Donation and Long-Term Loan from Sammlung Lafrenz Enhance Collection Presentation “Extreme Tension” at the Neue Nationalgalerie
News vom 09.07.2025
With two important works by Ellsworth Kelly and Mario Merz, the collection of the Nationalgalerie receives a substantial addition. Both works come from Sammlung Lafrenz, which is distinguished by its focus on art from the 1960s and 1970s and includes key works of Minimal Art, Arte Povera, Post-Painterly Abstraction, and Conceptual Art. The works will be on view starting 9July 2025, in the collection presentation Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society. Collection of the Nationalgalerie 1945 – 2000.
Ellsworth Kelly, Untitled, EK 689, 1983, Sammlung Lafrenz Photo credit: Weserburg Museum für moderne Kunst
Donation and Long-Term Loan from Sammlung Lafrenz Enhance Collection Presentation “Extreme Tension” at the Neue Nationalgalerie
With two important works by Ellsworth Kelly and Mario Merz, the collection of the Nationalgalerie receives a substantial addition. Both works come from Sammlung Lafrenz, which is distinguished by its focus on art from the 1960s and 1970s and includes key works of Minimal Art, Arte Povera, Post-Painterly Abstraction, and Conceptual Art. The works will be on view starting 9July 2025, in the collection presentation Extreme Tension. Art between Politics and Society. Collection of the Nationalgalerie 1945 – 2000.
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