The SPSG’s treatment of objects and concepts with colonial reference The discussion on the consequences of colonialism with regard to European collections and museums is not new. A basic question in a
de Antoine Bonin A quelques kilomètres à l’ouest de Berlin, se trouve l’un des plus beaux domaines d’Europe : le parc de Sanssouci. On trouve dans ce parc, fondé par Frédéric le Grand, plusieurs châte
Announcement: Open Call (2 Phase process) The Prussian Palaces and Gardens Foundation Berlin-Brandenburg (Stiftung Preußische Schlösser und Gärten Berlin-Brandenburg, SPSG) will present a comprehensiv
Breaking a taboo – The dinner for US President Bill Clinton On May 13, 1998, at Sanssouci Palace a taboo in historical preservation was broken. After more than a hundred years, the Marble Hall of Fred
The Nazi Lord Mayor Julius Lippert at Glienicke Julius Lippert, chief editor of “Angriff”, the Nazi newspaper for the Berlin district under Goebbels, lived at Glienicke from 1936 to 1940. He had acqui
An important guest – UN Secretary-General Kurt Waldheim When, the UN secretary-general, Dr. Kurt Waldheim, arrived at Cecilienhof Country House on February 8, 1975, he had already met with the leaders
The evacuation of works of art to protect them against the effects of war On July 3, 1942, four large moving vans stopped in front of the palace in Rheinsberg. Their extremely valuable freight consist
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Marble, SPSG Skulpt.slg. 5579 Schadow modelled the Girl Spinning (13) in 1816. The young woman is depicted holding a finished clew of yarn in her raised left hand. The hanging threads and the attached
For the first time four sculptures are arranged here as Ridolfo Schadow (10) imagined it in his studio in Rome (4). Cupid (11) gazes down contemplatively from his godly sphere at three young women who
As head of the Royal Sculpture Workshop, the founder of the Berlin School of Sculpture (17), Johann Gottfried Schadow (1764-1850), trained his oldest son Ridolfo and involved him in the execution of i
