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Exclusive preview evening "Andy Warhol - Velvet Rage and Beauty" / Neue Nationalgalerie - National Museums in Berlin, 2024 / June 7th, 2024 / Photo © Romana Eder-Grabher, FRIENDS of the Nationalgalerie

Annual review – Exclusive member program 2024

We look back on a fulfilling year full of art - it is with great pleasure that we have created an annual review for you.

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The best gift? Time together.

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Little FRIENDS in the exhibition "Semiha Berksoy. Singing in Full Color" / Hamburger Bahnhof - National Gallery of the Present © National Gallery of Berlin, National Gallery, 2024 / Exhibition view © Semiha Berksoy. Courtesy the artist / Photo © Romana Eder-Grabher, FRIENDS of the National Gallery

Little FRIENDS spring course – registration by January 3, 2025

There are still last places available for the planned spring course of the Little FRIENDS in the Scharf-Gerstenberg Collection, starting on Sunday, January 5th, 2025!

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Job advertisement – Project manager for event formats (m/f/d) in Berlin

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MONET and the Impressionist City / Berlin State Museums / FRIENDS of the National Gallery / Photo © Romana Eder-Grabher, 2024

Monet – exhibition catalog available in the shop

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Monet and the Impressionist City, exhibition view Alte Nationalgalerie 2024 © National Museums in Berlin, Nationalgalerie / FRIENDS of the Nationalgalerie, preview evening / photo © Romana Eder Grabher, 2024

Preview evening – Monet and the Impressionist City

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Rudolf Zwirner, lecture "Turning times and zeitgeist with Andy Warhol" / Neue Nationalgalerie / FRIENDS of the Nationalgalerie / Photo © art/beats, 2024

Workshop discussion #3 – Rudolf Zwirner

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“Monet and the Impressionist City” / Alte Nationalgalerie, September 27th, 2024 - January 26th, 2025 © National Museums in Berlin, Nationalgalerie / FRIENDS of the Nationalgalerie / Photo © Romana Eder-Grabher

Press Conference – Monet and the Impressionist City

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Studio visit & artist talk with Michael Müller and Rebecca Casati, Berlin © Courtesy Michael Müller / FRIENDS of the Nationalgalerie / Photo © Romana Eder Grabher, 2024

Workshop discussion #2 – Michael Müller and Rebecca Casati

National Gallery Prize

Trophies of the 12th Prize of the Nationalgalerie / 2024 designed for the first time by BMW Group Designworks / Photo David von Becker © BMW AG

Festive award ceremony for the 12th National Gallery Prize

Pan Daijing, Dan Lie, Hanne Lippard and James Richards will receive the Nationalgalerie Prize, which will be awarded to four artists for the first time in 2024.

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Exclusive special tour "Modigliani. Modern views", Museum Barberini, Potsdam / exhibition view / photo © Romana Eder Grabher, 2024 / FRIENDS of the Nationalgalerie

Special tour “Modigliani. Modern looks”

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Norbert Bisky / Courtesy of TEMPLON, Paris – Brussels – New York / Photo © Bernd Borchardt

NORBERT BISKY – ECLIPSE

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New FRIENDS Reception / Old National Gallery, 2024 / National Gallery - State Museums in Berlin / © Photo Romana Eder-Grabher

New FRIENDS reception in the Alte Nationalgalerie

The FRIENDS invite new members and sponsors to a reception in the colonnade of the Alte Nationalgalerie.

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Exhibition view “Caspar David Friedrich. Infinite Landscapes", Monk by the Sea, detail, 1808-1810 / Alte Nationalgalerie, 2024 / (from left to right) Sina Jentzsch, Sintje Guericke, Birgit Verwiebe, Dylan Furcall, Julia Landmann, Ralph Gleis © National Museums in Berlin, Nationalgalerie / Image © Romana Eder Grabher

Already more than 200,000 visitors!

More than 200,000 visitors have already visited the special exhibition “Caspar David Friedrich,” which has been running since April 19, 2024. “Infinite Landscapes” in the Alte Nationalgalerie.

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Exhibition view “Infinite Exhibition”: Claudia Wieser, Something In and On Something Else, 2024Ca. 400 cm x 280 cm x 120 cm, glazed ceramic tiles (10x10cm), aluminum, stainless steel, mirror glass on MDF, digital print on aluminum Dibond © Claudia Wieser / Photo: Jacopo La Forgia / Nationalgalerie - Berlin State Museums

CLAUDIA WIESER – SOMETHING IN AND ON SOMETHING ELSE

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Exhibition view "Nancy Holt: Circles of Light" / Gropius Bau, 2024 © Holt/Smithson Foundation / VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2024 / Photo © Lilian Vogt

Special tour “Nancy Holt – Circles of Light”

The FRIENDS met for a special viewing and tour of Nancy Holt's exhibition Circles of Light with curator Dr. Clara Meister in the Gropius Building.

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Exhibition view “Marianna Simnett. WINNER”, 2024 / Hamburger Bahnhof – National Gallery of the Present / © National Museums in Berlin, National Gallery / Courtesy the artist and Société, Berlin / Photo © Romana Eder-Grabher

Preview+E “Marianna Simnett – Winner”

On the occasion of the 2024 European Football Championship taking place in Germany, the artist Marianna Simnett is producing the multi-channel film installation “WINNER”.

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47th General Meeting – Yvonne Borrmann elected to the Board of Trustees

Post published on April 30, 2024 | At the suggestion of the board, the journalist Yvonne Borrmann was elected to the FREUNDE board of trustees with a large majority.

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