2019: Celebrating Leonardo, Rembrandt, Bruegel, and Bauhaus Across Europe

The year 2019 marks multiple major cultural anniversaries across Europe. In Italy, the exhibition season revolves around Leonardo da Vinci (500 years since his death) and Giulio Romano (520 years since his birth). The Veneranda Biblioteca Ambrosiana in Milan presents four exhibitions centered on the Codex Atlanticus, running from December 2018 to January 2020. In Mantua, a collaboration between Palazzo Ducale and the Musée du Louvre brings 72 drawings by Giulio Romano, opening October 6, 2019. The Netherlands commemorates 350 years since Rembrandt van Rijn's death with exhibitions in Amsterdam, Delft, Dordrecht, Haarlem, Hoorn, Enkhuizen, Leiden, Middelburg, and The Hague, featuring works by Rembrandt and contemporaries like Pieter de Hooch, Frans Hals, and Nicolaes Maes. Flanders marks 450 years since Pieter Bruegel the Elder's death with events in Brussels and Antwerp, including the restored 'Dulle Griet' at the Museum Mayer van den Bergh. Germany celebrates the centenary of the Bauhaus, founded in Weimar in 1919, moving to Dessau in 1925, and closing in Berlin in 1933, with a program highlighting its enduring influence.