Exhibition Preview 2026 and Outlook 2027

MONET ON THE NORMANDY COAST: THE DISCOVERY OF ÉTRETAT, BRUEGEL’S FANTASTIC WORLDS, NEW PERSPECTIVES WITH ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, SKIN IN ART ON PAPER, MAJOR EXHIBITION ON MARY MAGDALENE AND 2027 TO THE GARDEN OF PARADISE

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Exhibition Preview 2026 and Outlook 2027

MONET ON THE NORMANDY COAST. THE DISCOVERY OF ÉTRETAT, BRUEGEL’S FANTASTIC WORLDS, NEW PERSPECTIVES WITH ELMGREEN & DRAGSET, SKIN IN ART ON PAPER, MAJOR EXHIBITION ON MARY MAGDALENE AND 2027 TO THE GARDEN OF PARADISE

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Claude Monet
Etretat, The Cliff and the Porte d'Aval, 1885
Oil on canvas
65 × 81 cm
© Hasso Plattner Collection

Claude Monet, Etretat, The Cliff and the Porte d'Aval, 1885

Claude Monet
Étretat, the Needle and the Porte d’Aval, 1885
Oil on canvas
65,1 × 81,3 cm
Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Acquisition of Sterling and Francine Clark, 1933 © The Clark Art Institute

Claude Monet, Étretat, the Needle and the Porte d’Aval, 1885

Claude Monet
Étretat, the Manneporte, 1885/86
Oil on canvas
81,3 × 65,4 cm
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
© bpk | The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Claude Monet, Étretat. Die Manneporte, 1885/86

Eugèene Le Poittevin
Sea Bathing in Étretat, 1866
Oil on canvas
66,5 × 152 cm
Musée des Beaux-Arts et d’Archéologie, Troyes
© Carole Bell, Ville de Troyes

Eugèene Le Poittevin, Sea Bathing in Étretat 1866

Félix Vallotton
The 14 July in Étretat, 1899
Oil on cardboard
47 × 60 cm
Private collection © Fondation Félix Vallotton, Lausanne

Félix Vallotton, The 14 July in Étretat, 1899

Gustave Courbet
The Wave, 1869
Oil on canvas
65,6 × 92,4 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Gustave Courbet, The Wave, 1869

The Visitor with Still life with vegetables
Elmgreen & Dragset
The Visitor, 2025
Bronze, lacquer
178 x 61 x 33.5 cm
Cornelis de Heem
Still life with vegetables and fruit in front of a garden balustrade, 1658
Oil on copper
69,8 x 87,1 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main
Photo by: Studio Elmgreen & Dragset

Elmgreen & Dragset, The Visitor, 2025, The Visitor with Still life with vegetables

Elmgreen & Dragset
The Conversation, 2024
Silicone figure, clothing, iPhone, chair
Dimensions variable
Courtesy: the artists
Photo by: Elmar Vestner

Elmgreen & Dragset, The Conversation, 2024

Elmgreen & Dragset
Garden of Eden, 2022
Wood, aluminum, fabric, monitors, keyboards, mouses, office chairs, miscellaneous
Dimensions variable
Courtesy: Fondazione Prada, Milan
Photos by: Andrea Rossetti

Elmgreen & Dragset, Garden of Eden, 2022

Elmgreen & Dragset
Garden of Eden, 2022
Wood, aluminum, fabric, monitors, keyboards, mouses, office chairs, miscellaneous
Dimensions variable
Courtesy: Fondazione Prada, Milan
Photos by: Andrea Rossetti

Elmgreen & Dragset, Garden of Eden, 2022

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Patience (Patientia), 1557
Engraving
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Pieter van der Heyden after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Patience (Patientia), 1557

Johannes van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, 1555
Etching and engraving
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Johannes van Doetechum after Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Saint Jerome in the Wilderness, 1555

Philipp Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Temperance (Temperantia), ca. 1560
Engraving
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Philipp Galle after Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Temperance (Temperantia), ca. 1560

Artemisia Gentileschi
Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1625 – 26
Oil on canvas
108.8 x 93 cm
Kimbell Art Museum, Kahn Building, South Gallery, Fort Worth, Texas

Artemisia Gentileschi, Penitent Mary Magdalene, 1625 – 26

Girolamo Di Benvenuto
The Bearing of the Cross, The Crucifixion and The Lamentation, 1501 – 1600
Mixed media on poplar wood
57,7 x 111 x 1,4 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Girolamo Di Benvenuto, The Bearing of the Cross, The Crucifixion and The Lamentation, 1501 – 1600

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes
Saint Mary Magdalene in the Desert (Madeleine à la Sainte-Baume), 1869
Oil on canvas
156,5 x 105,5 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, property of Städelscher Museums-Verein e.V.

Pierre Puvis de Chavannes, Saint Mary Magdalene in the Desert (Madeleine à la Sainte-Baume), 1869

Max Beckmann
Christ and the Sinner, 1917
Oil on canvas
149.2 x 126.7 cm
Saint Louis Art Museum
Photo © Bequest of Curt Valentin

Max Beckmann, Christ and the Sinner, 1917

Saint Mary Magdalene as a Penitent
Southern Germany/Austria? First half of the 17th century
Ivory, partially gilded
Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main
Collection of Reiner Winkler

Saint Mary Magdalene as a Penitent, Southern Germany/Austria? First half of the 17th century

Dora Maar
Mannequin with perm, 1935
Silver Gelatin Print on baryta paper
23,4 x 17,7 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, property of the Städelscher Museums-Vereins e.V.
© VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2025

Dora Maar, Mannequin with perm, 1935

François Gérard
Orpheus tries to hold on to Eurydice, ca. 1791
Pen in black and brown and watercolour, heightened in white, on paper
211 x 155 mm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

François Gérard, Orpheus tries to hold on to Eurydice, ca. 1791

Raffael
Caryatid, 1520
Black chalk, washed, on light-coloured primed beige handmade paper
330 x 144 mm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Raffael, Caryatid, 1520

Tizian
Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1510
Mixed technique on poplar
20 x 17 x 0,4 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Tizian, Portrait, Portrait of a Young Man, ca. 1510

Hans Multscher
Holy Trinity, 1450
Alabaster with original partial setting
28,5 x 17,5 x 9,8 cm
Liebieghaus Skulpturensammlung, Frankfurt am Main

Hans Multscher, Holy Trinity, 1450

Upper Rhenish Master ca. 1410/20
The Little Garden of Paradise, ca. 1410 – 1420
Mixed technique on oak
26,3 x 33,4 cm
Frankfurt am Main, Städel Museum

Upper Rhenish Master ca. 1410/20, The Little Garden of Paradise, ca. 1410 – 1420

Robert Campin and workshop
Saint Veronica
ca. 1428–1430
Mixed media on oak wood
151.8 x 61 x min. 0.4 cm
Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Robert Campin and workshop, Saint Veronica, ca. 1428–1430

Follower of Robert Campin
Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden
c. 1440/1460
Oil on panel
122,2 x 151,2 cm
Washington, National Gallery of Art, Samuel H. Kress Collection

Follower of Robert Campin, Madonna and Child with Saints in the Enclosed Garden, c. 1440/1460
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