most successful at the Dresden State Art Collections.
An exhibition in Chemnitz focuses on the long history of ore mining. A special exhibit can now be seen there.
Saxony's major art museums will continue to attract visitors with top-class exhibitions in 2025. As the European Capital of Culture, Chemnitz is a particular drawcard - but Dresden and Leipzig are also attractive.
Europe's cultural scene looks to Chemnitz: after years of preparation, the city is now the European Capital of Culture together with Nova Gorica in Slovenia. The opening on January 18 will be marked by a big celebration.
Dream and reality, euphoria and despair accompany growing up. This theme can also be found in art - the Gunzenhauser Museum in Chemnitz is now taking a special look at it.
He traveled to the Orient, translated ancient Bible manuscripts and found one of the oldest Bible manuscripts in the world: Plauen is now dedicating an exhibition to the "Indiana Jones of Bible research".
Many items from the colonial era can be found in German museum and university collections. They are now being examined. These include hunting trophies and mortal remains such as skulls.
Many items from the colonial era can be found in German museum and university collections. They are now being examined. These include hunting trophies and mortal remains such as skulls.
With the reopening of Otto Dix's birthplace, Gera now offers the second museum hotspot dedicated to the famous artist. The art collections are delighted with the increased visitor interest.
The expressionist and "Brücke" co-founder Karl Schmidt-Rottluff is probably Chemnitz's most famous artist's son. This is now to be remembered more strongly at a historic location.
A Belgian in Chemnitz: on the way to the Capital of Culture year, a new exhibition highlights the work of designer Henry van de Velde. One of his complete works of art can be seen in the city.
Five years ago, a piece of news shocked the art world. Thieves had stolen valuable diamonds and other pieces of jewelry from Dresden's Green Vault treasury. The investigation is still ongoing.
Exhibits that originate from Nazi-looted art or were captured during colonialism: The origin of exhibits is increasingly becoming the focus of attention. Researchers are also investigating the past of the East.
Chemnitz is expecting many guests from near and far in the Capital of Culture year 2025. The art museums will also be presenting a top-class program. However, visitors will have to pay more admission.
Chemnitz is associated with internationally renowned artists. During the GDR era, there was an alternative art scene here. A top-class exhibition program will shed light on all of this in the coming year.
After three and a half years of construction, the "Museum Lützen 1632" opens and takes visitors back to the time of the Thirty Years' War. How did the soldiers live during one of the bloodiest battles in history?
A woman and her sister always visit art exhibitions in Dresden's Landhaus during admission-free periods. Now she has bequeathed money to the municipal gallery.
In just under three months, the Capital of Culture year will officially open in Chemnitz. The final program has now been announced. What can visitors from Germany and abroad expect?
In 2025, Chemnitz and Nova Gorica in Slovenia will be the European Capital of Culture. Around two million visitors are expected. What will they be offered in Saxony?
From silver to coal to uranium: mining has shaped many regions of Saxony for centuries. It has brought prosperity and shaped culture, but has also led to disease and environmental destruction.
Miners in Saxony once extracted not only ore but also coal from the depths. The mining museum in Oelsnitz has dedicated itself to this heritage. But its reopening is a long time coming.
Dresden is home to the world's largest collection of furniture by the Parisian cabinetmaker Jean-Pierre Latz. Forgotten or thought lost after the war, the old splendor is back.
The Zwickau Pechstein Museum closes for years. But the collection of works by expressionist Max Pechstein will not disappear into the archives. An international museum tour is planned.
Cabinetmaker Jean-Pierre Latz created magnificent furniture in the 18th century, which was also much sought-after at the Saxon court. Now they can be seen again for the first time in several decades.
Artificial intelligence makes it possible: in future, it will be possible to talk to the composer's wife on the phone at the Schumann House in Zwickau and also ask her about her husband Robert.
Saxony's state museums are enjoying a growing response thanks to their exhibitions. The pre-pandemic level has almost been reached - and more highlights will follow next year.
The Kupferstich-Kabinett in Dresden lost numerous works from its collection during the Second World War. Missing works sometimes turn up in the art trade - and can be returned.
From bowling alley to natural history museum - construction work has begun on the new museum location in Leipzig. Four years and a lot of money are planned for the conversion.
The Deutsches Hygiene-Museum is unique in the world and has an international reputation. Popular science exhibitions are a magnet for visitors, and the museum is also a place for debate - now money is running out.
Dresden has to save. Costs are rising, key allocations from the state are falling. The budget situation is extremely tight. Severe cuts are looming - and a significantly shorter season in Hellerau.
The German Hygiene Museum in Dresden is all about people. The popular science exhibitions are a magnet for the public and the museum is also a forum for debate - but there is a threat of trouble.
Zwickau is one of the cities inextricably linked to the right-wing extremist terror cell NSU. The core trio lived there and planned their crimes. A new exhibition is now dedicated to this.
Saxony has a centuries-long coal mining tradition. Historic sites are museums and tell the story - just like the coal mine in Oelsnitz.
The Gunzenhauser Museum preserves the majority of a private collection of 20th century German art. A bank building was turned into an art museum for the foundation of gallery owner Alfred Gunzenhauser.
The Jewel Room is the most magnificent room in the Historic Green Vault in Dresden. Jewelry made of diamonds and brilliant-cut diamonds stolen and returned during the 2019 burglary can now be seen there.
The burglary of the Historic Green Vault in Dresden was one of the most spectacular art thefts in Germany. Most of the stolen jewels are back in their display cases - but still unrestored.
It was one of the most spectacular art thefts in Germany. Now most of the jewels stolen in 2019 can be seen again in the Green Vault.
