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Located in Potsdam’s historic center, the Museum Barberini is an art museum that was initiated by Hasso Plattner, the founder of the German software company SAP and a patron of the arts. Since its opening in 2017, the Barberini has established itself as one of the most popular museums in Germany with international exhibitions and an extraordinary collection of Impressionist paintings.

Visit the current and future exhibitions at the Museum Barberini Potsdam:

✔ 15.02.25 - 18.05.25 Kandinsky’s Universe: Geometric Abstraction in the 20th Century
✔ 14.06.25 - 28.09.25 The Honest Eye: The Impressionist Pissarro
✔ 25.10.25 - 01.02.26 Unicorn: The Mythical Beast in Art
✔ Permanent exhibition: Impressionism - Masterpieces from the Hasso Plattner Collection

Exhibition: Kandinsky’s Universe: Geometric Abstraction in the 20th Century

Experience 125 works by more than 70 artists who created new dimensions with colours, lines and shapes. Until 18 May 2025, the Museum Barberini in Potsdam is presenting the exhibition "Kandinsky’s Universe: Geometric Abstraction in the 20th Century". Immerse yourself in the world of geometric abstraction and experience how 20th century artists created new dimensions with colours, lines and shapes. Geometric abstraction developed into the style of an entire epoch and characterised the art world from Europe to the USA.

125 works by over 70 artists: from Kandinsky to Vasarely

Painting underwent a profound transformation at the beginning of the 20th century. The exhibition sheds light on the development of geometric abstraction and shows how numerous and important artists in Europe and the USA shaped this art form over six decades. Trends such as Suprematism, Bauhaus, Hard Edge and Optical Art set new standards and still influence modern art and design today.

This special exhibition shows 125 works by over 70 artists, including Josef Albers, Sonia Delaunay, Barbara Hepworth, Wassily Kandinsky, El Lissitzky, Agnes Martin, Piet Mondrian, Bridget Riley, Frank Stella and Victor Vasarely.

Permanent exhibition: Impressionism: The Hasso Plattner Collection

Beginning on September 5, 2020, the Museum Barberini in Potsdam will present a permanent display of the extensive collection of Impressionist and Post-Impressionist paintings from the collection of the museum’s founder, Hasso Plattner, including masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, and Signac. With thirty-four paintings by Monet, there is no venue in Europe outside of Paris where visitors can see more works by this painter.

Masterpieces by Monet, Renoir, and Signac

The holdings of paintings by Caillebotte, Pissarro, Signac, Sisley, and Vlaminck are also unique in Germany. In addition to its temporary exhibitions, the Museum Barberini now showcases a permanent collection that is unparalleled in Germany. This makes Potsdam one of the most important international centers of Impressionist landscape painting.