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Draiflessen Press Newsletter
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05.05.2024
The Draiflessen Collection
The Draiflessen Collection was established in 2009 and regularly presents exhibitions on a broad range of topics – family, company, art, and cultural history – in its own international, museum-standard exhibition space.
26.02.2025
BENEATH THE SURFACE
Die Ausstellung geht den Geheimnissen sowie den Unterschieden zweier Tafelbilder aus unserer Sammlung auf den Grund: „Madonna mit Kirschen“ aus der Werkstatt Joos van Cleves (um 1530) und „Die heilige Familie mit Engeln“ (ca. 1510), eines bislang unbekannten Meisters
26.02.2025
A GARDEN OF FLOWERS
This showcase exhibition brings together two fascinating artistic positions that meet and engage in dialogue across different eras and mediums: the Dutch engraver Crispijn de Passe the Younger (1594–1670) and the contemporary Italian artist Lilla Tabasso (b. 1973).
13.02.2025
ROOTED AND BRANCHED
The exhibition brings together selected artistic positions that deal with the multi-layered interconnections of life. It shows how social, ecological and cultural structures are interwoven and makes these complex processes visually tangible.
17.09.2024
IN THE BEGINNING WAS THE WORD
The exhibition explores the role of language in the Bible and its far-reaching significance for communities.
17.09.2024
CUNDA, KNÖS, AND KNASPELHUTSCHE
In search of C&A’s corporate vocabulary, the exhibition traces the identity-forming and practical functions of secret language communication using documents, objects, photographs, and archival materials from the company’s own collection.
22.08.2024
LANGUAGE/TEXT/IMAGE
LANGUAGE/TEXT/IMAGE focuses on the central role of language, text, and image, which are essential means of expression in human communication and the creation of meaning. The show is dedicated to the question of where the boundaries lie between what can be said or seen and what can be said or shown.
13.03.2024
MO(NU)MENTS
The cabinet exhibition takes a look at the ephemeral architectural masterpieces that once adorned public spaces during royal ceremonies and other festive occasions.
11.03.2024
TRUE TO SCALE
The exhibition TRUE TO SCALE shows around 30 architectural models from the existing collection, of which the buildings in Berlin, Hamburg, Essen, Celle and Frankfurt am Main are examined in more detail. Historical photographs of the first houses, which were built before the Second World War, provide an introduction to the history.
08.02.2024
SPACES EMBODIED
The exhibition SPACES EMBODIED sheds light on the complex interactions between people and spaces, particularly in the context of modernity and the present day.