Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin

Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. The Art of Two Cities was presented by the Neue Nationalgalerie, New National Gallery in Berlin, Germany 7 June - 3 October 2006

On the occasion of the Germany Year in Japan 2005/2006, the Mori Art Museum Tokyo and the Neue Nationalgalerie (New National Gallery) Berlin supported by the Berlin Art Library, the Kupferstichkabinett (Museum of Prints and Drawings) and the Museum für Ostasiatische Kunst (Museum of East Asian Art), organized a comprehensive art show with the title "Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte".

Artists

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For the architectural design of the Upper Hall, the Nationalgalerie commissioned the Japanese architect Toyo Ito. He transformed Mies van der Rohe’s glass shrine into an exciting space, a completely new experience in which art and architecture should have melt in an unusual fusion.

References

"Berlin - Tokyo / Tokyo - Berlin Die Kunst zweier Städte", Berlin, 2006. editors: Angela Schneider, Gabriele Knapstein, David Elliott u. a. 350 pages in German language, publisher: Hatje Cantz Verlag, ISBN 3-7757-1804-4

External links

* [http://www.smb.spk-berlin.de/smb/kalender/details.php?lang=en&objID=9380&typeId=10 Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin-Tokyo/Tokyo-Berlin. Die Kunst zweier Städte]