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)

10:00 a.m.
Gustav Pauli and the struggle for French modernism in Germany: On the exhibition Birthday Guests. Monet to van Gogh (2023/2024) (in German)
Dr. Dorothee Hansen, Kunsthalle Bremen

11:30 a.m.
“Entouré des livres”: In the private libraries of Impressionism (in German)
Prof. Martin Schieder, Universität Leipzig

12:00 p.m.
Coffee break

12:30 p.m.
Was there an Impressionism in Holland? About the exhibition Clouds and Light at the Museum Barberini (2023) (in German)
Dr. Michael Philipp, Museum Barberini, Potsdam

1 p.m.
Lesser Ury: Artificial light as the protagonist of painting (in German)
Valentina Plotnikova, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

1:30 p.m.
In the change of styles: About the Dora Hitz exhibition at the Liebermann Villa on Wannsee (in German)
Rahel Schrohe, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin

Click here for the first day 's program.