Napoleon

Emperor and Man

With 200 first class objects, this exhibition illustrated the life and work of the great Corsican Napoleon. Paintings by the important French painters Jacques Louis David (1748 – 1825) and François Baron Gérard (1770 – 1837) identified the various stages of his glittering ascent to power and fame, but also the dark sides of his rule and defeats. Pictures and engravings depicted his fame as well as the heavy losses endured in his campaigns and battles.

Precious equipment, clocks, porcelain and gold works from Napoleon‘s immediate environment afforded the viewer insight into the splendid style of the Napoleonic era. Important paintings and sculptures depicted the imperial family and the marshals of France.

The exhibition is no longer available.

Exhibition venues 1998 – 2003:
Historisches Museum der Pfalz, Speyer, Germany
Sun-Yat-Sen Memorial Hall, Taipei, Taiwan
Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Yancheng, Taiwan
Taichung County Seaport Center, Taichung, Taiwan
Hong Kong Museum of History, Hong Kong, The People‘s Republic of China
Seoul Museum of History, Seoul, South-Korea

Visitors: 557 800

Jacques Louis David, Napoleon Bonaparte überquert die Alpen über den Sankt-Bernhard-Paß, 1800
© Musée de Malmaison

Giacomo Spalla, Schlacht von Austerlitz, 1810
© Musée de Malmaison

Jean-Pierre-Marie Jazet, Napoleon entsteigt seinem Grab, 1840
© Musée de Malmaison

Expressionism

in Art and Film

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Japanese Photography of the 1960s

Japan in times of rapid social change

The Museum Bad Arolsen presents the fascinating photo exhibition Between Meditation and Urban Bustle – Japanese Photography of the 1960s from September 9, 2023, to November 19, 2023. This unique exhibition by the Institute for Cultural Exchange showcases the works of twelve significant representatives of Japanese photography during this era. Immerse yourself in the Residenzschloss Arolsen and explore the visual narratives that are shaped by a time when Japan experienced rapid economic growth while undergoing societal transformations. From photojournalism and spontaneous situational portraits to symbolic staging, graphic abstraction, and poetic visual stories.

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La Bohème

Toulouse-Lautrec and the Masters of Montmartre

La Bohème. Toulouse-Lautrec and the Master of poster art the successful exhibition of the Institute for Cultural Exchange is moving to its next venue: From June 26, 2023, to October 15, 2023, Toulouse-Lautrec’s extensive lithographic poster work from the collection of Muséé d’Ixelles is on view at the Musée des Beaux-Arts in Quimper, France. Toulouse-Lautrec, like no one else, was able to capture the atmosphere of the Parisian nightlife through reduced, but expressive forms as well as intense coloring.  Accompanied by works of Lautrec’s predecessors and contemporaries, like Alfons Mucha, Théophile-Alexandre Steinlen or Félix Vallotton, the exhibition gives a profound insight into the fascinating world of the art poster around 1900.

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Reshaped Reality

50 Years of Hyperrealistic Sculpture

The Institute for Cultural Exchange proudly presents the exhibition Sembra Vivo! Sculture iper-realiste dei più grandi artisti contemporanei at Palazzo Bonaparte in Rome, Italy. A comprehensive selection of sculptures by international representatives of the Hyperrealistic movement gives a profound insight into the development of this movement since the 1970s. The exhibition will be on display from May 26, 2023 to October 8, 2023. Previous presentations of the exhibition, for example in Spain, the Netherlands, and Denmark, broke all visitor records.

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