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Jörg Immendorff's Red Pavilions Transform Mies van der Rohe's Neue Nationalgalerie

exhibition · 2026-04-23

Jörg Immendorff's exhibition at the Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin, running from September 22, 2005 to January 22, 2006, tackles the challenging ground-floor space of Ludwig Mies van der Rohe's last Berlin building. Immendorff's scenography installs six bright red pavilions, a wall, and a pit, with sinuous red carpet paths, forcefully appropriating Mies's architecture. The exhibition is reviewed in artpress.

Key facts

  • Exhibition at Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
  • Dates: 22 September 2005 – 22 January 2006
  • Artist: Jörg Immendorff
  • Building designed by Ludwig Mies van der Rohe
  • Scenography includes six red pavilions, a wall, and a pit
  • Red carpet paths create sinuous routes on the floor
  • Immendorff's approach is described as convincing
  • Reviewed in artpress magazine

Entities

Artists

  • Jörg Immendorff
  • Ludwig Mies van der Rohe

Institutions

  • Neue Nationalgalerie
  • artpress

Locations

  • Berlin
  • Germany

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