150 years ago, 30 artists came together in Paris and showed their works in the studio of photographer Félix Nadar from April 15 to May 15, 1874, away from the official Academy exhibitions. This circle of artists included Claude Monet, Camille Pissarro, Paul Cézanne, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Berthe Morisot and Alfred Sisley - pioneers of French modernism, all of whom are represented by outstanding works in the Hasso Plattner Collection.

On the occasion of the 150th anniversary of Impressionism, the Museum Barberini invites you to the two-day conference Impressionism Today: Exhibiting, Researching, Investigating to present the current state of research. It will take place on Wednesday, May 15, from 9:45 a.m. to 6:30 p.m. and Thursday, May 16, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the museum's auditorium. On Wednesday, the museum invites you to a reception at the end of the conference.

Organized by:
Linda Hacka, Museum Barberini, Potsdam
Valentina Plotnikova, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Daniel Zamani, Museum Barberini, Potsdam

Tickets at €20 for both days / €10 for Thursday are available online or at the museum box office - also in advance. Admission for students is free.

Conference program
Flyer_Impressionism_today (PDF, 1.51MB)

9:45 a.m.
Welcome
Dr. Ortrud Westheider, Museum Barberini, Potsdam
Prof. Dr. Claudia Blümle, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

10:00 a.m.
The prehistory: From the Salon to Impressionism. On the exhibition 1863 - PARIS - 1874 (2024) (in German)
Barbara Schaefer, Wallraf-Richartz-Museum & Fondation Corboud

11:00 a.m.
1874 - The end of the "Grande Tradition": Édouard Manet and Impressionism in the Paris Salon (in German)
Ana Nasyrova, Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin

11:30 a.m.
Coffee break

12:00 p.m.
Impressionism at second glance: Pictorial narratives in the work of Gotthardt Kuehl and Heinrich Eduard Linde-Walther (in German)
Dr. Alexander Bastek, Museum Behnhaus Drägerhaus, Lübeck

12:30 p.m.
News from Max Slevogt's witch's kitchen: The challenge of the estate and current projects (in German)
Dr. Karoline Feulner, Landesmuseum Mainz

1 p.m.
"A new nature": Max Liebermann and Impressionism (in German)
Dr. Lucy Wasensteiner, Universität Bonn

1:30 p.m.
Maurice de Vlaminck: Legacy of Impressionism (in German)
Dr. Daniel Zamani, Museum Barberini, Potsdam

2 p.m.
Lunch break

3:30 p.m.
Three Impressionist masterpieces and their creation: On material and painting technique in Monet, Sisley and Caillebotte (in German)
Felicitas Klein, Berlin

4 p.m.
Crossing the borders of art: Impressionism and the problem of the picture frame (in German)
Robert Knöll, Basel

4:30 p.m.
Networks of Impressionism: A digital provenance and art market research project (in German)
Linda Hacka, Museum Barberini, Potsdam

5 p.m.
Reception

Click here for the second day's program.