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The Neue Nationalgalerie, which was erected in 1965-68, is the only building by the architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe in Germany from after the Second World War. With its steel roof over the glass-walled exhibition hall and its reduced design vocabulary, it is regarded as an icon of modernism and as the legacy of a visionary master builder. Following the restoration by the firm David Chipperfield Architects, the Neue Nationalgalerie is reopening with new glory in 2021. With numerous specialist texts and large-format photographs, the book focuses on the architecture of the museum in three thematic groups: the historical building, the fundamental restoration, and the renovated building. Detailed and large-format photographs heighten awareness of the unique architecture, which Mies van der Rohe designed down to the smallest detail.

The name of K. O. Götz is connected to German Art Informel like no other. Experimental and innovative, he had a significant impact on this style from the very beginning. The fact that Götz never works without a clear concept has wide-ranging consequences for his artistic practice. The pictorial composition is always determined, but the execution is rapid, spontaneous and dynamic. The bilingual catalogue published on the occasion of his 100th birthday provides an overview of his epochal artistic oeuvre with a selection of more than 80 works of art

The Neue Nationalgalerie is more than just a museum or a building. It is a milestone in the history of architecture, a memorial, an icon. Designed by German architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, the building is especially well known for its fifty-by-fifty-meter glass hall. With this singular pavilion structure, Mies van der Rohe set a virtuoso close to his decades-long exploration of „fluid“ space. There is hardly another building of his in which the boundary between interior and exterior is as permeable as it is here. In many ways, the Neue Nationalgalerie can be seen as Mies's legacy and the quintessence of his thought. This publication presents the building from today's perspective, but it also features historical photographs taken during the construction period, the building's opening in 1968, and the spectacular exhibitions that took place there in its early years.(German edition ISBN 978-3-7757-3144-7)

Vis à vis vom Kanzler Die aktuellen Nachrichten aus der Bundeshauptstadt erreichen uns oft begleitet vom Bild der Skulptur des Bildhauers Eduardo Chillida, die im Ehrenhof des Bundeskanzleramts steht und den Auftakt zur Sammlung der Kunst bildet, die die Räume dieser politischen Zentrale mitgestaltet. Im Inneren des modernen Gebäudes von Axel Schultes präsentiert sich auf acht Ebenen eine hochkarätige und facettenreiche Kunstsammlung. Jeff Walls 'Lichtboxen' im Empfangsbereich, sowie Markus Lüpertz 'Farbräume' im Foyer und Konferenzbereich laden zur Besichtigung ein. Im Presse- und Informationssaal auf der ersten Etage ist das seit seiner ersten Ausstellung auf der dokumenta III (1964) berühmte Triptychon 'Augenbilder' des Malers Ernst Wilhelm Nay ausgestellt. Neben internationalen Meistern der klassischen Moderne, wie Pablo Picasso und Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, bestimmen auch zeitgenössische Positionen die Atmosphäre der lichtdurchfluteten Skylobby und der repräsentativen Empfangsräume. Der Band führt den Leser durch die einzelnen Etagen des Gebäudes an diese besondere Sammlung heran und beschreibt das ergänzende Ausstellungsprogramm des Bundeskanzleramtes in vielen Illustrationen und mit erläuternden Texten.