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  • Date

    12. September 2025 - 11. January 2026

    Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 17:00
    Tue 10:00 - 20:00
  • Contact

    Kunstmuseum Bern
    Hodlerstrasse 8-12
    3000 Bern
    Phone  +41 (0)31 328 09 44
    kunstmuseumbern.ch

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Intro

In 1933, the Kunsthalle Bern organized the largest retrospective during Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's lifetime.

In 1933, the Kunsthalle Bern organized the largest retrospective during Ernst Ludwig Kirchner's lifetime. The German artist, who is now one of the most outstanding protagonists of classical modernism, curated the show in close collaboration with Max Huggler (1903-1994), then director of the Kunsthalle and later director of the Kunstmuseum Bern.

With Kirchner × Kirchner, the Kunstmuseum Bern is commemorating this important event and at the same time presenting Kirchner as the curator of his own work for the first time. The focus is on how Kirchner interpreted his artistic development, how he revised it, sometimes generously, by reworking works or writing texts about himself, and what references he made between the works. Around 70 works from the period between 1908 and 1933 from renowned European and American museums and private collections are on display. The selection of exhibits, in combination with the historical background, makes this ambitious exhibition project a unique and multi-layered experience.

Curator: Nadine Franci

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Hodlerstrasse 8-12
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031 328 09 44
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Event dates

  • 21 September 2025
  • 23 September 2025
  • 24 September 2025
  • 25 September 2025
  • 26 September 2025
  • 27 September 2025
  • 28 September 2025
  • 30 September 2025
  • 01 October 2025
  • 02 October 2025
  • 03 October 2025
  • 04 October 2025
  • 05 October 2025
  • 07 October 2025
  • 08 October 2025
  • 09 October 2025
  • 10 October 2025
  • 11 October 2025
  • 12 October 2025
  • 14 October 2025
  • 15 October 2025
  • 16 October 2025
  • 17 October 2025
  • 18 October 2025
  • 19 October 2025
  • 21 October 2025
  • 22 October 2025
  • 23 October 2025
  • 24 October 2025
  • 25 October 2025
  • 26 October 2025
  • 28 October 2025
  • 29 October 2025
  • 30 October 2025
  • 31 October 2025
  • 01 November 2025
  • 02 November 2025
  • 04 November 2025
  • 05 November 2025
  • 06 November 2025
  • 07 November 2025
  • 08 November 2025
  • 09 November 2025
  • 11 November 2025
  • 12 November 2025
  • 13 November 2025
  • 14 November 2025
  • 15 November 2025
  • 16 November 2025
  • 18 November 2025
  • 19 November 2025
  • 20 November 2025
  • 21 November 2025
  • 22 November 2025
  • 23 November 2025
  • 25 November 2025
  • 26 November 2025
  • 27 November 2025
  • 28 November 2025
  • 29 November 2025
  • 30 November 2025
  • 02 December 2025
  • 03 December 2025
  • 04 December 2025
  • 05 December 2025
  • 06 December 2025
  • 07 December 2025
  • 09 December 2025
  • 10 December 2025
  • 11 December 2025
  • 12 December 2025
  • 13 December 2025
  • 14 December 2025
  • 16 December 2025
  • 17 December 2025
  • 18 December 2025
  • 19 December 2025
  • 20 December 2025
  • 21 December 2025
  • 23 December 2025
  • 24 December 2025
  • 25 December 2025
  • 26 December 2025
  • 27 December 2025
  • 28 December 2025
  • 30 December 2025
  • 31 December 2025
  • 01 January 2026
  • 02 January 2026
  • 03 January 2026
  • 04 January 2026
  • 06 January 2026
  • 07 January 2026
  • 08 January 2026
  • 09 January 2026
  • 10 January 2026
  • 11 January 2026

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Contact

Kunstmuseum Bern
Hodlerstrasse 8-12
3000  Bern
Switzerland

Phone  +41 (0)31 328 09 44
Fax +41 (0)31 328 09 55
info@kunstmuseumbern.ch
kunstmuseumbern.ch

Date

12. September 2025 - 11. January 2026

Sun, Wed, Thu, Fri, Sat 10:00 - 17:00
Tue 10:00 - 20:00

Contact

Kunstmuseum Bern
Hodlerstrasse 8-12
3000 Bern
Phone  +41 (0)31 328 09 44
kunstmuseumbern.ch

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