Press Release
The year 2025 marks the 75th anniversary of the Georg Kolbe Museum. The exhibition conceptualized for this occasion takes the founding moment of the institution as its starting point: it opened its doors in 1950 as the first new museum in post-war West Berlin. At the time, the museum was fashioned as a memorial to the sculptor Georg Kolbe, who died in 1947 and who had lived and worked in Sensburger Allee from the time the extraordinary ensemble was built in 1928 onwards. The studio rooms, which were opened to the public in 1950, had seemingly remained untouched since Kolbe’s death. Numerous sculptures on display provided an insight into the artist’s entire oeuvre. Kolbe’s personal objects stylized the working and living space into an elevated place of worship. Including works by Ryan Gander.
