The purchase of the painting in by the director of the Berliner Nationalgalerie Hugo von Tschudi, was only a small revolution. They both travelled together to Paris in to get a better look at French impressionism. Paul Cezanne introduces us with short, narrow and strong strokes of the brush β vertical, diagonal, curved or almost circled β to a landscape with a mill. On the left side, one can see tall trees. In the left half we see the mill with a little pond, in front of it we see a sandy path and a garden with several growing flowerbeds.
If you look a bit further right, then your gaze will wander off into the slightly undulating landscape, where scattered houses are in between colourful fields. The picture projects easiness, light and warmth from the different colour selection ranging between different shades of green, blue, brown and beige. Despite the apparent geometrical structure in many of the painted surfaces, Cezanne brings the picture to life. This international community of artists currently has about members and includes the sections fine arts, architecture, music, literature, performing arts, as well as film and media art.
Exhibitions, concerts, debates, readings, award ceremonies, film, theater and dance performances are organized here. This one includes the various archive buildings with their important collections.
The building is barrier-free. KW Institute for Contemporary Art aims to approach the central questions of our times through the production, display, and dissemination of contemporary art. Since its inception, 25 years ago, KW has established itself, not only as an institution, but also as a dynamic and lively space for progressive practices within the Berlin art scene, as well as in an international context.
By means of exhibitions and various event formats, KW has aligned itself towards the current tendencies of the national and international art and cultural discourse, and has actively developed them on a collaborative level with artists, institutions, and by means of commissioned works. As an institution for contemporary art without a collection of its own, the team at KW maintains a high degree of flexibility in creating its programs and addressing its audience.
