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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.
17.07.2025
PUTTING DOWN ROOTS
The fashion company C&A is active internationally, but where exactly was it founded in 1841? This seemingly simple question has evolved into a complex search for clues, the subject of this exhibition.
14.07.2025
THE DEVIL
The showcase exhibition THE DEVIL in the Liberna Study Room sheds light on the changes and diversity of the image of the devil - from biblical concepts to depictions in popular culture.
17.07.2025
MAGICAL WOMEN
This exhibition showcases artistic works from the twentieth and twenty-first centuries that explore magic, the occult, and spiritual practices, often from a feminist viewpoint.
26.02.2025
BENEATH THE SURFACE
This exhibition explores the secrets and differences between two panel paintings from our collection: 'Madonna with Cherries' from the workshop of Joos van Cleve (c. 1530), and 'The Holy Family with Angels' (c. 1510) by a previously unknown master.
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.