Highlights of the 2027 Press Conference

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A blue-green, mummy-shaped ushabti figurine made of faience.

Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin State Museums

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Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin State Museums Faience ushabti/funerary figurine (ÄM 4516).

A bronze statuette of the god Osiris, wearing a high crown and with a mummy-shaped body.

© Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin State Museums

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Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin State Museums Bronze statuette of the god Osiris (ÄM 8287).

A seated bronze statuette of the goddess Isis with the infant Horus on her lap and a sun disc between cow’s horns on her head.

© Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin State Museums

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© Egyptian Museum and Papyrus Collection, Berlin State Museums Bronze statuette of the goddess Isis with the infant Horus (ÄM 8286).

A rocky island with tall, dark cypress trees and a small boat on the water.

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Photo: Andres Kilger

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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Alte Nationalgalerie / Photo: Andres Kilger Arnold Böcklin, The Isle of the Dead (3rd version), 1883, oil on wood, 80 × 150 cm.

A collage of a historical and a contemporary view of Lomé, with a young man in a red T-shirt in the foreground.

Jacques M. Q. Do Kokou, ‘Fusion’, 2025

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Jacques M. Q. Do Kokou’s work *Fusion* brings together historical and contemporary views of Lomé.

Several people are working on a site surrounded by palm trees; white lines mark out areas on the ground.

The exhibition was created collaboratively. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, the Ethnological Museum and the Museum of Asian Art / Verena Rodatus, Gitti Salami

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Preparations as part of the collaborative development of the exhibition.

A person wearing a red robe is standing in a pool of water, whilst a photographer takes a side-view photograph of them.

The exhibition was developed collaboratively. © Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Ethnological Museum and Museum of Asian Art / Verena Rodatus, Gitti Salami

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A scene from the collaborative creation of the exhibition: a person in a red robe is standing in the water and is being photographed.

A portrait of Margaret Gainsborough in a light-coloured dress against a landscape background.

The Picture Gallery of the Berlin State Museums

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Galerie der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin Thomas Gainsborough, Margaret Gainsborough, c. 1759, canvas, 76 × 63.5 cm.

Four children in a wooded landscape, accompanied by two dogs.

Picture Gallery of the National Museums in Berlin, SPK

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Picture Gallery of the Berlin State Museums, SPK Thomas Gainsborough, The Marsham Children, 1787, canvas, 242.9 × 181.9 cm.

A rear view of a naked person with closely cropped hair and the tattoo ‘DYKE’ on the nape of their neck, set against a blue patterned background.

© Catherine Opie, Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, London and Seoul; Thomas Dane Gallery

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© Catherine Opie, Courtesy of Regen Projects, Los Angeles; Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, London and Seoul; Thomas Dane Gallery Catherine Opie, Dyke, 1993.

James Turrell, wearing a black coat and a wide-brimmed hat, against the backdrop of the Roden Crater landscape in Arizona.

© Florian Holzherr

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© Florian Holzherr James Turrell, Roden Crater, 1977–ongoing, Flagstaff, Arizona. Exhibition: James Turrell (working title) Dates: 3 September 2027–2 July 2028

A spread featuring a collage of photographs, text and coloured visual elements.

Photo: Eric Tschernow © Bureau Jonathan Meese

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Photo: Eric Tschernow © Bureau Jonathan Meese MISHIMA I, 2002, double-page spread.

A thick book positioned at an angle, with a dark-coloured collage on the cover.

Photo: Retro Pedrini © Bureau Jonathan Meese

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Photo: Retro Pedrini © Bureau Jonathan Meese WALTHER KÖNIG SUITE IV–VII.

A handwritten manifesto in red and black ink, with a schematic drawing in the centre.

© Bureau Jonathan Meese

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© Bureau Jonathan Meese Manifesto: THE TOTAL WORK OF ART ‘ERZBUCH’! (BOOK OF BOOKS) – THE ‘OLYMPUS OF BOOKS’ OF LOVE CALLS OUT TO ART WITH THE GREATEST LOVE!!!!!!!! Erzkunstbibliothek de Large, 2026.

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A colour woodcut depicting Venus standing and little Cupid in a landscape.

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Dietmar Katz

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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Kupferstichkabinett / Dietmar Katz Lucas Cranach (the Elder), Venus and Cupid, 1509, colour woodcut from two printing blocks on paper (vergé). Exhibition: Cranach – People – Images Dates: 31 October 2027–31 January 2028

A snow-covered landscape featuring one of the last houses in Geamăna, Romania.

Frank Gaudlitz, 2024

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Frank Gaudlitz, 2024 One of the last houses. Geamăna, Romania.

An abandoned kitchen with old furniture and items left behind in Topolje, Serbia.

Frank Gaudlitz, 2024

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Frank Gaudlitz, 2024 The kitchen of an abandoned house. Topolje, Serbia.

Landscape and buildings in Trbiž, Slovenia, damaged by a landslide.

Frank Gaudlitz, 2024

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Frank Gaudlitz, 2024 Landslide following the floods. Trbiž, Slovenia.

An abstract composition of dynamic black, red and grey brushstrokes on a light background.

New National Gallery – Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

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New National Gallery – Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation K.O. Götz: Picture dated 5 February 1953, 1953.

An abstract painting featuring large areas of red and yellow, separated by a narrow dark stripe.

New National Gallery – Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

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Neue Nationalgalerie – Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation Barnett Newman: Who’s Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue IV, 1969/1970.

A hall featuring ancient columns, architectural elements and sculptures at the Pergamon Museum.

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Collection of Classical Antiquities / David von Becker

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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Collection of Classical Antiquities / David von Becker A view into the Hall of Hellenistic Architecture at the Pergamon Museum.

The restored Pergamon Altar with its open staircase, colonnade and frieze of giants.

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Collection of Classical Antiquities / David von Becker

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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Collection of Classical Antiquities / David von Becker A view of the restored Pergamon Altar with the Frieze of the Giants.

Ornamental relief decoration on the restored Mschatta façade.

© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum of Islamic Art / David von Becker

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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum of Islamic Art / David von Becker Detail of the restored Mschatta façade with its ornamental relief decoration.

Interior view of the Aleppo Room with richly painted wooden wall panelling.

© Berlin State Museums, Museum of Islamic Art / David von Becker

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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum of Islamic Art / David von Becker A view into the restored Aleppo Room with its painted wall panelling.

A tall stone victory stele of Asarhaddon featuring relief figures and cuneiform inscriptions.

© State Museums of Berlin, Museum of the Ancient Near East / O. M. Teßmer

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© Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Museum of the Ancient Near East / O. M. Teßmer View of the victory stele of Esarhaddon from the 7th century BC.

Jonathan Meese stands in his studio, laughing, wearing a light-coloured coat, in front of bookshelves and a large black canvas.

Jonathan Meese, MEE, 2022 © Bureau Jonathan Meese, photo: Jana Edisonga

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Jonathan Meese, MEE, 2022 © Bureau Jonathan Meese, photo: Jana Edisonga Exhibition: Jonathan Meese: TOTAL WORK OF ART ‘ERZBUCH’ Dates: 28 May – 19 September 2027