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From Saturday, 10 May 2025, the summer exhibition of the Modern Art Collection at Schloss Herrenchiemsee will present over 50 works by international artists whose work explores fundamental democratic values such as freedom, equality, self-development and human dignity. Masterpieces from the Modern Art Collection, ranging from classical modernism to the present day, are complemented by installations. Since 2013, the Bavarian State Painting Collections have been organising the Königsklasse exhibition series in the unfinished shell rooms of the north wing. The exciting dialogue between works of art and architecture creates a unique setting for the exhibition theme.
„Can you still do it?“
The title of the exhibition quotes the tech rap band Deichkind. Their song of the same title uses imagery to describe our accelerated society. It is a communal, unifying ‘you’ that deals with one of the most pressing questions of our society: our relationship to democracy. How motivated are we to continue defending it? How exhausted are we as a democratic society? In view of the constant threats and undermining of democracies through populism and extremism, through terror and war, there is …
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Image above: Joseph Beuys, Rose for Direct Democracy, 1973, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, Sammlung Moderne Kunst in der Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, donated to the Sammlung Moderne Kunst in 2008. Photo: Bavarian State Painting Collections, Haydar Koyupinar © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025
