25th Anniversary Exhibition
A celebration of Neue Galerie New York, which was founded in 2001.
Organized in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the founding of Neue Galerie New York, the exhibition fills the entirety of the museum's landmark building.
Organized in conjunction with the 25th anniversary of the founding of Neue Galerie New York, the exhibition fills the entirety of the museum's landmark building.
To celebrate this milestone year, “25th Anniversary Exhibition: Masterworks from the Neue Galerie” underscores the museum’s unique mission: to bring a sense of perspective back to Germanic culture of the early 20th century, and to make the best of this work available to American and other audiences for both scholarly and aesthetic inquiry. This special presentation fills the entirety of the Neue Galerie's landmark Museum Mile building, featuring collection highlights – such as Gustav Klimt's Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I (1907).
Today, the museum is world-renowned for its collection of early twentieth-century Austrian and German art and design, displayed on two exhibition floors. The collection features art from Vienna around 1900, exploring the special relationship that existed between the fine arts (of Gustav Klimt, Egon Schiele, Oskar Kokoschka, Richard Gerstl, and Alfred Kubin) and the decorative arts (created at the Wiener Werkstätte by such well-known figures as Josef Hoffmann, Koloman Moser, and Dagobert Peche, and by such celebrated architects as Adolf Loos and Otto Wagner). The collection of German art focuses on important movements of the early twentieth century. Max Beckmann, as well as Expressionist artists Ernst Ludwig Kirchner and Gabriele Münter, receive special attention. The Bauhaus is well represented, with strength in the area of decorative arts, and a selection of notable works by Paul Klee.
Gustav Klimt
(1862-1918)
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907
Oil, gold, and silver on canvas
Neue Galerie New York
Acquired through the generosity of Ronald S. Lauder, the heirs of the Estates of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer, and the Estée Lauder Fund
Gustav Klimt
(1862-1918)
Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer I, 1907
Oil, gold, and silver on canvas
Neue Galerie New York
Acquired through the generosity of Ronald S. Lauder, the heirs of the Estates of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer, and the Estée Lauder Fund
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Related Catalogue
Published on the twentieth anniversary of the founding of Neue Galerie New York, this stunning volume celebrates the varied achievements of modern art history in the German-speaking world by examining historical developments in Austria and Germany from 1890 to 1940.
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Hear curatorial insights on key works in the exhibition.