The Special Exhibition “From Odesa to Berlin” Visits Heidelberg

News from 10/20/2025

From January to June 2025, the From Odesa to Berlin exhibition touched and inspired 110,000 visitors from 22 different countries. The Gemäldegalerie (Old Masters Paintings) presented works from the war-threatened Ukrainian Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art in dialogue with selected paintings from the Berlin collections. Since 19 October 2025, the show has been on display at theKurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg – in a version adapted to the exhibition venue’s collection. This is also an opportunity for anyone who missed the Berlin exhibition.

View of the exhibition Meisterwerke aus Odesa at the Kurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg. In the foreground is Olena Tolstoy, the exhibition’s title motif, in a painting by Domenico Morelli, 1875, Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art Photo: Kurpfälzisches Museum, A. Seele

The Special Exhibition “From Odesa to Berlin” Visits Heidelberg

From January to June 2025, the From Odesa to Berlin exhibition touched and inspired 110,000 visitors from 22 different countries. The Gemäldegalerie (Old Masters Paintings) presented works from the war-threatened Ukrainian Odesa Museum of Western and Eastern Art in dialogue with selected paintings from the Berlin collections. Since 19 October 2025, the show has been on display at theKurpfälzisches Museum Heidelberg – in a version adapted to the exhibition venue’s collection. This is also an opportunity for anyone who missed the Berlin exhibition.

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