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InterNationalGallery 1. National Museum in Warsaw
In 1876, the Prussian king ceremonially inaugurated the "National-Galerie" on the Museumsinsel. Despite the inscription "Der deutschen Kunst" ("To German Art") on its pediment, the gallery has long engaged with art beyond national boundaries. This inaugural edition of the InterNationalGallery series puts that tension at the heart of the programme, bringing together works from Warsaw and Berlin in a cross-border conversation about national identity, artistic heritage, and the shared histories of European museums.
About the venue
The Alte Nationalgalerie is a listed building on the Museum Island in the historic centre of Berlin, Germany. The gallery was built from 1862 to 1876 by the order of King Frederick William IV of Prussia according to plans by Friedrich August Stüler and Johann Heinrich Strack in Neoclassical and…