1 - Lange Nacht der Museen

118
4
mARtIn-GRoPIus-BAu
Kajikazawa in the Province Kai (detail), from the series »36 Ansichten des Berges Fuji«, around 1831; painting period: Iitsu; photograph: Sumida City
The exhibition house of the Berliner Festspiele
hosts around 20 international art exhibitions every
year and is also one of Berlin's most attractive and
high profile sites.
exhibitions
• Hokusai. Retrospektive
Hokusai (1760–1849) is considered one of the
masters of colour woodcuts and one of Japan’s
most important painters. His management of
lines, colour and narrative motifs are particularly
noteworthy.
• André kertész. Photographs
Budapest, Paris, New York – the 300 photographies
describe the most important stage of life
of the photographer
• Snow in Samerkind: Views from the Back
Country of War The Swiss photographer Daniel
Schwartz provokes with the volatile reality of
Central Asia
6.00 � 8.00 � 10.00 pm
Short guided tour (in German) through the
exhibition »Hokusai Retrospektive«,
20 participants per tour
7.00 � 9.00 pm
Choir
The choir of the Japanese-German Society Berlin
presents Japanese songs in the Lichthof (atrium),
conductor: Soichi Kobayashi, pianist: Ikumi
Takahashi
mAueRmuseum
3 museum HAus Am cHecKPoInt cHARlIe
+
4
August 13, 1961 and November 9, 1989 – the dates
of the construction and the fall of the Berlin wall
structure this permanent exhibition on the history
of the Berlin Wall.
new permanent exhibition
The Chodorkowski Case – Images of Injustice
The new permanent exhibition presents works
by Russian artists, who visited the trial against
Michail Chodorkowski und Platon Lebedew.
special exhibition
Faces of a Revolution – Pictures from Tahrir
Square in Cairo
The photographer Stefan Theil, a correspondent
of the respected American magazine Newsweek,
was on a trip to Cairo in April 2011 to capture the
atmosphere of the uprising.
© Photographs by
Stefan Theil (details)
from 10.00 pm
Films
One, Two, Three
Director: Billy Wilder, USA 1961
Billy Wilder’s famous comedy, shot shortly
before the Berlin Wall was built
night Crossing
Director: Delbert Mann, GB 1982
Film about the flight of two families in a homemade
hot air balloon over the border from Thuringia
to Bavaria
119