Spuren der Zeit. Druckgraphik des 16. bis 19. Jahrhunderts aus dem Museum für westliche und östliche Kunst Odesa
In the organizer's words:
The exhibition shows a selection of major works from the print collection of the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odesa, whose extensive holdings are directly threatened by the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine. Founded around 1923, the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odesa houses a diverse collection of culturally and art-historically significant works. Paintings, prints, sculptures and applied art from the Renaissance to the 20th century form an important focus. Thanks to its collections, the museum is one of the most important museum institutions in Ukraine. The collection is part of the country's cultural identity.
The Kunsthalle Bremen supports the efforts of the museum in Odesa to transfer the valuable works of art to safe storage locations and make them accessible to a wider public. Due to its own history, the Kunsthalle is still aware of the challenge of protecting works of art from wartime events and preventing potential war losses, and this is a painful factor for its own collection. The cooperation also strengthens the close cultural ties between Ukraine and the Hanseatic City of Bremen: It also arises in the context of the twinning of Bremen and Odesa, which has been in place since 2023. Bremen's most recent partnership was established as a result of the expression of solidarity following the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and on the basis of existing diverse contacts from the fields of culture, civil society, business and church involvement.
The Kupferstichkabinett at the Kunsthalle Bremen is presenting 40 selected works of European prints. These include prints by famous etchers, woodcutters and engravers such as Rembrandt van Rijn, Claude Mellan, Jacques Callot, Cornelis Cort, Johann Elias Ridinger, Jan Both, Adriaen van Ostade and Niccoló Boldrini.
Paintings from Odesa in Berlin and Heidelberg
An exhibition of paintings from the Museum of Western and Eastern Art in Odesa will be shown from January 24 to June 22, 2025 in the Berlin Gemäldegalerie ("From Odesa to Berlin. European Painting of the 16th to 19th Centuries") and then from October 19, 2025 to March 22, 2026 in the Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg ("Masterpieces from Odesa. European Painting of the 16th to 19th Centuries").
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