Concurrent Presentations of Marlene Dumas’s Work in Dresden

A painting by Marlene Dumas titled Death of the Author, dated 2003.

Marlene Dumas  Death of the Author, 2003

St. Anne’s Church on Freiberger Platz; the Albertinum, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister; and The Kupferstich-Kabinett

2017

March 2017 saw the unveiling of a mural by Marlene Dumas in St. Anne's Church on Freiberger Platz in Dresden. Dumas's painting replaces the original altarpiece painted by Osmar Schindler in 1910, which was badly damaged during World War II. News of the commission was published in The Observer. Following the unveiling of the altarpiece, Marlene Dumas. Skulls (October 17, 2017–January 14, 2018, Albertinum, Gemäldegalerie Neue Meister) presented this 36-part work created from 2011–2015.