Bor­der crossers of mo­der­nism: Pau­la Mo­der­sohn-Be­cker and Ed­vard Munch at the Al­ber­ti­num

The Al­ber­ti­num of the Staat­li­che Kunst­samm­lun­gen Dres­den is de­di­ca­tinga joint ex­hi­bi­ti­onto two of the most im­portant pio­neersof mo­der­nism: Pau­la Mo­der­sohn-Be­cker and Ed­vard Munch. From 8 Fe­bru­ary to 31 May 2026, the fo­cus will be on the “big ques­ti­ons of life” — from birth to de­ath, from na­tu­re to self-image, from re­ne­wal to tran­si­ence. Bo­th ar­tistsshaped the art of the 20th cen­tu­ry wi­th their ex­pres­si­ve works and will be pre­sen­ted in Dres­den wi­th num­e­rous main and key works — a uni­que op­por­tu­ni­ty to dis­co­ver their dif­fe­rent tem­pe­ra­ments and per­spec­ti­ves in dia­lo­gue.

To mark the 150th an­ni­ver­sa­ry of their birth, the ex­hi­bi­ti­on not on­ly fo­cu­ses on the ar­tis­tic work of the­se two ex­cep­tio­nal per­so­na­li­ties. It al­so builds a bridge to cur­rent the­mes: Man, na­tu­re and the en­vi­ron­ment, so­cial ch­an­ge and the per­pe­tu­al quest for mea­ning. The pre­sen­ta­ti­on is ac­com­pa­nied by par­ti­ci­pa­to­ry dis­cus­sion for­mats and an in­vi­ta­ti­on to vi­si­tors to con­tri­bu­te their own texts and thoughts on the ex­hi­bi­ted works.