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Neue Galerie Initiates First Fridays Program on December 4

Grant from Longtime Corporate Member Provides for Free Admission to Neue Galerie on First Friday of the Month, from 6 to 8 p.m.

NEW YORK (November 20, 2009)—On December 4, Neue Galerie New York will initiate its First Fridays program, which will provide free admission to the museum on the first Friday of each month from 6 to 8 p.m. through 2010. A generous grant from Bloomberg has made this program possible. The Neue Galerie will join its neighbors on Museum Mile, the Metropolitan Museum of Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, in offering extended Friday night hours.

"From Klimt to Klee: Masterworks from the Serge Sabarsky Collection" to open October 2009

NEW YORK (September 14, 2009)—On October 15, Neue Galerie New York will open “From Klimt to Klee: Masterworks from the Serge Sabarsky Collection.” With this exhibition, the museum honors the life and work of its co-founder, Serge Sabarsky. A tireless advocate for German and Austrian art, Sabarsky was the driving force behind the creation of the museum. He was also a dedicated collector, who acquired numerous masterworks by the artists he cherished. The exhibition demonstrates the range and quality of the Sabarsky Collection, with its holdings in works by Austrian artists Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, and Oskar Kokoschka, and German artists Max Beckmann, Otto Dix, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, among many others. It runs through February 15, 2010.

"Focus: Oskar Kokoschka" and "Selections from the Permanent Collection" to open July 2009

NEW YORK (June 29, 2009)—On July 16, 2009, Neue Galerie New York will open two exhibitions: “Focus: Oskar Kokoschka” and “Selections from the Permanent Collection.” The “Focus” exhibition presents Kokoschka paintings and drawings from the Neue Galerie collection. The permanent collection show highlights several works that portray the social upheaval of Germany in the 1920s, offering strong echoes of the current economic and social crisis. Both will be on view through October 5.

"Brücke: The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905-1913" to open February 2009

More Than 100 Drawings, Paintings, and Sculptural Works by Pioneering German Expressionists to Fill the Entire Museum

NEW YORK (December 15, 2008)—On February 26, 2009, Neue Galerie New York will open “Brücke: The Birth of Expressionism in Dresden and Berlin, 1905-1913.” Featuring more than 100 paintings, sculptures, and works on paper, this will be the first major exhibition in the United States to focus on the pioneering artists of the Expressionist group known as Brücke. The show is organized by Reinhold Heller, a Neue Galerie board member and internationally recognized scholar of German Expressionism. The Neue Galerie is the sole venue for the show, where it will be on view through June 29.

"Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 1897-1909" to open September 2008

First American Museum Exhibition Devoted to Austrian Artist

NEW YORK (September 15, 2008)—On September 25, the Neue Galerie New York opens the exhibition “Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 1897-1909,” featuring more than 100 works on paper by the Austrian artist. This is the first major museum exhibition of his work ever held in the United States, and it focuses on his macabre early drawings, watercolors, and lithographs. It will be on view at the Neue Galerie through January 26, 2009. The exhibition is organized by Annegret Hoberg, curator of the Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich.

"Max Beckmann: Self-Portrait with Horn" opens July 2008

Exhibition Focuses on German Expressionist Masterpiece, Along with Other Key Portraits and Self-Portraits from the Neue Galerie Collection

NEW YORK (May 12, 2008)—On July 24, 2008, the Neue Galerie opens “Max Beckmann: Self-Portrait with Horn,” an exhibition focusing on one of the most important paintings by the German Expressionist artist. In addition to Self-Portrait with Horn, the exhibition will feature other works by Beckmann, as well as important portraits and self-portraits of that era from the Neue Galerie collection by such artists as Otto Dix, George Grosz, and Christian Schad. It will be on view through
September 1.

"Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry" Extended Through September 1

NEW YORK, May 12, 2008—The highly popular “Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry” exhibition, which was originally scheduled to close on June 30, has been extended and will remain on view through September 1, 2008. The exhibition features more than forty precious objects drawn from public and private collections. It highlights pieces created by the Wiener Werkstätte between the firm’s inception in 1903 and 1920. The exhibition features significant objects by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, Carl Otto Czeschka, and Dagobert Peche, among others. Supplemental materials include design drawings and photographs of prominent clients, with an emphasis on fashion designer Emilie Flöge, confidante of Gustav Klimt, who assembled a large collection of Wiener Werkstätte jewelry.

"Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry" opens March 2008

NEW YORK (March 10, 2007)—On March 27, 2008, the Neue Galerie opens “Wiener Werkstätte Jewelry,” with more than forty precious objects drawn from public and private collections. The exhibition will highlight pieces created by the Wiener Werkstätte between the firm’s inception in 1903 and 1920. It will feature significant objects by Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, Carl Otto Czeschka, and Dagobert Peche, among others. Supplemental materials will include design drawings and photographs of prominent clients, with an emphasis on fashion designer Emilie Flöge, confidante of Gustav Klimt, who assembled a large collection of Wiener Werkstätte jewelry.

"Gustav Klimt: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections" opens October 2007

More Than 120 Drawings and Paintings by Master Viennese Expressionist Gustav Klimt to Fill the Entire Museum

Room from Klimt Studio to be Reconstructed in the Exhibition Galleries

NEW YORK (September 20, 2007)—On October 18, the Neue Galerie New York opens “Gustav Klimt: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections,” with eight paintings and more than 120 drawings by the controversial artist, on view together for the first time. The exhibition will also feature a reconstruction, with original furnishings, of the receiving parlor from the second Klimt studio. “Gustav Klimt” unites the collections of Ronald Lauder and Serge Sabarsky, co-founders of the Neue Galerie, and will fill all the gallery spaces in the museum. Together their collections comprise the finest gathering of works by Klimt in the United States. The exhibition is organized by Renée Price, Director of the Neue Galerie. This is its sole venue, where it will be on view through June 30, 2008.

"Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Berline Street Scene" opens July 2007

Exhibition Focuses on Acquisition of Landmark German Expressionist Painting; Restituted Work Joins Collection of Neue Galerie New York

NEW YORK (June 8, 2007)—On July 26, 2007, the Neue Galerie opens “Ernst Ludwig Kirchner: Berlin Street Scene,” an exhibition focusing on one of the greatest German paintings of the twentieth century. This recently restituted work joins the collection of the Neue Galerie, which is devoted to early twentieth-century German and Austrian art. In addition to Berlin Street Scene, the exhibition will feature a recently acquired Kirchner sculpture, Standing Girl, Caryatid (1909-10), as well as a selection of paintings and works on paper that survey Berlin during this period; they are by Kirchner, Otto Dix, George Grosz, and Christian Schad. The show runs through September 17.