Xippas | Olaf Hozapfel – State Art Collections Dresden – Donation from the Hoffmann Collection

he Hoffmann Collection has been a valuable addition to the Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden catalogue since its donation in 2018. Including the works by Jean Michel Basquiat, Miriam Cahn, Isa Genzken, Félix González-Torres, Antony Gormley, Keith Haring, Rebecca Horn, William Kentridge, Julie Mehretu, Barbara Kruger, Ron Mueck, Bruce Nauman, Ernesto Neto, A. R. Penck, Sigmar Polke, Frank Stella, Chiharu Shiota, Wolfgang Tillmans and Cy Twombly, among others, the collection is one of the most important donations in SKD’s recent history.

With the Kunstkammer Gegenwart, the historical collections are complemented by an archive of the present, serving as a repository of knowledge and art. The third Kunstkammer is dedicated to the theme of abstraction.
Following five years of successful collaboration with the SKD and vibrant exhibition activity, substantial portions of the Hoffmann Collection, which have resided in Berlin-Mitte’s Sophie-Gips-Höfe since 1997, are now being relocated to the Kunstkammer Gegenwart. This newly built exhibition area, which is located in what was previously the Fürstengalerie of the Dresden Residenzschloss (Royal Palace), will focus on works that provide a harmonious addition to the SKD collections and can be integrated into them in a particularly enriching way.