In 1925, works from the Stuttgart collection, which was then called the "Städtische Gemäldesammlung", were shown to the public for the first time in the Villa Berg. As the "Gallery of the City of Stuttgart", the collection was on display in the Kunstgebäude for many years before finally moving to the new building erected especially for it on Schlossplatz in 2005. To mark its double anniversary, the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart is presenting an exhibition featuring exclusively works from its own collection - including numerous acquisitions and donations from recent years.
The title and inspiration for the exhibition is the monumental food painting "Doppelkäseplatte" by Dieter Roth, which is in the collection of the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. It consists of different types of cheese whose surface structure was soon to change due to decomposition and mold processes. The work grew - and matured. Roth's use of perishable materials expresses programmatic questions about the production, reception and momentum of art.
Tim Berresheim, Red Blue III, 2007 Kunstmuseum Stuttgart © SNA - Studios New America
This is precisely where the exhibition comes in: What does the municipal collection look like after a hundred years? What maturing processes are involved in collecting art? How does its perception and validity change over the years?
Divided into seven themed rooms, which bear the individual signatures of the Kunstmuseum's curators, historical connections within the collection are shown and bridges are built to today's real-life issues - such as consumption or racism. Exciting stagings result from the juxtaposition of works that have not been seen for a long time or have never been seen before with current donations and new acquisitions.
March 8 to October 12, 2025
