Alte Pinakothek on Google Arts & Culture

‘Open for All’, ‘Experience Originals Digitally’: Visitors around the world are invited to enjoy digital access to the Alte Pinakothek and its art treasures in the permanent exhibition via Google Arts & Culture. All galleries at the Alte Pinakothek have been digitized in 360° images. We’re also offering over 25 interactive and multimedia narrative-based feature stories to provide an exciting and informative look at a selection of masterworks held at the Alte Pinakothek – from Dürer, Rubens, Rembrandt, and Raphael through to Boucher and Murillo. G.CO/AltePinakothek

The highly acclaimed special exhibition Utrecht, Caravaggio and Europe can still be viewed via this link G.CO/PINACARAVAGGISTI

The Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen are stepping up their cooperation with Google Arts & Culture as part of the museum’s wider Digital Strategy. True to our guiding principle ‘Open for All’, having the Alte Pinakothek featured on Google Arts & Culture allows us to achieve our aim of expanding and facilitating access to our exhibition spaces through digital media. By undertaking this step, we also open up the museum – at least on a virtual level – to people interested in our artworks but who for a range of reasons are currently unable to visit the Alte Pinakothek in person.

#Kunstminute

In the #Kunstminute (art minute) we invite you to rediscover 23 selected masterpieces from our collections. For the first time we will introduce you to the people behind the paintings as well as the artworks. In the #Kunstminute, our curators give you very personal insights into their world, their everyday work and convey their enthusiasm for art. Discover all #Kunstminute-videos with English subtitles on YouTube

Our digital strategy | #PinaDigital

Digital media are constantly changing the way we communicate, access knowledge and learn. Explore the digital strategy of the Pinakotheken and learn more about our motivation, vision, and objectives.

www.digital.pinakothek.de

2nd International Day of Provenance Research 2020

RESEARCHING ORIGINS IN MUSEUMS, LIBRARIES AND ARCHIVES

As part of the measures around COVID-19, the programme scheduled to take place in the Pinakothek der Moderne for the 2nd International Day of Provenance Research on 8 April 2020 has also been called off. At the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, we consider it important to provide the public with information about the work in provenance research that is being done here. Therefore, on the basis of the planned event programme, we would like to give an insight into the work that we do.

The following texts were published in occasion of this year's International Day of Provenance Research

• THE RESTITUTION OF “THE RAISING OF LAZARUS” TO THE HEIRS OF JAMES VON BLEICHRÖDER
• “DIE VIER ELEMENTE” (THE FOUR ELEMENTS) BY ADOLF ZIEGLER

 Earlier articles on our blog

• August 21st, 2019: Restitution - The Davidsohn Case
• May 10th, 2019: The Accession Books of the Bavarian State Painting Collections

Further ressources and materials include

• Digital Platform to the research project Alfred Flechtheim – Art Dealer of the Avantgarde
• Access to the accession books of the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen
• Documentary Geraubte Kunst. Jüdische Sammlungen im Nationalsozialismus  (Stolen Art: Jewish Collections under National Socialism) via ZDFmediathek
  By looking at selected cases, such as the restitution of The Raising of Lazarus to the heirs of James von Bleichröder, this documentary by Felix von Boehm and Constantin Lieb shows how the art market profited from the hardship of Jewish collectors after 1933, and the obstacles faced to this day by provenance researchers in the search for lost objects.
• Virtual Exhibition Geraubte Kunst (Stolen Art) via ZDFkultur

An overview of the cultural institutions participating in the Day of Provenance Research in Germany can be found on the website of the Arbeitskreis Provenienzforschung (working group on provenance research). https://www.arbeitskreis-provenienzforschung.org/

The hashtag #TagDerProvenienzforschung will accompany activities on Twitter.

Thinking of the Neue...

Masterpieces from the Neue Pinakothek at the Alte Pinakothek and the Sammlung Schack: The temporary relocation of the masterpieces from the Neue Pinakothek to the Alte Pinakothek ("From Goya to Manet") and the Sammlung Schack ("A Meeting of Minds") offers a unique opportunity to experience the most famous paintings in new exciting dialogues.