Der Engel der Geschichte Walter Benjamin, Paul Klee und die Berliner Engel 80 Jahre nach Kriegsende
In the organizer's words:
The exhibition focuses on a major work of 20th century art, Paul Klee's Angelus Novus (1920), which belonged to the Berlin philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), accompanied him into exile and was described by him in one of his last texts as an "angel of history".
Carried by a storm that is described as progress, this angel flies into the future, but turns its back on it: His gaze is directed towards the past. In addition to this watercolor by Klee, which as a major exception could be borrowed from the Israel Museum in Jerusalem, as well as the manuscripts of Benjamin's above-mentioned text from the Akademie der Künste in Berlin, the exhibition brings together angels from Berlin museums that were damaged or burned during the Second World War.
In addition, excerpts from Wim Wenders' "Der Himmel über Berlin" (1987) will also be shown, a film in which two angels watch over a divided Berlin and in which explicit reference is made to Klee's watercolor and Benjamin's interpretation of the sheet.
More information at: https://www.smb.museum/ausstellungen/detail/der-engel-der-geschichte/
A special exhibition of the Sculpture Collection and Museum of Byzantine Art and the Gemäldegalerie - Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
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