Neue Nationalgalerie

The Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) at the Kulturforum is a museum for modern art in Berlin, with its main focus on the 20th century. It is part of the National Gallery of the Berlin State Museums. The museum building and its sculpture gardens were designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe and opened on 15 September 1968 in what was then West Berlin south of the Tiergarten park. The gallery closed in 2015 for renovation. The work, by David Chipperfield Architects, was completed in 2021, and the museum reopened in August 2021 with an exhibition of works by American sculptor Alexander Calder. Architecture Dimensions, specifications and materials This interior view of the Neue Nationalgalerie's ground floor shows the play of light off the reflective floor, as well as the animated red LCD tracks on the ceiling. The plan of the Neue Nationalgalerie is divided into two distinct stories. The upper story serves as an entrance hall as well as the primary special exhibit gallery, totaling 2,683 m 2 (28,880 sq ft) of space. It is elevated from street level and only accessible by three flights of steps. Though it only comprises a small portion of the total. Collection The collection features a number of unique highlights of modern 20th-century art. Particularly well represented are Cubism , Expressionism , the Bauhaus and Surrealism . The collection owns masterpieces of artists like Pablo Picasso , Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , Joan Miró , Wassily Kandinsky and Barnett Newman . The design of the building, despite its large size, allows for the display of only a small part of the collection, and the displays are therefore changed at intervals. Pablo Picasso , 1909, Femme assise (Sitzende Frau) Ernst Ludwig Kirchner , 1914, Potsdamer Platz Ernst Ludwig.