Their return by the jewel thieves a good three years after the burglary of the Dresden Green Vault was a sensation. Now the recovered jewels can be shown - in their old place.
The Elbe Sandstone Mountains not far from Dresden inspired the Romantic artist Caspar David Friedrich. He found motifs and moods of nature in the bizarre rocky world - they made his paintings world-famous.
Founded in 1710 after the invention of European hard porcelain, the Meissen manufactory is world-famous. The Staatliche Kunstsammlungen are now shedding light on this rather unexplored chapter of its history.
During the Cold War, a wall ran through Mödlareuth on the former inner-German border. The German-German Museum in the village has been dealing with the division since 1990. It is currently being expanded.
Funding has been secured for the construction of a new reception building at the Karl May Museum in Radebeul. Construction should be completed in 2026.
The Dresden State Art Collections are facing another change of personnel. After General Director Ackermann, the head of the Enthnographic Collections is also taking up another post.
Cars have been built in Zwickau for 120 years. This tradition was founded by engineer August Horch. An association has now resurrected the very first car built here.
After extensive restoration work, the painting "The Faithful Lady of Kriebstein" will return to the Knights' Hall of the castle of the same name on July 1. The painting, which measures 2.1 by 1.4 meters, was created around 250 years ago by the Württemberg court painter Nicolas Guibal (1725-1784) and ..
If you want to experience the treasures of the Zwickau Art Collections one last time, you'll have to hurry. At the end of June, the museum closes for several years for construction work. What will happen to the Pechstein paintings in the meantime?
The foundation receives 100,000 euros for urgent building measures and the expansion of the memorial to Käthe Kollwitz.
The artist group Rimini Protokoll has turned US tech billionaire Elon Musk into a puppet. It is part of an installation called "Alter Ego Raubkopie" as the first annual exhibition of the Dresden Puppet Theater Collection in its future home, as announced by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD ..
The artist group Rimini Protokoll has turned US tech billionaire Elon Musk into a puppet. It is part of an installation called "Alter Ego Raubkopie" as the first annual exhibition of the Dresden Puppet Theater Collection in its future home, as announced by the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (SKD ..
By next year, the mother-of-pearl and local history museum in Vogtland is to be expanded into an experience center. Interested visitors will be able to learn more about the production of mother-of-pearl products.
The topping-out ceremony for the expansion of the "Perlmutter" adventure center was celebrated in Adorf (Vogtlandkreis). The project aims to attract tourists and revitalize the town.
The Dresden Green Vault preserves unique treasures of the art of treasures. Some of the showpieces listed in old inventories are missing - but there are some surprising replacements.
A rare baroque ceremonial chess set is the centerpiece of a new exhibition in the Green Vault, which sheds light on the Princely World of Games
The Dresden Green Vault preserves unique treasures of the art of treasures. Some of the showpieces listed in old inventories are missing - but there are some surprising replacements.
International artists and children create visions of peace, community and sustainability at the Japanisches Palais in Dresden. An interactive exhibition for the whole family.
After 77 years, the historic tapestry with the portrait of Emperor Charles V is on permanent display at Moritzburg Castle. A specially air-conditioned display case protects the almost 500-year-old work of art.
After a good year and a half, the historical tapestry with the portrait of Emperor Charles V that was recovered for Moritzburg Castle near Dresden is now on permanent display. A special climate-controlled display case first had to be made to protect the almost 500-year-old exhibit made of silk, gold ..
A place of discovery and expertise: this is how the director of the Grassi Museum of Applied Arts describes his museum. This year it is celebrating a special anniversary.
The artist duo Rosa Loy and Neo Rauch often present their work together at exhibitions. Now they are showing works for their Bayreuth "Lohengrin" in Aschersleben.
The Grassi Museum of Applied Arts is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a variety of events. Minister President Michael Kretschmer and Minister of State for Culture Claudia Roth are expected to attend.
The Albertinum in Dresden has acquired a new addition to its collection in the form of an installation by artist Markus Draper. The work "House near a large forest" was acquired for the museum by a couple living in Berlin, Draper told the German Press Agency. The starting point is the city villa in ..
To mark International Museum Day in Saxony, museums are attracting visitors with special events, including insights into Georgenburg Castle in Königstein and cannon thunder in Oelsnitz.
The Museum of the City of Glauchau returns three porcelain vases from the Kangxi era from its collection to the heirs of the Jewish industrialist Ottmar Edwin Strauss.
Königstein Fortress receives a rare interior view of the complex from a German private collection. The painting by Ernst Ferdinand Oehme is exhibited to the public.
The Archive of the Avant-Garde in Dresden is a new exhibition, research and debate venue for the SKD.
The Free State of Saxony is demanding compensation of 76.1 million euros from the convicted perpetrators for stolen and damaged loot from the Green Vault.
The Free State of Saxony is demanding compensation from the thieves of the Green Vault following a spectacular art theft. The claim is for 76.1 million euros for missing and damaged parts of the loot.
The Archive of the Avant-Garde - Egidio Marzona (ADA) in Dresden opens after six years of renovation as a new exhibition, research and debate venue for the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen.
In the criminal trial for the burglary of the Dresden Green Vault, the court refused to determine the amount of damages. The Free State now wants to hold the museum's security company accountable.
For ten years now, a museum in Zwickau has been dedicated to the work of Max Pechstein. His collection is also in demand at museums elsewhere. Many guests are expected to attend the anniversary this weekend.
For years, museums in Saxony have been searching for objects that don't belong there. The large institutions are pioneers in this research - but there are hurdles for the smaller ones.
Leopold Blaschka and his son Rudolf became famous in the 19th century with deceptively real glass models of flowers and sea creatures, among other things. Now a US museum is honoring them with an exhibition.