Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch have bequeathed their valuable collection of surrealist art to Berlin’s museums, provided that the work will forever be on display for the public to enjoy. However, the museums may have to reject the gift due to lack of space to install all of the works. The museums  initially planned to move Old Master paintings elsewhere but public opposition was too strong. The city may now have to set a firm timetable for its planned Old Masters museum near Museum Island, a UNESCO world heritage site that houses the Pergamon Altar and Nefertiti’s bust.

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The German business couple Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch have lent significant pieces of Surrealist and early-American Abstract Expressionist art from their own collection for an exhibition entitled “Picture Dreams,” at Berlin’s new National Gallery. The ‘Pietzsch Collection,’ which ranks internationally as one of the most significant assortments of Surrealist and Abstract Expressionist art, was assembled over the course of 45 years to include more than 300 paintings, sculptures, and photos.

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Picture Dreams.Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch Collection. [Neue Nationalgalerie]
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Surrealism In All Its Weird Glory. [Financial Times]
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Berlin, Mon Amour [ArtNet]
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Rare Surrealist Art Collection Goes on Display in Berlin [Monsters and Critics]
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Interview with Ulla and Heiner Pietzsch. [BilderTraume]

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