EDITORIAL
Art needs security to take risks
On the fragility of artists’ lives, the responsibility of institutions and the courage to relinquish certainties.
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Collection policy
3 articles from all sections, newest first.
BACKGROUND
How a city chooses its modern art
With the first German museum acquisitions of works by Auguste Rodin in 1894, Dresden made a statement in support of contemporary art. The Rodin exhibition at the Albertinum also explores how a collection shapes the concept of modernism – and what history its self-presentation can obscure.
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VISUAL ARTS
Albertina: What remains after the women artists’ show
“HER STORY” explores the women artists in the Albertina’s collection. Donations and knowledge of the holdings reveal what lasting visibility depends on.
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