Berggruen Museum, Art museum in Charlottenburg, Germany
The Berggruen Museum occupies the West Stüler Building on Schloßstraße, opposite Charlottenburg Palace, and is linked to the neighbouring Kommandantenhaus by a steel-and-glass pergola designed by Kuehn Malvezzi and completed in 2013. Its galleries hold over 100 works by Picasso, more than 60 by Paul Klee and over 20 by Matisse, plus Giacometti sculptures and African carvings. The historic building has been closed for renovation since 5 September 2022.
The west Stüler Building, a former barracks, was used from 1937 as a police leadership school under the Nazis. Heinz Berggruen lent his collection there in 1996; in December 2000 he sold 165 works to the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation for 253 million marks. The adjacent Kommandantenhaus was added in 2013, linked by a glass pergola by Kuehn Malvezzi.
The museum's title, "Berggruen Collection – Picasso and His Time", reflects Heinz Berggruen's own framing of the collection he assembled over 30 years. The core holds over 100 Picassos, more than 60 works by Paul Klee and over 20 by Henri Matisse, including more than half a dozen of his cutouts. Giacometti sculpture ensembles and examples of African sculpture complete the display.
The museum occupies the West Stüler Building on Schloßstraße, opposite Charlottenburg Palace, with the Prinz-Albrecht monument on the central promenade in front. The historic Stüler Building has been closed since 5 September 2022 for full renovation, including roof, facades, cellar waterproofing, new technical systems and a photovoltaic array; the reopening date is still open. Parts of the collection have been shown abroad during the closure, for example in Tokyo, Osaka, Shanghai and Paris.
The two listed buildings are joined by a steel-and-glass pergola designed by the Berlin office Kuehn Malvezzi, completed for the March 2013 reopening. The extension cost around 4.2 million euros, with the federal government paying for the construction and Berlin providing the building and land. About 60 works from the Berggruen family entered the new wing as loans.
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