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From March 1 to September 6, 2026, the Olaf Gulbransson Museum presents the exhibition “ZERO. An International Art Movement. 1957–1966,” a group exhibition featuring works by the artist Heinz Mack.
ZERO – A New Beginning at Zero
In the late 1950s, young artists in Düsseldorf and other European cities sought a radical new beginning for art. After war and dictatorship, they wanted to break free from pathos, ideology, and the subjectively charged postwar painting and rethink art “at zero.” It was an open zone where structure took precedence over composition, light over narrative motif, and movement over rigid form. ZERO was never a closed collective, but rather a loose network of artists connected through …
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Image above: Photo: Regine Hackenberg
